Frosty The Snow COOKIE

This is another one of our Advent Activities. Baking a Snowman Cookie. My boys loved licking the bowl that I made the frosting in. I so remember doing that when I was small and my Mom or Grandma made a cake. It turned out really good, I just think he needs a hat!

Shoveling Snow

This was one of our Advent Activities this week, a game called Shoveling Snow.

It was very easy to set up and fun to play and watch.

What you need:

Some Cottonballs

A bowl

Vaseline

You put the cottonballs out on the table randomly. Set out a bowl for each person about 2 foot in front of them. Place a small dab of Vaseline on their noses, and instruct them to push the cottonballs into the bowls ONLY using their nose. NO HANDS.

My boys enjoyed this and even did it a few time later just for fun.

Christmas Tree Art

My boys made these Christmas Trees for our Art Class.

I got the idea from one of my favorite sites Family Fun.

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Polar Express Night

ALL ABOARD!!

I love this movie it has such a good lesson.

We listen to the story all year long on Storyline. This site also has many other great books your kids will love to listen to.

Tonight is the Advent Night for "Polar Express". I planned out a night of events. I am going to hand out golden tickets then of course we have to punch them (I will try to make letters but probably will have no luck), make hot chocolate and popcorn, listen to the book story and then cuddle on the couch to watch the movie.

Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe

2 egg yolks (beaten in small bowl set aside)

One bar chocolate

1 cup of milk

Whipped Cream

Candy Cane (optional)

Marshmellows (optional)

Break chocolate into small pieces and place in small sauce pan.

Add milk and heat over medium heat. Stir contantly. Let cool

slightly and fold in egg yolks. You want to stir contantly to avoid eggs from curdling. Continue to stir until cocoa is just the right temperture. Add whipped cream and candy cane and marshmellows.

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Our First Snow of the Winter

I LOVE SNOW!!

This is the snow falling on December 4 2010.

What's For Supper?

Yesterday I was at the therapy office for my son and I was sitting beside this lady on the phone, I could hear what she was saying (since she was right beside me). She was talking about what she was going to make for dinner, it was Taco Soup. I thought that sounded very good on a cold day. I had to go to Target anyway so I decided to pick up stuff to try to make this. I found a recipe on my IPad before I went to Target. It was so many to choose from but I settled on Paula Deen's recipe. If you would like this recipe Click Here to go to Food Network's Paula Deen's Taco Soup.

While I was making it my oldest was complaining that it had onions in it (of course if he had not seen me he wouldn't even know). I put it in the CrockPot for about 4 hours.

It was a hit!! I scooped some out and topped with cheddar cheese and sour cream with a few red pepper flakes.