[CookieGoo]

My S-I-L passed the super easy, super yummy recipe on to me and it’s amazing!  3 ingredients and NO baking, this is one kitchen activity my kids can make from start to finish (we sometimes make individual servings in flower pots and serve them as little treat gardens).  I’m thinking it would be delicious with a layer of chocolate pudding in between the two cookie layers…mmmmmmm!

Cookie Goo:

 ½ c milk

24 Chips Ahoy Cookies

16 oz Cool Whip


 

Pour 1/2 c. of the milk in a shallow bowl. Dip a cookie in the milk very briefly and line an 8 X 10 dish with them.

Take 1/2 the Cool Whip and spread over cookies.  Do another layer of cookies that have been dipped in milk.  Top with remaining Cool Whip and sprinkle with crushed cookies.  Refrigerate at least 1 hour makes 9 servings.

[Valentine Pops]

 

Love Cookies?  Take a bite out of these cookies on a stick + a little extra goodness.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 package of Extra Stuffed Cookies with Cream Centers Cookies (they won’t work)
  • 1 package of melting chocolate
  • 1 package of sucker sticks
  • 1 package of small cellophane bags
  • Crushed peppermint, sprinkles, candy bits, etc. for outside of the pops.

 

Directions:

Place one sucker stick directly through the center of the cookies (through the white filling in the middle) and stop just before it comes out the other end. You may need to gently press the cookie together after the stick has gone through. Continue this step for as many cookie pops as you want to make and place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.

Cool for 15-20 minutes inthe refrigerator, this helps the chocolate stick to the cookies easier.

Melt the chocolate according to package directions.

Remove the cookies from the refrigerator and dip each cookies into the chocolate. You may need to use a spoon to make sure it is evenly covered, shaking off the excess chocolate into the container (I use a narrow, tall container, it makes the dipping easier). Put cookies back onto the wax paper to dry.  Be ready to decorate because the chocolate dries quickly (I only do about 4 cookies at a time).

Wrap them in cellophane bags and tie with a ribbon.

Sometimes I forget to look up.

 

Last night I think the sky caught fire.

“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew… Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful… and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.”
~Desmond Tutu

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves ‘who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? Your are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
                                                                           –Marianne Williamson

Leprechaun Doughnuts

The kids wanted to say thank you to Patrick for all of his sneaky goodies so we decided to make Leprechaun Doughnuts.

These miniature doughnuts take only three ingredients but they are sure to put a smile on your Leprechaun.

Just grab some O shaped cereal (or any other ‘holey’ cereal), frosting and some bright green sprinkles.  Frost the  cereal and add a dash of magic sprinkles and you’ve got yourself some honest to goodness Leprechaun Doughnuts🙂

After the kids had sampled a few, we set out a plateful for Patrick.  Hope he comes!!

[Remember These Moments] #4

9:00 at night, third time “Mom” has been called back into JJ’s room for another song or more water or who knows what else….

JJ:  “Mom…”

Mom:  “JJ, this is the last time I am coming in here, what do you need?”

JJ:  “Just one more kiss.”

Mom:  “Okay, now, go to sleep.”

JJ:  “Mom…”

Mom:  (a semi-silent “ugh”)  “Yes??”

JJ:  Do kisses rub off?

Mom:  (abashed)  “What honey?”

JJ:  “If I lay down on my pillow are your kisses going to come off?”

Mom:  “Of course not.  Mommy kisses are magic and they never, ever come off!”

JJ:  “Okay, good.  Love you Mom.”

Mom:  “Love you too, sweetie.”  (off I go to eat humble pie!)

 

[Altered Vintage Pin Magnets]

I LOVE to collect vintage pins, but I never know what to do with them.  Then I realized that they would be perfect magnets for my fridge and magnet board.  So after attaching magnets to the back of a few vintage pins….ta-da…they became instant magnets.  I use them on the fridge or art room.  Bonus?  These pretty pins are now beautiful and functional instead of tucked away in a drawer gathering dust!

Just attach 1-2 strong magnets (the size of magnet depends on the size of the pin) to the back of the pin using E-6000 adhesive. You may have to snip off the latch on the back of the pin before you can attach a magnet. Oh, and FYI, please keep magnets out of reach of children.

[Remember These Moments] #3

JJ:  Mom, if you drink cold water you might swallow a jellyfish.

Mom:  Oh, sweetie, jellyfish can’t get into our drinking water.

JJ:  Yes they can!  I saw it on the Discovery Channel.  They can get really small and squeeze through.  Will it hurt if I swallow one?

Mom:  JJ you don’t need to worry about it, I promise they can’t get into our water.

JJ:  Well, Mom it has to be really COLD water and……nevermind….I think I’ll just talk to Daddy about it tonight.

[peanut butter fingers]

This is my mother-in-law’s recipe (that right there should say it all, she is AMAZING). It is so easy and sooooo good they are dangerous (which is rather unfortunate for my waistline, but so worth it).  my little rascals gobble them up.  They’re even better the 2nd day.

Peanut Butter Fingers

 2 eggs

½ c shortening

½ c peanut butter

½ c sugar

½ c brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp soda

1 c flour

1 c rolled oats

 1 6-oz pkg chocolate chips (I use ½ milk chocolate and ½ semi-sweet, and I might sometimes use a little more, ahem)

 ¼ c peanut butter

2 c powdered sugar

a little milk

Mix first 10 ingredients (I know seems crazy, but really do it!).  Spread on cookie sheet.  Pat gently, just so it’s flat, but they are good no matter what!  Bake at 375 12-15 min. Cool slightly.  Spread chocolate chips over warm cookies and let melt.  Mix remaining ingredients to make frosting. Spread on slightly cooled peanut butter brownie.

Delicious!