For T's birthday, July 1, my MIL sent me $10 to buy cold cereal for the kids. I guess my kids complained enough to her on the phone that I wasn't buying them cold cereal. My kids love cold cereal, but I'm quite thrifty when it comes to groceries and if I don't have a coupon for cold cereal, I won't buy it. Besides the fact that it's not very filling and they are hungry just 1/2 hour after eating. Not good on busy mornings. Anyway, she sent me the money and the kids were thrilled.

I searched the sales to see who had the best deal. Albertsons had Kellogs cereal for $2 each. So off we went and T picked out his five boxes and paid for them himself. He was so happy he even agreed to to share all of his boxes with AG, but nobody else. He knows I'm not a huge fan of cold cereal and also knows that DH is a cold cereal monster! Smart kid.

Well, it only took of month to down those boxes of cereal. I was suprised it took that long. But they were so careful because they wanted it to last longer. They loved this treat and it was a great idea for a gift.

We're back to oatmeal, pancakes and eggs and toast now. I'm trying my hand and homemade yogurt. We all love yogurt but it's become so expensive in the stores. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Our family loves homemade cookies. Often I will double a recipe and have our own homemade cookie dough to freeze. Perfect for unexpected company. Nothing smells better or tasted yummier than homemade cookies fresh from the oven.

Like most families, this Memorial Day, we planned a BBQ. After we got home from the cemetary, I went to start on making homemade Banana Pudding. But I didn't have enough eggs. So I went to my newest Everyday Foods and found a dessert that would work with one egg, Giant Sugar Cookies. I'm not crazy about sugar cookies but these cookies were amazing. The whole family loved them. I caught T sneaking one yesterday and today he did it again. He gave A a "hush cookie" and when I asked her if she ate it she said, with a very guilty look, "Yes, but I think I wasn't supposed to,"  We did have a talk about taking things without permission.

Here is the recipe for the Amazing Sugar Cookies. Prep time is really fast.

2 cups flour,   1tsp baking powder,   1/2 tsp. salt,   1/4 tsp. baking soda

8tbs butter, room tempeture, 1 1/2 sugar, 1 large egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract,  1/4 cup sour cream.

Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter, sugar with electric mixer. Add egg and vanilla and combine well. Mix dry ingredients and add half to the butter mixture. Add sour cream. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix well.

Drop about 3 tbs of dough on cookie sheet, 3-4 inches apart. Sprinkle with sugar or cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 15-20 minutes. You may need to rotate your cookie sheets. When done, cool them on a cooling rack and watch them disappear!!!