Dec. 11, 2009 - The BEST Christmas cookie dough!
A friend made these cookies at our ladies tea last night and cut them out with tiny Christmas cookie cutters and decorated with icing and sprinkles, they were adorable and delicious! I can't wait to try them with the boys.
The original recipe is for Santa's Whiskers cookies but she simply used the dough from that recipe to make her own cut out cookies to decorate.Best of all, the raw dough is safe to eat because they have no Egg! My chunky monkey can eat them and the boys can eat the raw dough! (the best part)
Easy kid-friendly recipe for slice & bake refrigerator cookies.
1 1/4 cups butter, softened (2 1/2 sticks)
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
In a large mixing bowl, preferably with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add milk and vanilla, beat again and scrape bowl. With mixer on low speed, add flour one cup at a time and beat after each addition. Shape into logs approximately 2" in diameter. Roll the logs in parchment paper or plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silpat liner and give them a light spray with vegetable shortening. Unwrap logs and slice into 1/4" thick slices or roll out to cut out shapes. Place cookies on prepared cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until very light brown and the sides are slightly firm.
Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack. Cool completely before storing in air tight containers.
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Dec. 7, 2009 - New Bahama Blessing Blog
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Nov. 17, 2009 - busy busy
I have been busy and school, work, home and everything else. I am just getting settled in again. will write a good update soon
Nov. 17, 2009 - Reflecting on my boys birth day.
The boys birthdays are always extra special for me. Yep I said me, probably more so then for the birthday boy. It's a day I spend reflecting on the day of their birth, my pregnancy with them and how they are growing. Am I making each day count, am I taking every opportunity to show them how far and wide the love I have for them flows.
Do I take the small moments to create lasting memories. Birthdays are always joyful with a tinge of sadness; they are growing up too fast. My time with them feels like sand slipping through my hands, it runs out fast.
Today is Ashton's 5th Birthday, he is my tiniest boy weighing 5 lbs less than his younger Brother Noah (2). He is my feistiest and funniest of the 4. He is precious in every way if I do say so myself! :-)
We had an early Birthday party on Sunday so that Troy could celebrate with us. Today we had our Birthday breakfast with Ashton's favorite... cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa! :-)
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Oct. 27, 2009 - Homeschool Toolbar Blog Launch Giveaway - Discovery's Planet Earth
To kick off the launch of the Homeschool Toolbar Blog a pretty nifty giveaway is underway!
http://homeschooltoolbar.blogspot.com/
This version is exclusive to the Discovery Channel Store.
- 11 episodes and bonus materials
- A behind-the-scenes look at the equipment, technology and danger that went into the making of this incredible series
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes on each episode
- Bonus disc featuring 'The Future' documentary – a three-part companion series revealing the vulnerability of the natural history of earth.
- Format: DVD
- Number of Discs: 5
- Run Time: 10 hours 3 minutes
- Format: DVD
- Number of Discs: 4
- Run Time: 5 hours 44 minutes
Oct. 9, 2009 - My favorite Apps for Itouch/Iphone
Well, my sweet hubby spoiled me and got me an Itouch last month! I knew I wanted one, but I didn't realize how much I would love it.
I had to share my favorite apps that I have been using!
Religious
1. Mantis Bible Study Software NASS-I love having the whole bible at my fingertips! I haven't uses all the great tools for study yet but I will!
2. Bible Verses - Just a random verse to read when you need it, love to wake up to this.
3. BiblePlan-you and enter what you want to read in the bible and this program divides up the reading into a timed schedule of your chosing! very cool! (links to PrayerLists)
4. PrayerLists-You list all of your people, items and needs for pray. You and divide my group, add photos of those you are praying for, assign when you want to pray for that need and much more (links to BiblePlan)
Productivity
1. Timetable-a color coded daily schedule. You can have multi schedules. I use this for each child and myself so I can see at a glance what everyone is suppose to be doing and also what I am suppose to be doing and with which child.
2.Awesome Note - love this random post-it note type note book style! I love it for keeping all those lists pretty!
3. Things - the best todo list I have found! easy to use and not to much. some of the todo programs are a little to businessy for me.
4. Occasions-great birthday, annivasary and other celebrations planner! add photos and links to your contact lists.
5. Grocery Gadget- I can say enough about this program!!! It links to my husbands iphone, I can type the lists on my laptop(which is great for long lists) or add right on my itouch as needed. this is one of my favs!
School Fun
1. Games- Uno, Frogger, Matches, Crash Kart, Cooking Mama, Fuzzle
2. ShaperBuilder- great for puzzle loving preschoolers!
3.I Write Words-great for letter and number writing skills
4. WorldBook-great for quick research projects
5. Counties- we are doing Sonlight core 5 this year and my girls can't get enough of country information that this program provides.
6. Factbook-lots of random information that the kids get a kick out of.
7. Art- great art appreation program, includes quizing.
8. SightWords-great school sight word review for my first grader
9. Math Drills-has addition, subtraction, multiplycation, division games.
10. States&Capitals-great fun in teaching the states adn Capitals!
11. US Presidents-full of facts and fun on the Presidents
12. IFlashcards-great for just about any flashcards you need for school review.
Other
1. Social networking - ITwitterPro, Facebook, Skype, eBuddy
2. iFitness-great exercise instructions in all areas of exersise
3. Food Recipies - Big Oven, AllRecipes, Epicurious, Betty Crocker Cookbook
4. iPeriod-great for keeping track of your period and other female things;-)
5. Kids-great for keeping track of your kids weekly scheduled extra curriculars
6. ChristmasList-great for all that shopping info that you need for Christmas
7. Xmas count-I was so tired of my son asking how many days till Christmas so I downloaded this FREE app for him.
I just love the freedom that my itouch has brought me! my best purchase this year by far!!!
Bahama Blessings
Heidi Jo
Sep. 26, 2009 - Autumn Swap on The Homeschool Lounge Swap Shop ...Thanks Secret Sisters!!
If you have not yet joined a Swap on The Homeschool Lounge Swap Shop, you really must! It was great fun! A HUGE thank you to my Secret Sisters for all of the sweet goodies they sent me! Elaine .... the sweet angel who took on this HUGE swap (over 75 moms) with Char (thanks ladies) sent me the most beautiful chrysanthemum... Thank you so much Elaine, I treasure you!
Thank you to all who participated and made the Autumn Swap such a great success! Thank you to Elaine and Char for your hard work and sacrifice, I know this was not an easy task! :-)
Aug. 24, 2009 - Homeschool Day In The Life
If you are interested in tips, suggestions or help for working from home you can view the power point hand out in its entirety HERE.
Reminder : Only 8 more days to enter The Homeschool Open House on THL! All you have to do is share your homeschool plans for the coming year and enter to win in our drawing of over $5000 in prizes!
Aug. 17, 2009 - The Youngins
This week Darcy has asked everyone to share their Youngins! I'm going to share some great pics that my friend and fellow blogger / homeschool mom Tracy took of the boys. (Thank you Tracy)
Dominick-my love bug. My 6 yr old in the 1st grade. Guitar player, drummer and the protector of the 4 little Ninjas.
Ashton - Who we call Mighty Mouse. He may be tiny but he is a little power house! Fun loving 4 yr old in Kindergarten. Ashton also plays the drums and the piano. He is the fighter of the 4 little Ninjas.
Noah - my chunky monkey! Into everything and proud of it! Noah plays the drums and is our little Ninja in training.
Our Ninjas with Mr. Vincent.
The boys tonight with their cousins Mark and Davis.No, this blog is not going anywhere but I thought it was best to have the two distinctly different blogs at this time.
Aug. 15, 2009 - Back to homeschool...
It is sunny and not horribly hot today. We are going to spend the weekend decluttering one room and relaxing here at home. We have been running , running, running and it is time to be still.
We have started our more formal lessons back up as of Monday and we have had a good week so far. :-) We had our Back to Homeschool Bash yesterday and the boys had a great time! I have pics on my Facebook page. I can easily upload pics from my iPhone to my Facebook profile so I tend to add lots of pics there since I have many relatives that check in. I will try to get some pics on here too.
Well, I hope you all have a very blessed homeschool year with your blessings, may we always keep our eyes on the Lord and allow him to lead and guide us through our days!
Below is a wonderful song I wanted to share with you. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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