Momma's Day - Apology, Busy Weekend, Christmas Cookies

Nov. 17, 2008 - Apology, Busy Weekend, Christmas Cookies

Sorry if my last post sounded kind of preachy. It was on my heart but I couldn't quite get the words like I wanted. I discovered it was on my heart for a reason. There was an issue that had to be solved here and having thought it out enought to put in words (no matter how inadequate) helped me to handled it.

We had a busy 4-H weekend. Friday was our monthly meeting. I am the adult leader for our food and nutrition project. We planned an Iron Chef challenge for our project meeting. It was a lot of fun. We had all ages from 5 years old and up participate. We had 4 age groups with 12 teams total. Each age group had a certain set of ingredients to work with. I had to purchase and set up everything. The kids had a blast and some of them put together some really good recipes.

After we got home from our meeting, we started preparing for the food show. Daughter made Confetti Spaghetti, which is spaghetti noodles with stir fry and meat balls. Son made Beef Kebabs. It took the rest of the afternoon and into the evening to get all of that together. The next morning we were up early and out the door to the food show. The food show itself is a lot of waiting. The kids take their dish to the judges and the judges ask questions about the food and what the kids have learned in the food and nutrition project. Daughter came in second place in her age group and category. Son did good but did not place.

Today I made my first batch of Christmas cookie dough. All of our out of town relatives get cookies in their Christmas packages. And all of our relatives are out of town. We make a lot of cookies. I like to make up the dough and freeze it ahead of time. I had planned on doing that while hubby was gone to India but the bedroom took up too much time. One year I kept track of how many bags of flour and sugar, how many cartons of eggs and all that I had used. Last year I didn't make as many. Later I will post my favorite Christmas cookie recipe.

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Nov. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment

You didn't sound preachy. You sounded like you had experienced a kid who needed an attitude change. That happens! Can't wait to see your cookie recipe.

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Nov. 24, 2008 - Untitled Comment

I stopped by to see how your Food & Nutrition show went. What a cool thing to do before the show! You are a wonderful leader. :)

Congrats to your children for their great work in the show. I know these kids work so very hard. Here's them a pat on the back from East Texas.

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