After much contemplation and hours of perusing the internet, these are the links that I have come up with that I like for my eco-friendly grocery bags:
But in the end none of these are what I ended up doing because lo and behold, dh decided to clear out his drawers and he handed me a stack of T-shirts just perfect for this:
So in just under an hour I now have about 10 T-shirt grocery sacks. I decided to sew up the bottoms and insert a cardboard to make them more sturdy for groceries but as I found out yesterday -- they can't hold the WHOLE world and I need to watch how much goes in to them. I was a little embrassed at first but thankfully I have children who do not see this as wierd but as in saving the environment so it was a very good thing LOL
No matter where the problem is, how acute it may be, or how difficult the person may be, there is in the final analysis no one to change but yourself.
~Joseph Murphy
Again it starts. I just don't understand why this computer doesn't like me, especially since I give it so much attention LOL. If I just leave it on 24/7 then it is fine but the minute I start turning it on and off, it starts acting like it wants to crash on me. This problem comes and goes and I get an awful lot of advice on how to fix it but somehow the problem never gets fully resolved and I seem to fiddle with it often. It is not a task that I take joy it trying to solve, as a matter of fact I actually get a headache working on it but nontheless I do end up learning more about my computer and how to do things I never knew how to do. I often wish that "I" personally wasn't the computer savvy one in the family but alas I am the one and this is why this quote is so poignant right now. I don't know what the problem with my computer is, how acute it is, or if in fact I can solve it but the final analysis is that no one else can try and understand or fix it but me -- unless I end up taking it somewhere which is pointless because if I have "fixed it" before I can "fix it" again so I am the point man. I can't help but feel that once again it is G-d trying to tell me about my relationship with this silly machine and the amount of attention I do give it. So any change will have to be done in that area as well, from within myself. It is a huge learning curve both technically and spiritually.
I recently learned there are two ways to homeschool - water skier or deep sea diver.
Water skiers skim along and cover lots of material very quickly but not very in depth. Deep sea divers plod along exploring deeply but not covering much ground.
My boys are definitely deep sea divers which in part are mom inspired but they are starting to dive a little too deep LOL Let me explain:
For a bit of a break from the actually school books this summer, I decided to change things up a bit. I have been making a FUN lesson plan for a Mexico Unit study that loosely goes with the Highlights Top Secret Adventure packs that grandma has so graciously paid for and sent the kids BUT IMHO the Highlights are too easy and lacking in actual learning quality AND I have 3 ds not one so what do I do??? I decide that wouldn't it be great to go along with the same concept but add a bit more information and it include some additional reading (in Top Secret you are a spy in a foreign country trying to solve a case of who stole a missing treasure and as you travel you learn about that country).
I made the boys case folders and start seperating out what I want them to do where and thought it would be nice to have a lapbook to go with it. Of course 1ds reminds me that we ALWAYS have a celebration at the end of our country unit studies and I think that maybe they can prepare some of the items along the way for that celebration as well. And of course we need some crafts too so... Okay yes, a little overboard but the kids are LOVING it (who wouldn't? lol) and I have finally figured out how to organize it in a way that doesn't make me crazy and the kids are learning LOADS so in this particular case I don't mind the deep-sea schooling. Remember too, that this was supposed to be a "break" of sorts (at least for me LOL)
So here is where my frustration comes in. Today ds is doing his mission on the animals of Mexico. There are 8 animals (which IMHO was more than plenty) that they are to read about and write a brief but interesting fact about what they learn (having them learn to research certain things for themselves).
Well, last night I am playing around with a Jacobs Ladder fold -- the paper flips on itself -- hard to explain but really cool. Ds sees this today and asks if he can use this to present his animals in his "spy" lapbook. I say fine. A little later he comes to me and asks if he can add 3 more animals. Why? because there will be 3 blank spots on his Jacob ladder if he doesn't and informs me that he already knows what animals and they are all from Mexico and that he already knows what information he will write and just needs pictures!!! okay she saids a little miffed that ds has researched 3 additional animals and not just gotten the job done but I secede and go online to find the requested animals but ds is not satisfied with the first pictures so I must look for a few more until I realize that I am just falling into the deep sea trap. I put my foot down and say NO -- 3 more that is it & these are what I am printing. Ds realizes that we are going too deep too. BUT is the work finished today???? NOPE not yet anyway and I'm worn out!
On one hand, what the boys come up with EXTRA to do is really terrific. It shows pride, interest, enthusiasm and a desire to learn more. However, on the other hand it wears us all out, makes our studies go tooooo slow and it is discouraging for me not to see things crossed off the school planner. I'm beginning to wonder if I need to put my foot down or what? So this deepsea underwater diver is going down and needs an oxygen tank LOL
"There is no getting around the fact that to give yourselves wholeheartedly to the rearing of children will eliminate you from a lot of activities your friends are enjoying and often from activities that seem to be obligations - not merely social, but perhaps church, family, business and civic ones. You will have to ask God for wisdom to choose and the guts to stick to the choice. (Don’t pay attention to you-owe-it-to-yourself talk. You own nothing to yourself, everything to God.)"
~ Elisabeth Elliot
This probably is unrelated but I found it interesting & it sort of goes with this quote. We spent the morning helping our senator at his campaign office folding flyers.It was something we could all do and it was interesting for the boys to see another side of a campaign.The gal in charge at the senator’s campaign office also home schooled her kids until high school (many, many years ago - her kids went to a private high school for their upper grades). She said she always found it funny that the question we always get about home schooling is about our children’s socialization but she was sad that nobody ever asked about "her" socialization (i.e. being home all day, and having very little adult contact ---- remember too, she home schooled about 30 years ago when home schooling was fairly new so it wasn't the network that we have going now a days). I never looked at home schooling as “my” lack of socialization but it is true and this quote just made me realize that the "sacrifice" that I choose to make is sooooooo worth it for my kids but it is a sacrifice.Just a pondering thought.
NM Homeschool Laws - could this be the sign of the times?
Sunday, July 06, 2008
State Doesn't Track Home-Schoolers
By Colleen Heild
Journal Investigative Reporter
Are the 7,100 children enrolled in home schooling in New Mexico learning anything?
Are the 5,190 home schools registered with the state actually teaching the proper academic subjects?
Don't ask the state Public Education Department for answers.
New Mexico up until 2001 required parents who home-schooled to test students annually to assess achievement according to the statewide and local school district testing programs.
But the Legislature eliminated that requirement on an overwhelming vote in the spring of 2001, also removing the mandate that disease immunization records or a waiver of that requirement be furnished to the appropriate school district.
The state mandates home-schoolers receive “a basic academic educational program, including, but not limited to, reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science.”
Veronica Garcia, secretary of the PED, says those who home-school must notify her agency every year, but there's no way for the state to ensure what is being taught or how well students are progressing.
“We don't have the kind of staff nor the wherewithal (to monitor that). And I don't know that it's the role of the state,” Garcia said. “It's kind of intrusive when you're talking about what's happening in somebody's home in terms of instruction.”
New Mexico is one of 14 states with low regulation, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association. Low regulation is defined as requiring parental notification only.
The 20 states with moderate regulation require parents to send notification, test scores and/or a professional evaluation of a student's progress to the state.
The six states considered to have high regulation also require home visits by state officials, teacher qualification of parents and curriculum that is approved by the state.
In Pennsylvania, for example, parents must file a notarized affidavit assuring that subjects are taught in English, give an outline of proposed education objectives by subject area and provide evidence of immunization.
Ten states, including Texas, have no regulation.
Home-schooling proponents say studies have shown that home-schoolers, on average, outperform their public school counterparts.
“Home school freedom works,” says the HSLDA Web site. “Home-schoolers have earned the right to be left alone.”
Garcia said some parents voluntarily choose to have their home-schooled children take standardized tests.
“At the end of the day, if in fact you did test and you found they weren't progressing, is that still a parent's choice?” Garcia said.
“You have to hope that people recognize the importance of ensuring their children are being educated. But it's a balance between parental rights and the state's obligation to educate all its kids.”
These turned out soooooo cute my kids want to make them for everyone.
First you will duct tape one end of a cardboard tube sandwiching a long string, curling ribbon or yarn. Ours are about 1 yard long but it depends on how much you put on your message. You will secure the ribbon to the tape and cover one end of the tube like so:
(opps picture to come -- missing a disk so have to make another and take a new picture)
Now decorate the outside of the tube by covering it with construction paper to make it look like a firecracker. The string will go through the inside of the tube and out the other end. From there you will need to cut out 1 1/4 inch circles to write your message. We found cardstock to be better than construction paper. Ours said, "Happy 4th of July" with stars used as spacers between words. You may write your message, or use stencils or stamp your message like we did. For each letter you will need to double punch and string the ribbon through each circle to ensure it lies flat. Start your lettering approx. 2-3 inches past the firecracker:
You will next make a cover for the other end using a circle slightly larger than your tube. Ours were 1 1/2 inch circle using cardstock or thin posterboard. You will then snip the outer edge so the circle will bend down into the tube and fit securely but will still pop out. Then make a hole in the center for your firecracker wick to go through. We used a 2 inch stick of pipecleaner and then bent the end for our ribbon to be tied on. We taped it for more security:
You can add some flames and a tag that reads "Pull" to the wick when the ribbon has been attached:
Your greeting can now be stuffed back into the tube with the top of the firecracker pushed down so that when your recipient receives your firecracker, all they do is pull the wick and out comes the greeting.
This wind chime is made from a previously eaten Pringles can although, I suppose you could use whatever can you had at your house to make the same. The boys wrapped the can in construction paper using lots and lots of glue LOL. We then poked holes in the lid and the sides to hang a wire from like this:
My boys really like using hammers LOL. We then poked holes around the bottom edge. This time I used my new favorite tool Crop-A-dile to punch holes but I'm sure you can use the nail and hammer again or just a single hole punch. I had some chimes from a tangled, un-salvaged chime so we strung those through opposite holes like this:
Then using yet another recycled product, we cut a red plastic bag into strips and threaded those through the holes at the base of the can.
I really like how these turned out and they are quite festive with so many hanging around the house. Yes! I like Pringles so we had a few cans LOL
I was surprised but my boys TOTALLY got into making these Red, White & Blue necklaces! I found some glow-in-the dark lacing at the Dollar Store and had them thread pony beads on. We used a stencil and cut plastic stars out of red, white and blue plastic containers we had around the house ---- the mushroom container, plastic lids and various other items (you know me - I like it recycled and cheap LOL). Although I had to draw the line at wearing them to bed (You know -- to see if they really glowed -- LOL they glow!). These turned out cute and inexpensive & I think they will be nice to wear on the 4th:
I'm not even going to attempt to catch up everyone on my life but just jump in where I am at and with what we are doing LOL
The kids are making these very cute crafts for the 4th and I thought I would share over the next few days all the cool ideas we have done.
Today's Craft: I "heart" USA
I had the boys stencil "I" and "USA" with markers on to poster board. We took some heart shaped lollipops and glue dotted them between the words and decorated. These would make cute party favors to hand out while watching the fireworks and super easy for ALL ages:
Well you just knew I would have a melt down eventually with the schedule of events that I have had going on LOL.I stayed sick with the bronchitis/flu thing for 6 weeks and I am still coughing off and on.Dh is utterly exhausted and trying hard not to get what I had.Kids have been sick off and on – cough, stomach and just being completely irrational and unreasonable.Thankfully another commitment – well actually two – have fallen off the list and hopefully we can get back to schooling and catching up with ourselves.
There are still so many things on the ToDo list:reclaim my house, de-clutter the entire house, set up boys bedrooms and school area ~ again, clean up the yard, plant the garden, paint inside and out, clean the car inside and out, and do yearly school planning.Somewhere in there I need to do some vacation brainstorming, financial planning and hopefully loose 15 pounds.We still have a wedding to go to, soccer parent sign ups, Reading Rainbow taping and award luncheon, Mother’s day – oh that is THIS weekend, hmm and Memorial day weekend.One can hope that twin mattresses go on sale somewhere that weekend because that would really help with the "setting up the bedrooms" situation.Thankfully none of this will take place without His provision and praying that it will all get done and be done in His will.Until then…
Scientists in NZ are today, dissecting a rare colossal squid which was caught last year (Feb.07) in the RossSea.The entire event is also being filmed for a future Discovery Channel episode.The boys and I have become totally engrossed with watching the thawing and dissection of this massive, amazing creature that is nearly half a ton! It is totally fascinating. We are especially enthralled with reading the accompanying blog because so many of the questions we are asking are answered there. I guess living in the southwest desert, one can only become entranced with the fact that a creature like this could live in the depths of the ocean, which btw my kids have never seen lol or tasted. I only remember being in the ocean - with a life vest on - ONCE and I was in sheer terror thinking about how far down the inky black water went below me and what crazy thing was ready to nibble at me. Never mind that I am absolutely terrified of the water when I can touch the bottom with my feet -- yep! Desert rat through and through LOL Watching this dissection made me wonder how many more creatures are in the deep that we have never even seen. Definitely something out of the science fiction books or at least out of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The finally day of convention opened with me still in bed not feeling too great.Had it not been for my 1ds11y enthusiastic plead to go, I’m not sure I would have made it out of bed (Dh took other boys off to soccer games).Besides being rather tired, my cold has moved into my chest so I am hacking & coughing so much that my poor diaphragm is so sore it is hard to breath.But in order to keep the fires ignited I managed to pry myself out of bed and only miss the worship portion of the closing ceremonies.Chris Klicka’s topic “The Heart of Home Schooling:Living What Really Matters” was not only encouraging, it reminded me that having relationships is the reason why we homeschool.Really that is the only thing that matters:our relationship with the L-rd, and each other.
The next session was Get Real by Todd Wilson and this was probably my favorite workshop of the entire convention.Not only is the man funny, he is Biblical, encouraging, inspiring, and he gave easy to remember practical put into action right now advice that I don’t have to read a book first to understand.He is so REAL himself it was like a sigh of relief!
The last session was Fiery Furnace Schooling which I was hoping would give me practical advice on homeschooling with my dh’s “all over the clock, never two days off in a row, barely making ends” meet job.While I was humbled that the women in this workshop had bigger, much bigger, furnaces – single parents, dh’s having affairs, runaway kids, dying mothers, dying fathers, suicide homeschoolers, depressed homeschool kids and more – it still didn’t solve my own fiery furnace.I walked out of this workshop hearing G-d say put together that workshop... the workshop that I needed that tells moms how to live with dh’s who work split shifts, swing shifts, night shift and how to make it all work with homeschooling.I could hear myself crying out to the L-rd saying, “okay but L-rd you have to tell me how to live with my own situation first” and then the words of this workshop hit me.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were in the fiery furnace but they were not alone.The fourth man in the fire, protecting them, being with them, saving them, “never leaving them, nor forsaking them” was Jesus and He is always there for you and me.G-d is always in the furnace with us and we just need to stay where G-d is until He releases us.We need to stay in the fiery furnace until the work is complete, until “the gold is made pure” and we need to look for the 4th man in the fire.For that lesson, I am so grateful for this workshop.
And that ended convention!I managed to stay away from spending money on yet another book or more curriculum that will sit on my shelf until I have time to read it or use it, which might just be when my ds graduates LOLMy 1ds11yr did spend some of his birthday money on some fun science things from R & D Education Center: a gel ant farm, and Torso Joe (a model of the human body) – things that he has been wanting for a long time.There were oh! so many things I wanted to get but G-d just convicted me that I am turning into a curriculum junkie and I need to just use what I have, finish the books I’ve got and stop collecting so much S.T.U.F.F (not to mention that it helps the pocket book too)
What I love best about this weekend is that it puts dh & I back on the same page and reminds dh how to support our Homeschool.Overall it was a terrific convention and I got waaay more out of than I expected and my 1ds11y can’t wait for next year’s convention so I guess he enjoyed it too.
Well today was jam packed full of fun, encouragement and seeing convention through the eyes of my 11 year old very excited son.The funny thing was that NONE of today was about the nuts and bolts of actually homeschooling LOL. I received encouragement on how to be a good wife, on having a great marriage, how to be a more focused mother (HA!) and how to take better care of my body --- all which will help with homeschooling but not the nitty gritty of schooling which I thought was a bit interesting.
I struggled a bit with this cough/cold that I can’t seem to shake but over all it was a fulfilling day.Todd Wilson opened with an encouraging message about our roles as husbands, wives, experienced and inexperienced homeschoolers.I walked away realizing that even though I am still learning “HOW” to make MY homeschool work that I am considered a veteran and need to also encourage homeschoolers just starting out – not that I don’t but I never saw myself as eventually being an “veteran”.LOL
The next workshop, also by Todd, was probably the most important workshop I attended in that it reminded me that putting my dh first is vital not only to my marriage, to my homeschool but it is a mandate by G-d Himself.Being teachers all day long, we tend to sometimes forget that our husbands come first and that this is the greatest danger to our school when we don’t put them first because without them then we don’t have a marriage, a home, a family or a school, again, not that I don’t do this, but it was a good reminder of what really matters in our homeschool and where my priorities should always lie.
The next workshop was Box Free Living by Diana Waring and unfortunately this is where the sinus medicine kicked in and I started to waver although I did enjoy her workshop that had nothing to do with boxed curriculum that I thought it would be about but rather the “boxes” or preconceived ideas that we stuff our children into.It was more about Biblical parenting than it was about homeschooling and allowing our children (within reason) to be who G-d intended them to be.I liked that she said, “Love is messy” but that is okay if we do not allow it to live in a box – boxes of rules, behavior modifications, legalism and judgment – but rather allow love to flourish with obedience, compassion and humility.
Next was LUNCH!! and not only did I get to meet Mr. Wilson’s wife, they actually sat at our table and it really was a wonderful experience considering the crazy actions of my dh.My ds11y also seemed to be excited and enjoying this “older” world of thought and ideas.I’m sure he liked the extra attention away from his brothers too.
After lunch came the most convicting of workshops by Renee Ellison called The Power of a Focused Mom.Being home all day long with our kids, homeschooling, disciplining them, but doing it all around my agenda as homemaker I have seen that I have started to turn my focus away from the relationship and that I am missing windows of opportunities as a mother.This is why I love convention.I was probably on the way down the road of wishing my motherhood away but convention stops me in my tracks and marches me right back to the reasons why we picked this road to begin with. It is so easy to turn the wrong way or let the littlest things distract us and then there we are wondering what happened.Renee also gave some very practical tips that I can’t wait to start using on ME to focus better.
In her workshop, Beyond Survival, again poor Diana had me nodding off but this time is was from our big lunch.I’m grateful that her book by the same title is on its way to my house via PaperBackSwap so hopefully I can put more than just survival into our homeschool and maybe fill in the missing blanks of this workshop. LOL
The last workshop of the day was the most fascinating in that it was looking at Health and Wellness from a Biblical Perspective.It was jam packed with not only reasons why nutrition, water and exercise are good for you but what G-d’s word says about it.Truly amazing and I hope to possibly have a personal consultation with the speaker sometime in the future since he was also a nutritionist, doctor and sport therapist.
I think the highlight of the day was attending graduation that evening.NINTY graduates this year and it was tear-jerking to see kids that we grew up with get their diplomas.I could only think that the 1ds11y sitting next to me would be doing the same in less than 7 years.I can’t even imagine the young man that will be walking up to receive his diploma from his dad and ME!Boy did I feel humbled and yet so proud for the mom’s whose sons and daughters that were graduating NOW.I couldn’t help but feel that I was looking at our future.These kids were the leaders we NEED for tomorrow for a better world and for a country that seeks G-d again.It made me proud to say I am a homeschooling mom.
Well I don't know if I should be elated or disappointed. Our vendor hall this year is soooooo sparse, our used curriculum sale had nothing I needed and so far I haven't been sucked into any of the keynote speakers books - yet - actually workshops start tomorrow so that is to be determined. We will see how I hold up LOL. I guess G-d knows the situation of my checkbook better than I do and He is making it so easy this year to just not spend any money. I guess I will be ordering everything that I truly needed online.
What is new this year is that my 1ds11 is joining us and I pray that it lights a fire under him and gets him excited about homeschooling and the fun we could be having since we have hit such a lull in his work and in our school. We knows a few kids graduating this year so we will also be attending graduation which is a first for me as well. I'm figuring that this year's convention is about him more than me. Keynote speakers are Chris Klicka, Diana Waring & Todd Wilson.
Of course yesterday's fiasco could not go unannounced and who opens tonights convention but yours truly Mr. Dad - Todd Wilson, telling all about my crazy dh. I tell ya, I sooooo am not the kind of gal who likes being put in the spotlight and this was sooooo embarassing I can't even hardly want to be in the same room with my dh. Is my dh having a midlife crisis OR WHAT? LOL and if he isn't, he is surely going to put me into one, FAST! but I do still love him ~ somebodies got to LOL!
Pray that I survive convention with him and ds11y tomorrow because it is gonna feel like I'm taking kids with me LOL. And this wasn't the break/refreshment I was hoping for. Honestly!
But I did I want to mention the tidbit of encouragement that I took away from today, courtesy of Your Da'Dad:
It ain't easy but it's GOOD
In otherwords -
It ain't easy being a parent, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy homeschooling, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy being a SICK mom, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy cleaning our messed up homes, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy getting rid of clutter, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy planning a end of the year soccer party, or Passover dinner, or planning for next years school term, but it's GOOD
It ain't easy dealing with our kids behavior issues, but it's GOOD
AND it ain't easy be married to dh's (who go looking for people in their RV's at Walmarts), but it's GOOD
Okay maybe someone can enlighten me. My silly husband gets the newletter/emails from "Your'Da Dad - Todd Wilson" who is speaking this year at homeschool convention. Somehow my dh figures that "Mr. Dad" will be in his RV, at a Walmart, somewhere in Albuquerque, before convention actually officially starts and my dh goes looking for him!!!! I am soooo NOT joking -- further more he FINDS the man.
Honestly I just don't even know what to think -- either my dh is off his rocker or he truly needs more sleep. Any way my dh and my boys meet Mr. Dad and his 8 kids (in the Walmart parking lot!) and I guess they hit it off or something. But what baffles me about all this is that my dh left me in bed -- sleeping off this stupid cough/cold/flu that has been hanging around for the last 4 weeks making me miserable -- totally unaware that anybody is gone, on my 1ds BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Now tell me -- is this how 11year olds like to spend their birthdays? I say NOT!!! I was so trying to be nice about it but golly what posseses my dh? I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Dad puts a restraining order out on my dh -- I WOULD!!! lol
OH! and this is why mom's should NEVER EVER in their lifetime get sick. Here is the birthday cake that my dh makes for my poor son's birthday because I am too sick to do it:
I just pray that the L-rd heals me soon because somebody needs to "BE the MOM" around here LOL
UPDATE: Mr. Dad has since blogged about this "experience" here and you can even see all my boys together INSIDE his RV - still shaking head in disbelief LOL
We are over the edge ectatic AGAIN! My 2ds8 had WON the Reading Rainbow competition again this year for our state. His book will now go on to nationals and we couldn't be more excited or proud. Here is his winning book:
NOTE: I'm sorry SLIDE is turning the pages so fast and it has cut off some of the words. I'm trying to figure out how to upload this differently so it is actually readable.
The testosterone in my house has finally settled down because the derby cars are done and ALL the races are finally over. It is always some great father-son time making derby cars but as with most "projects" in our home, it consumes the very heart of all events and I will be soooo glad to put away all the power tools, model paints and mind-invasion of "how can we make it go faster?" LOL.
The boys raced their cars in two events. Royal Rangers was a district event so there were quite a few partcioants. My youngest came in 3rd out of 28 cars. 2ds came in 18th out of 54 and 1ds came in 11th but he walked away with a 1st in design. At AWANA they swept the board coming in 3rd, 1st and Grand Champion. It was so exciting.
My family does not watch American Idol - frankly we aren't really big fans of any TV show; hardly watch the thing.So it was news to me that American Idol last year had a counterpart show called The Next Great American Band (also not watched by my family and apparently not by the millions either because it aired on Friday nights but you can see all their performances at the link).
The winners of this show were The Clark Brothers - three boys of 11 children whose father was a traveling tent evangelist/revival preacher. They started out in public school but ended up being homeschooled because they were on the road as a family ministry (learned this from a podcast interview).For this reason alone, it made me wish my family DID watch American Idol because on their “Idol gives back” week they has a guest performance where they sang a gospel song which is just amazing and totally brought Glory to G-d.Dolly Parton was on the same show and sang her new song "Jesus and Gravity".Maybe some day the TV producers will wake up and see that America wants and needs fewer idols and more of HIM.Hope this blesses you as it has me:
1 box of cake mix, any kind
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
Optional: 1 container of icing, any kind
Preheat oven at 350 degrees
Take cake mix and stir in eggs and oil
Roll into small shaped balls, then take a cup and use it to flatten them.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown. Allow them to cool a few minutes, then ice and enjoy.
Conversations with myself about the triumphs and tribulations of being a Mama Bear to 3 baby bears, a helpmeet, a CM AO Hs teacher, a Flybaby, a daughter of Eve and a princess to the King.
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