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I have fallen in love with Pinterest. I had a girlfriend post on my facebook wall that the site was made for me. I think she is right! With close to 2,000 pins, I made a promise to myself to use 1 pin a week. I have decided to keep track of the pins I have used through this blog. When I mentioned this to my 2 cousins they wanted to be contributors too. This blog will show things from a mom of a 7 and 2 year old, a mom of a 6 year old and a newlywed.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Freddy made faces
Freddy got a hold of a dry erase marker and drew funny faces on our pictures. He also made reference to the fact I have not updated the pictures in over a year. Freddy did this last year to our photos as well.
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Freddy Toilet Papered our Tree
Looks like Freddy learned a couple tricks while he was spending the off time in the North Pole. We found our tree wrapped with toilet paper and Freddy at the top of the tree with the toilet paper roll on his arm.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Freddy switched our stockings
Silly Freddy. He found 1 of each of our socks and had our stockings on the floor.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Snowman pizza party
My daughter had a few friends over for some ornament making party. My highlight from the party was lunch. The girls made individual snowman pizzas.
I went to Trader Joe's and bought 3 packages of their pizza dough for 6 girls. I divided 1 package into 4 pieces. The 2nd in half. I took one half and divided it into 2 pieces so I had 6 "large" balls for the base of the snowmen. I took the other half of the 2nd pack and divided it into 6 "small" balls to make the tops of the snowman. I divided the 3rd package into 6 "medium" balls for the middle of the snowman.
I then set up the flow of the pizza making. Each girl grabbed a non-stick foil lined plate and then grabbed a small, medium and large size ball and made their snowman. They then went over to the sauce and topping area. Once they were done adding topping I wrote their name on the foil and put it on a cookie sheet. I followed the directions on the packaging for baking times and temperatures. The snowmen seemed to be a hit!
Pin I used for inspiration:
I went to Trader Joe's and bought 3 packages of their pizza dough for 6 girls. I divided 1 package into 4 pieces. The 2nd in half. I took one half and divided it into 2 pieces so I had 6 "large" balls for the base of the snowmen. I took the other half of the 2nd pack and divided it into 6 "small" balls to make the tops of the snowman. I divided the 3rd package into 6 "medium" balls for the middle of the snowman.
I then set up the flow of the pizza making. Each girl grabbed a non-stick foil lined plate and then grabbed a small, medium and large size ball and made their snowman. They then went over to the sauce and topping area. Once they were done adding topping I wrote their name on the foil and put it on a cookie sheet. I followed the directions on the packaging for baking times and temperatures. The snowmen seemed to be a hit!
Small, Medium and Large dough balls
Topping selection
A couple of the pizzas ready for the oven
One of the finished snowmen
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Freddy makes a copy
This had my daughter in stitches! She even brought the copy Freddy made to school to show all her friends!
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Freddy arrives
We have had our elf, Freddy, for three years now. He seems to arrive the night we put up our Christmas tree. He is usually a good elf, but every once in a while he gets a little mischievous. You can see some of his situations in this blog throughout the month.
Freddy arrived this year with donut holes. A family favorite. And he brought plates of himself (Pottery Barn Kids). How cool is that???
Freddy arrived this year with donut holes. A family favorite. And he brought plates of himself (Pottery Barn Kids). How cool is that???
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Turkey Oreos
For my daughters Thanksgiving Day party at school I got to bring dessert. When I saw these I had to make them. The only change I made to the pin is instead of using frosting for the glue, I used melted chocolate.
To melt chocolate to use for frosting, put 1/2 a bag of chocolate chips in a sandwich size zip lock bag and get the air out. Microwave for 1 minute on 50% then squeeze the bag (the chips will slowly start to melt). Then keep melting the chips for 30 sec at a time on 50% until the chips are completely smooth (make sure there are no chunks. If there are any chunks, it could rip a whole into the plastic bag as you are squeezing leaving you with a huge glob of a mess.
For each turkey you need:
2 oreos
1 peanut butter cup
1 malt ball
5 candy corns without the white layer
1 white layer of candy corn
yellow wilton candy melts, melted (for eyes and feet)
The original pin:
To melt chocolate to use for frosting, put 1/2 a bag of chocolate chips in a sandwich size zip lock bag and get the air out. Microwave for 1 minute on 50% then squeeze the bag (the chips will slowly start to melt). Then keep melting the chips for 30 sec at a time on 50% until the chips are completely smooth (make sure there are no chunks. If there are any chunks, it could rip a whole into the plastic bag as you are squeezing leaving you with a huge glob of a mess.
For each turkey you need:
2 oreos
1 peanut butter cup
1 malt ball
5 candy corns without the white layer
1 white layer of candy corn
yellow wilton candy melts, melted (for eyes and feet)
The original pin:
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