Dr. Matt to the Rescue

Lottie bought Matt a Dr. kit and he absolutely loves it! We play Dr. all the time now. He especially loves to work on his Mr. Monkey. I really get a kick watching him give shots to willing participants. He likes to make a crying noise when he gives shots and then he proceeds to say, "I give you a "ban-aid", it make it feel all better." I love it when they start to role play!

Spring Has Sprung

I LOVE Spring! Here are some photos of Matt enjoying his time outside.

Earth Hour "Schmearth" Hour.....

This is exactly how I feel about our so called "Earth Hour" we had the other day. Mark and I read this and had a really good laugh.....

The science-challenged and those old Gaia worshipers from the 60s have finally met and are at one. I have no need or compulsion to join them in their cult freak-show ceremony. Since climate change has been a permanent Earth-feature millions of years before man came on the scene and will continue to be front and center for years to come, there's really not one thing that man (or woman) can do to change climate-change but relax and enjoy it.

Since the new ice age (global cooling) did not materialize in the 70s as predicted, those old Gaia worshipers had to save face, so they proclaimed global warming was upon us with all kinds of disasters ahead. They now claim that the coldest winter that much of the US and the world has seen in decades was due to ... wait for it ... yes! Global Warming! However, they have begun to hedge their bets by slightly adjusting their position from ... Global Warming to Climate Change. They can't lose with that one because we all know it will.

I will join other sane humans and un-celebrate the pagan celebration by turning on every incandescent bulb in the house, turning on the lawn sprinklers, lighting the gas light and the barbecue pit, turning the AC down to 50°, washing a hot hot load of white things, turning on the big screen TV (with Bose sound turned all the way up), and go sit in my idling super-charged Pontiac and listen to my house vibrate to the direct current hum and sinusoidal waves of energy.

Kitchen Backsplash

A few weeks ago I started working on my kitchen back splash. I wasn't for sure what I wanted to do when I started. All I knew was that I wanted something inexpensive and something that I could finish up in a hurry. So, I used my leftover wallpaper and scrapbook paper and came up with this........

A Sinful Recipe

I haven't posted a recipe in a while, and this one is truly one of my favorites. I feel like I need to repent after eating this cake! This will satisfy the sweetest of sweet tooth's, so get ready! A big shout out goes to Paula Deen for this one.....she's my kinda cook!

Gooey Butter Toffee Cake
Crust:
1 yellow cake mix
1/2 cup of melted butter
1 egg
*mix all 3 ingredients together, and press down onto 9x13 pan...do not bake yet

Filling:
8 oz pkg of cream cheese (room temp.)
16 ox bag of powdered sugar
1/2 cup of melted butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 C toffee bits (or as Paula puts it.... "as much as you darn well please.")
*mix these ingredients together with mixer and pour onto crust. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. You want it to be of a gooey consistency, hence the name Gooey Butter Toffee Cake.

Enjoy!!!!

Swinging and Singing

Matt has decided that he really loves to swing...especially on his teeter-totter swing. He also wants to sing Jingle Bells every time he gets on it to swing. The other day, he was getting Jingle Bells and Twinkle Twinkle mixed up and sang, "Jingle bells jingle bells all of the way...up above the world so high in a one horse open sleigh....HEY!" It was so funny. He was looking at me like, "why are you laughing at my singing mommy?"

I'm In Bow Makin' Mode!

Here lately, mom and I have been making bows for baby girl. Here's what we've come up with.....

Growin' Up