by jcastles | Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well today in Texas it was 80°….on April 1st!! At 9:42 at night it’s still in the upper 70’s!! So I’ve been wondering…..should I decorate for Spring or Summer…lol?!!
Well I decided to go with Spring. Since it is Spring after all…sorta. I had bought paper mache eggs from Hobby Lobby last month (about 68¢ each). I had also bought some cute Springy scrapbook paper to mod podge onto the eggs. But that did NOT happen! Do you know how hard it is to put paper on an egg! HARD!! So I spray painted the suckers and I’m happy with the outcome. Then I used the paper for my frame. I think it’s cute!
My favorite is yet again my chalkboard vase (aka wine bottle). I love how I can change it so easily and it looks great! I’m still not quite done with my other vase but I plan on making a flower….just gotta practice and get it done. And yes I drew the flowers on the vase…it’s the ONLY thing I can draw, lol!! Next to the vase are the paper mache eggs I spray painted. I just chose pale colors we had in our stash of spray paint in the garage.
I’m still working on my wreath….but it will be finished soon!.
by jcastles | Mar 22, 2012 | Recipes, Uncategorized
A couple weekends ago I participated in a bake sale and cake walk for my 7 yr olds school. I made some awesome cupcakes and chocolate covered pretzels. Here are the yummylicious pictures!
The Cupcakes. I made 4 dozen! All using the perfect cupcake recipe by TidyMom and my buttercream icing recipe.
The Pretzel Rods–almost 50, I think!
They were dipped in chocolate or vanilla almond bark and topped with sprinkles or additional almond bark.
I had fun doing it but it sure was a lot of work. Now that I have all the craft punches and templates made it’ll definitely be easier the next time around!
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by jcastles | Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Is potty training as easy as ABC 123….no it’s not! Today is the start of our adventure with kiddo #3.
As I’ve said before my 3 yr old is Autistic…so some things he just doesn’t get right away. Potty Training is one of them! His teachers at school have been working with him a lot and doing a fantastic and we’ve been trying at home w/out pushing too hard. The only time we could get him to even want to sit on the potty was at bath time. Last night that little booger sat on the potty for 20 min and nothing! He counted, he sang, he counted again…sang again and still nothing. We left the room, stayed in the room, stood by the door…nothing. Finally we were able to get him off–what kid just wants to sit there?! Every kid i’ve potty trained never wants on the potty (worked in daycare for a good while–i’ve seen my share of those kiddies)!
Well this morning he said the magical words….”yellow”. That’s how he tells us he has to potty. We went in and voila, it happened! We’re hoping for a continuation but who knows. Today could have been a fluke! Maybe not, I dunno..
by jcastles | Feb 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s a little chilly in Texas this weekend! Our high today was 38˚ but the feel like temp is 31˚. We were in the 70’s just last week! So yes everyone’s a bit sniffly.
Cold weather always makes me want to curl up by the fire and have comfort food!! So I enjoyed a nap by the fire yesterday and we are having Chicken and Dumplings for dinner tonight!
Image is directly from www.PolishTheStars.com
It’s easy and it’s fantastic every time! I add a little bit of seasonings (montreal chicken by McCormick and a little salt/pepper) and an extra cup of chicken stock (I use chicken bullion cubes) because it was a little too thick for my family. But it’s still fantastic the way the recipe is.
Hope you all had a great weekend! Off to finish the last set of Valentine’s for the kiddies and prepare the Teacher’s Valentine’s Day Cupcakes (another fun post coming soon!)!
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