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About Me
My name is Tami and I live in central Illinois with my husband, Larry and three children, Caleb (5), Camden (3) and Emma Grace (10 months). I hope you'll enjoy reading about my life as a wife/mother and about our family's adventures.
Menu Plan Monday - November 26
Tuesday - Stove Top Turkey Casserole, vegetable
Wednesday - Corn Dog Muffins, baked beans
Thursday - Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken, lone star fries
Friday - Out with hubby to Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
Saturday - Chili, honey cornbread, apple crisp
Head over to I’m an Organizing Junkie for menu plan ideas.
Tags: recipes, menu planning
Thankful Tree
- flower pot
- small tree branch
- pebbles, rocks or marbles
- card stock or colored paper
- hole punch
- twine or string
- clear holiday lights, optional
To make the tree, insert a branch in a flowerpot filled with pebbles, rocks, or marbles. Cut leaf shapes from card stock or colored paper, use a hole punch to make a hole in each, and attach a loop of twine or string. At your gathering, have guests jot down a note of thanks on a leaf and hang it from the tree.
from Family Fun November 2007
Tags: Thanksgiving, Thankful Tree, Crafts, Holiday Traditions
Snowflakes From Heaven
This week, I went with a group of women from my church and we decorated a Christmas tree for The Baby Fold’s 14th Annual Festival of Trees. We had a great time together.
The Christmas trees, 4′ and 7′, along with a gingerbread village, wreaths, centerpieces and celebrity trees are all auctioned off to support the children and families of The Baby Fold. They also have performers and special events throughout the 5 day event. It is one of our favorite family traditions for Christmas. My kids really enjoy the Jingle Bell Junction, where they have all kinds of kids activities…Santa even makes an appearance and there are sugar cookies from the Cookie Shop.
This is our finished tree…Snowflakes From Heaven. My son has a field trip Friday morning and I am excited for him to see the tree and our family will be going on Friday evening.
Tags: Festival of Trees, family, Christmas
The Me and Mine Meme 100
I’ve been tagged by Erin.
1 - State the name of your blog, your real name or your online name, and link to your “about me” page.
Welcome to Parenthood, Tami, my about page is not working right now (I just switched to Wordpress)
2 - Say you want to be profiled on BlogHer as a family blogger and link back to this Me and Mine 100 original post.
I want to be profiled on BlogHer as a family blogger
3 - Tell how long you have been blogging.
Since January 2006, but I took a few months off when I was pregnant with our 3rd child
4 - Pass this meme on to three other bloggers that you think should be profiled/interviewed, and ask them to do the meme.
If you go ahead and do this on your blog, let me know in the comments and I will check it out.
Tags: BlogHer
Menu Plan Monday - November 12
Monday - Spaghetti, caesar salad, garlic bread
Tuesday - Ham and Cheese Crescents, lone star fries, fruit
Wednesday - Grilled Cheese, tomato soup, pickles
Thursday - Pasta e Fagioli Soup, salad, garlic breadsticks
Friday - Take out
Saturday - Breakfast - Breakfast Burritos, fruit - Dinner - Thanksgiving dinner
Head over to I’m an Organizing Junkie for more meal plan ideas.
Tags: recipes, menu planning
Christmas Giveaways
Christmas Giveaways
Ice Cream With Eyes
Our oldest son, Caleb, has been acting out a little more than usual lately. He has been needing some of the attention that has been shifted to his new baby sister.
So, Caleb and I went to Carl’s Ice Cream last night for a mommy and son date and he had his favorite, a chocolate ice cream cone with eyes. It was a great time for us to spend some quality time without his siblings around.
His daddy is planning on taking him to Qdoba for lunch on Saturday.
I have been trying to do some special things with him while his brother and sister are napping each day. We have been playing games, painting and reading his Bible Story activity and sticker books.
We are hoping this phase passes soon. It is beginning to wearing us out.
ice cream
childrenMenu Plan Monday - November 5
Tuesday – Hamburger Casserole, vegetable
Wednesday – Southwestern Chicken and Pasta, salad
Thursday – Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches, potato chips, pickles, double decker banana cups
Friday – Pizza, caesar salad
Saturday – Breakfast – Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Cake, fruit – Dinner – Beef Vegetable Soup, honey of an oatmeal bread, apple crisp
Head over to I’m an Organizing Junkie for more meal plan ideas.
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Fall Y’all Bloggy Winner
I meant to get the winner picked early today, but things were a little hectic around here.
The winner of the wonderful Lush bath products, by way of the random number generator, is Michelle at Big Blueberry Eyes. Thanks to everyone that entered.
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Favorite Ingredient Friday - Snickerdoodles
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 400. Combine 3/4 cup sugar, brown sugar and butter in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to butter mixture; beat just until combined. Shape dough into 30 balls. Combine 1/3 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon in a small shallow dish. Roll balls in sugar mixture and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake for 8 minutes or until tops crack. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove from pans; cool on a wire rack.
Head over to Overwhelmed With Joy for more Favorite Ingredient Friday – Cookie Edition.
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