Baby Girl Calendar Pages

The first page is July, 4th of July. I sewed ribbon stripes on and blue paper. The stars are just stickers. The next page is June for Fathers Day with a poem "Walk alongside me Daddy". The third page is for November, Thanksgiving "Hold onto your family with both hands". The fourth page is February, Valentine's Day "You're the apple of my eye". The butterfly is an iron on that I just hot glued to the page. The stores will discount iron ons that don't move fast so check those discount bins often. The last page is for May, Mother's Day "When they placed you in my arms you slipped into my heart". Just slip these into a scrapbook with a calendar page on the opposite side and embellish.

Oatmeal Cake

For those of you who think they don't like oatmeal, try this cake. It's delicious and good for you because it has oatmeal in it. This is a good way to sneak it in someones diet. My Boss was eating a piece and He said "this is good Val what is it"? I told him oatmeal cake and he said "good thing I didn't know it or I wouldn't have tried it". My son Mike would request this for his birthday cake.

Oatmeal Cake
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of Parkay butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cup of flour
1 cup of quick oatmeal

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Microwave 1 1/2 cups of water on high for a 2 minutes, add oatmeal and stir. Place the oatmeal in the refrigerator while you mix the other ingredients. Cream the sugars in soft butter. Add the eggs. Add the cinnamon, soda and salt. Mix well. Add he flour, the batter will be thick. Add the oatmeal and stir well. Pour the batter into a oiled and floured 13 x 9 pan. Bake for 25 minutes. While it is baking mix the glaze.
Glaze
1 stick of Parkay butter
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
3/4 cup of milk
Bring the ingredients to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Slowly pour over the cake as soon as you remove it from the oven. I pour it onto the spoon and let it flow over the cake. Place it back in the oven under the broiler for 3-5 minutes. Watch it carefully or it will burn. I like to serve it warm....ummmm.

Christmas Time Activities

Christmas Time
__Go to a farm and cut your own tree
__Light up the Night (Hang Christmas Lights)
__Dig out the Christmas CDs (play it loud & dance around)
__Don’t forget the Mistletoe……..a Kiss
__Heat up some scented oils……Evergreen…Cinnamon
__Pull out the Christmas Movies
__Put on a cap, mittens, make a Fleece Scarf and take a walk in the cold
__Light up that Fireplace/ Christmas Candles in front of a paper fireplace
__Mmmm Hot Hot Hot Chocolate…..with Marshmallows
__Slip into that holiday apron & host a Gingerbread / Cookie Swap
__Make and Share Wassail
__Go see Santa
__Go Christmas Caroling…FaLaLaLaLa
__Make Christmas Cards and mail those Christmas Cards early
__Get Wrap Happy (put on your Santa Hat & crank up the music)
__Make a batch of Cookie…..Just Because….Secret Santa
Teachers / Bus Drivers / Coaches / Old Friends & New
__Help collect food and Toys for Tots
__Dress up and go see a play or put one on …The Nutcracker
__Watch a Christmas Parade or be in one
__Go to the Library and get a new Christmas Book
__Brrrrrr…Go Ice Skating / Pretend Ice Skate
__Write a letter to Santa
__Make Garland / Wreath...Reindeer, Gingerbread Boys, Popcorn (Gifts)
__Santa Coloring pages, Mazes, Puzzles, Quizzes
__Make Naughty and Nice Lists (he’s checking em’ twice)
__Make a Snow Man -Clay or Marshmallow (pretzel arms, carrot nose, choc eyes)
__Hit the Parties
__Pick some secret pals, send notes and cookies all season
__Make and wear some Christmas jewelry / clothes
__Make some ornaments or decorations for the house (wreaths)
__Take a hay / car ride and look at house decorations at night
__How about new Christmas socks or PJs
__Santa Face Countdown / Paper Chain Count Down
__Make Reindeer Food (shredded wheat)
__Make your own Gift Tags (stickers, glitter, stamps, ribbons, pom-poms)
__Draw or cut out snowflakes (use lots of glitter)
__Pretend it’s snowing with white balloons / Make Beanbag Snowballs
__Gather Pine Cones and paint the tips white for a snowy effect
__Make foam and glitter snowflakes, then hang them in the window
__Modge Podge Christmas messages onto wooden block window sitters (Peace, Joy, Merry Christmas)

Grandma's Chair

This is My chair. It is a rocking recliner and it is fluffy soft. It has soothed baby cries and rocked babies to sleep. This was a great chair but it is even better now because my granddaughter Tori made me a pillow for it. My daughter Sarah helped her a little bit, but she sewed it on the machine and stuffed it. What a great job...a Crafter in the Making. Now my chair is complete.

Honey Bun Cake

If you like Honey Buns you are gonna love this recipe. Look at all that swirly goodness.....yum yum.
Honey Bun Cake
1 box of yellow cake mix
3/4 cup of oil
1 cup of sour cream
4 eggs
1/3 cup of honey
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
1/4 cup of milk
3 cups of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Spray a 13 x 9 pan with oil. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat dry cake mix, sour cream, oil and eggs on low for 2 minutes, batter will be thick. Pour into prepared pan. Drizzle honey over batter. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon, then sprinkle on top of honey and batter. With a knife swirl through ingredients. Bake for 25 minutes. Under bake rather than over bake. Mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. I love to eat a piece while its still warm. FYI: I don't really measure the honey, I just pop the pour top and cover the batter.