Thursday, July 30, 2009

Sushi Night....We are on a Roll!

Sushi Night! 
We Celebrated Japan Tonight! I ordered Sushi and  we made Candy Sushi....
This is the finished version of our homemade candy sushi! (instructions are in this posting)


Some information on Japan and Sushi (click on photo to read)
Mike always has a perfect outfit for any party!



We discussed Japan and learned about their culture, location and foods.
We had to have Karaoke!!!!
 The hit of the party was making "Candy Sushi!"
Prepare  Rice Crispy Treats according to package:
A couple of helpful tricks:
Grease the wax paper with cooking spray first and coat the spatula with cooking spray as well!
One batch of Rice Krispy Treats makes 6 rolls. Spread the rice krispies out thinly on the greased wax paper. I opened up a fruit roll up to see the size prior to cutting up the treats.
We used Multi Colored Twizzlers, roll the rice krispies around the candy tightly
Next roll the fruit roll ups tightly around the "sushi roll"

cut into slices....




This was an easy and inexpensive night of fun!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Fun with Sharpies

Fun with Sharpies...
Sabrina (9 years old) did a great job!

Happy 4th of July!... Easy Cherry and Blueberry Pie




Happy 4th of July!
This was an easy version of a cherry/blueberry pie that I saw in a magazine.
click here for the homemade version.
Our "simple" version is ready made pie crusts with canned cherry and blueberry filling.

Friday, June 26, 2009

When Life Give's You Lemons! Make Lemon Cookies!

There is something special about growing your own fruits or vegetables and then cooking with them.  We planted a Variegated Lemon Tree (it is a cross between a yellow lemon and a pink grapefruit) in the fall, and we now have lemons!

 Homemade lemon cookies!
Recipe for lemon cookies

 Cookie Ingredients:

2 1/ cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Glaze ingredients:

2 1/2 cups powder sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup milk

Heat oven to 400
combine all cookie mix in large bowl. Drop by rounded teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 6 - 8 minutes until edges are browned.
Mix glaze ingredients in small bowl. Frost warm cookies with glaze.





Friday, June 19, 2009

Father's Day Gift Ideas


How cute are these!
My daughter drew a couple of pictures for her dad, and we made notepads!
I took them to Kinko's and had them made 2 pads 50 sheets each and they bound them, it cost $7.00 for two note pads.
I found this tutorial for making your own note pads at Chica and Jo.

Found this cute coupon book at Disney, it is the old style coupon books that Disney World and Disney Land used to use.
Just print, cut and staple!
Happy Father's Day!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mermaid Camp

Sorry for not posting in a while, Summer is here and school is out! My daughter, mother and I went to Mermaid Camp! Actually, I didn't get to participate, even though I would have loved it! It is a camp for girls between the ages of 7-14 year old. It is for two days and they receive  a mermaid makeover and get to participate in a show.
These photos are from the "live mermaid show"




Here is the group of girls who participated in the camp. 

Now here are the photos of "Mermaid Sabrina"....








Here is a video of the Little Mermaid Sabrina!
I think a mermaid party is in the future!!!!!