Spider's On My Cookie?

I had been searching for something fun to make for a little Halloween treat and was searching some of my favorite sites and I came across these adorable little cookies from Bakerella. I just love Bakerella, she does things that any ordinary person can do and gives step by step instructions which make the recipes pretty much fool proof. When I saw these cookies I knew I had to do them sometime this week and I knew Parker would love to help me make them. Well I had the chance to make them yesterday and can I just say they were a huge hit!! We had a little birthday party out at Matt's dad's house to celebrate Parker's upcoming birthday as well as his little cousins Macee and Avery. We had a great time as usual, good food, good company, and lots of sugar!! The kids were running around like crazy from all the sugar and treats they had eaten. We had such a fun time and Parker really got spoiled from all the gifts he received. Thank you so much everyone for being so good to our family. And thank you Chris and Kerry for hosting. We love you all!!! I am going to post the recipe on our family's recipe sharing blog. It is on the right side of my blog, titled Family Recipes go there to check it out!


Bakerella's Cookies

My Cookies

They aren't as perfect as Bakerella's, nor are the pictures as clear, but you get the point and I am sure they were equally delicious if not more, I made the cookies from scratch and she used a mix. Nothing wrong with a mix, but scratch is definitely better!!

Spiderman Pajamas

Well I finally got the Spiderman Pajamas off of Parker yesterday. He wanted to go outside with his dad and we talked him into wearing warmer clothes. That was the easy part. Then last night when getting ready for bed, what did he want to wear??? You guessed it, the Spiderman jammies. Well I sneakily (is that a word) put them in the washing machine so he couldn't get them out of the dirty clothes basket, so he was so upset and had a full blown tantrum about the jammies. I wasn't going to give in. After being worn for 4 full days, they were downright dirty!!! I told him he could wear one of the other 5 pair he got for his birthday. No? he wanted the spiderman jammies. So after a few minutes in time out and many tears I finally convinced him to TRY ON the dinosaur jammies. I let him look at himself in the mirror and once he saw himself with the dinosaurs on he stopped crying. He realized they weren't so bad and were actually kind of fun. He decided that he could wear them this time. He made it thru the night!!! This morning he had to point out to me the different dino's on the jammies and he seems to like them more. But I better get a load of laundry done just in case. I may just sneak the clean Spiderman jammies into his drawer and see if he notices they are there tonight when he picks out his jammies to wear. We'll see what happens.

Parker Turns 3

Saturday the 1st was Parker's 3rd birthday. Wow has time gone by so quickly. I can't believe that my little boy is 3 and is no longer a baby. He is growing up to be a pretty smart little boy. Everyday he surprises me with the things he is learning. I spent the morning preparing for a little get together we were having in the evening for him. I made his birthday cake (a dirt cake, he loves dirt, this time it was edible) and I had a lot of fun making it for him. I thought it turned out really good. I told him to come and look at it and when he came into the kitchen and saw it he looked at me and said, "What is it?" I said a birthday cake. Doesn't it look good? He just wanted to take the bugs off of it. In the early evening we mte Matt's parents and Tara for Pizza and he had a fun time running around with his cousin. We got home and had my parents over for a little party. The theme for the night was pajamas, he got 6 new pairs (he was in desperate need of new ones). He also got a new pair of shoes, some slippers, snow boots, a movie, some sugar cookies, a new book,a new outfit, some laffy taffy, and the big one was a new set of junior golf clubs. He was pretty excited about those. Too bad there aren't too many more days left to play with them. He will have to wait until the spring. meanwhile the clubs will be resting in the garage. I don't want the house destroyed. After we opened gifts we had cake and ice cream. He loved blowing out the candles. Oh one funny thing that I have to mention is that he got a pair of Spiderman jammies from Grandpa Yancey, and Parker immediately wanted to put them on. He then tried to climb the walls like Spiderman. It was funny. He has had the jammies on ever since that night. I did manage to get them off him for a few hours yesterday for church, ony after promising him that as soon as we got home he could put them back on. The same thing this morning. I had him put on some clothes so we could run errands. Then as soon as we walked in the door he wanted them back on. I am not sure when I will be able to get them to put them in the washing machine. I guess he really likes them. Good choice Dad!! Thank you to everyone that got him a gift. He is spoiled!!

My SIL

Tara, this post is for you. I don't really have much to say. We have been up to the same old thing around here. We did have a little halloween/birthday party for Parker and two of his cousins on Sunday out at the in-laws. (OOPS I forgot my camera) Tara do you have any pictures from Sunday??? It was a great time, the kids all got to dress in costumes and they recieves trick or treat bags from grandma Kerry. Parker was spoiled as usual, it is fun to see him get excited about things this year. He will be 3 on Saturday and is starting to really understand and able to communicate with us. We also recieved the Phantom Ghost at our house last night. (Someone rang the door bell and ran and left us a treat on the doorstep). Now it is our turn to return the favor to someone we know. I just finished up a batch of cupcakes that I am going to decorate with bright green and orange frosting. They are still cooling and not finished or else I would post a picture. I might let Parker run and ring the doorbell. We might have to do a few practice runs at our house so he won't get caught in the act. We have a ward party/carnival tomorrow so I know I will have pictures from that. Until then have a great Tuesday!!!

P.S MY storage/scrapbook room is still unfinished. We finally got fed up with the run around and my dad decided that he would be able to do the flooring. He is a busy guy and we appreciate him helping us out. He is about half way finished, I am hoping that he can finish by Saturday so I can have my house back to normal before Big Brothers b-day.