Waterfall Braid

I got Emily to sit so I could try my had at a Waterfall Braid. The new kind of French Braid... (wish she had strait hair...)





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Merry Christmas to ME!!!

My mother-in-law came over today with a Christmas gift for me an she INSISTED that I open it now.

Who am I to argue?



A KITCHEN AIDE MIXER!! I have always wanted one, but the price kept me away.

Because I am off this week and have had big plans to bake...

She bought me this for Christmas!! HOORAY!

In the picture, I have already started my first batch of cookies... Chocolate Peppermint Cookies. HOORAY!!
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Photo Card

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Buddy

He is back. We started this tradition when we moved into our house 4 years ago. The little kids LOVE waking up in the morning wondering where he is, the big kids like it to, as he has 'friended' them on Facebook!! (always watching!!)






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Kindergarten Christmas

I had so much fun watching Zack and his friends attempt to build their Graham Cracker Houses. They ate more candy than they put on the house! So much fun!!









Zack and his buddy, Remy.

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Location:Green Gables Elementary

Christmas Tebowing

And other Santa photos:









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Baking...

In an effort to heat my house, I turned on my oven to bake something Christmas-y.

Candy-Cane Cocoa Cookies



Step 1- get the yummy candy cane kisses unwrapped... 5 year olds are really good at this. Zacks motto, "open one, eat one, open one, eat one!"



Step 2- make the dough... Found at allrecipes.com



Step 3- cool, dust with snow (powder sugar) try to keep kids out till after dinner.

There you have it. Baking 101. Easy way to heat the house. Well, kitchen.

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Addicted

Hello. My name is Kim and I have an addiction. At times I am ashamed, but mostly I am not. I love it. It is Pinterest.

I cannot seem to stop watching the Pin boards. There are so many creative, crafty people out there, who are smart enough to post what they make. (Yay you!)

Well, after looking (and repinning) a lot of really cute things, I finally decided to try a few myself. And thanks to my iPod touch, a camera is always readily available!

Here are a few pinterest creations brought to life by me:




EASY donuts... The kids LOVED them. Refrigerator biscuit dough, cut the hole out with round cookie cutter, dip donut and hole in cinnamon sugar, bake according to package directions. We made a glaze to go over the top, and then I even dipped some in chocolate frosting! Yum!!



Today I made 'Heavenly Hand-cream' wow. This stuff is GOOD! Baby lotion, vitamin E cream, and Vaseline. That's it. I whipped it in my mixer, and found these cute jars in the dollar section at Target. Love it! Think I am gonna give it to my infant teachers at the Day Care. They wash their hands a million times a day, and their hands crack so bad.

Well, I have made other things, too. I guess I just didn't take a pic of it. You should see the ornaments I am making right now. So damn cute.

My name is Kim, and I have an addiction to Pinterest.

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Halloween 2011

He LOVED carving his punkin...


Jordan's puking punkin...


She wanted to be a puppy... This is the ONLY costume I have EVER made..

Lucky Me

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