Friday, December 19, 2008
 Someone told the boys once that if they put a spoon under their pillow when they went to bed it would snow. Yesterday when Noah got home from school he informed me that a HUGE snowstorm was on the way. Good someone's up on the current events cause I'm certainly not. Hadn't heard a thing about it. Anyway, when the kids went to bed they insisted on having spoons under their pillows. But this time instead of letting me get them, they got their own. Guess the plastic ones I provided weren't good enough cause it didn't snow the last time we tried this. Hunter brought up the biggest, silver serving spoon we own. Noah grabbed our pretty little jam spoon. And Denver grabbed another rather large silver spoon. All three of them shoved them under their pillows and a few of them wore their pajamas inside out and backwards, another trick someone taught them. Then they all went to bed.
This morning school was cancelled. Not a single flake fell until 12:05pm. They could have gone and had early dismissal but nope. We'll be making today up this summer when it's hot and sticky and humid and we'd all rather be at the beach. But the point is, we got lots of snow and the boys got out of school. And I have to admit, it was kind of nice not having to worry about getting everyone dressed and ready for school by 8:00am. And the boys were thrilled. "School's cancelled for nothing!"
 So while the kids played in the snow and built creations out of Lego, I did some Christmas baking. We're getting down to the wire here--only six days till Christmas and I've barely even started. Better get crack-a-lackin'! Anyway, here's Treat Six: No-Cook, No-Bake, No-Fail Chocolates.
In a fairly large mixing bowl combine:
2 heaping cups rice krispies
1 pint peanut butter
1 stick of butter, slightly softened
4 cups powdered sugar
Roll into 1-inch balls and set on waxed paper. Roll each ball in dipping chocolate and return to waxed paper. Let dry.
And here's Treat Seven: Sandy Webb's Fudge.
1 stick of butter
8 ounces cream cheese
8 cups powdered sugar
1 cup hershey's cocoa
2 tsp vanilla
Mix or knead together until smooth. Roll into logs. Wrap in foil and freeze.
Both are really easy and both are really yummy. Just ask my kids. They'll tell you. They are so easy the kids can even help. Denver loved squishing the peanut butter ball ingredients together with his bare hands. And I'm sure he could have done the same with the fudge but lucky for us we have my mom's old kitchen aid mixer and that kneads it together for me.
We spent the rest of the evening watching Prince Caspian and eating pizza and chocolates. Then the boys rehearsed their musical number for Sacrament Meeting. Just you wait and see--you're gonna cry it's so beautiful! And that's about it. Five more days until Christmas--are you ready?
posted by Shana # 11:20 PM 
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