Cookie Baking Night 04/30/18

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Carissa (Carissa had play practice tonight but really wanted to be at Cookie Baking Night, so she came over a little later).

We made No-bake Monster Cookie Balls. Yummy.

Ingredients
2-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
½ cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup mini chocolate chips
½ cup mini M&M candies

Carissa arrived after the "cookie baking" part was over. She joined us just as we were arriving home from a walk in the neighborhood. We all played in the yard for awhile enjoying the warm spring evening. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Caregiving-She's a Comedian (04/14/2018)

Since chronic urinary tract infections have been such a part of my mom's story for the past 3 years, I find myself in the habit of testing her memory to gauge the situation from time to time. I'm guessing this can be a little on the annoying side when she is feeling well. 

This is how our interaction went this evening at the dinner table. 

Me: "Do you know who I am?"

Mama: "Yeah".

Me: "Who am I"?

Mama: "Well, you're either Robert or John." (those are the names of my two brothers)

Me: "Okay. I see how it is."

Papa-Larry is hearing impaired and didn't catch all of the interaction, so he asked what my mom had said.

Me: "She said she's a Smart Aleck". 

Mama giggled. 

She passed the test. Her memory is sharp tonight and her sense of humor is intact. 

Cookie Baking Night 04/02/18

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo.

It was a snowy April night, but it looked like spring inside the kitchen. 

We made M&M cookies with spring-colored M&Ms

The secret to a good M&M cookie is very few M&Ms in the cookie dough and lots of M&Ms on the outside of the dough once you scoop them onto the pan. That way the M&Ms are visible on the outside of the cookie, and they don't cook into the dough. 

See, I told ya. 

Tonight we read lesson 11 from Leading Little Ones to God. The lesson was titled "God is Holy". The lesson was taken from Isaiah chapter 6. We learned about the seraphim, described as "shining heavenly creatures". They had six wings. With two wings, they covered their face, with two wings they covered their feet, and they used two wings to fly. One said, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of  His glory." The other answered, "Holy, holy, holy." It was an amazing picture that caused our imagination to wonder about these creatures devoted solely to praising God. It was hard not to ponder God's holiness when thinking of such a scene. 

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; 

for the LORD our God is holy! Psalm 99:9

Amen!

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all.