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Name: Eileen
Gender: Female
Interests: Knowing God better, piano, French Horn, Kodaly teaching, cross stitch, scrapbooking (when I have time), reading, watching black and white movies and singing
Expertise: reading Children's books, teaching piano and French Horn
Occupation: Stay at Home Mom
Industry: Education
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Member Since:
7/16/2006
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| Here is the requested dessert I made at Fellowship dinner tonight. Triple Peanut Pizza 1 tube refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups chipped peanut butter cups Press cookie sough onto a greased 14 in. pizza pan. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; let stand for 4-5 minutes. Spread melted chips over crust. Freeze for 10 minutes or until set. Meanwhie, in a small mixing bowl, beat the crean cheese, peanut butter, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy. Spread over the chocolate. Sprinkle with the peanut butter cups. Chill until serving. Refrigerate leftovers. Addition: my pizza pan was only 12 inches. | | |
| I guess it's time for my monthly blog entry. One of things I most look forward to during the Christmas season is going to see Christmas light displays. This year we saw two displays in one night. First we went to Holiday in Lights at Sharon Woods near Cincinnati. It's a nice low key drive through light display. At the end, there is a building where you can see Santa, buy refreshments, watch a puppet show and watch a model train display. Nolan opted for the last choice. He is bery much the train, especially Thomas the train, enthusiast. I think we spent half an hour just watching the train and pushing the buttons to make the scenery move. If this had been the end of our evening, it would have been quite pleasant. Alas, it was not. Nathan wanted to go to Mason to see Christmas in Lights, a display in a park designed by Carson Williams. Last year, you may have heard about an amazing home light display in Mason set to music by the Trans Siberian Orchestra. So many people drove by his house that it caused a fender bender, and the display was shut down by the police. This year the display was held in a large park in Mason so as to accomodate large number of people and to prevent fender benders. The light display was shown on two wooden frames built to simulate a house. The ten minute show as awesome, although at $15 a car, I thought it was a bit pricey. However, throughout the show Nolan kept whining "I want to go home," which detracted a bit from my enjoyment. As soon as the show ended Nolan now whined, "I want to go to ten more places!" This lasted for about forty minutes. Finally he fell asleep about fifteen minutes from home. Lesson learned: do not keep three year olds out past nine o' clock at night or they turn into screaming banshees. Side note: Meredith was her usual charming self. We'll take her anywhere. | | |
| Yesterday I did something that I've only done one other time, and that is to make an apple pie from scratch. I had always heard that making a pie crust was difficult, so I shied away from it. Last Thanksgiving I attempted my first apple pie, and I was actually quite successful. Nolan was impressed with my pie and talked about it for months afterwards. I was quite proud of myself. In fact, when I asked Nolan what his favorite food was a couple months ago, he replied "apple pie." I think a family tradition has begun. This year Nolan and I made a Thanksgiving tree. I found the idea in The Preschooler's Busy Book. I drew leaves on construction paper, and Nolan, using his newly acquired skill of cutting paper, cut out the leaves. I drew a tree on some poster board. Then, I asked Nolan what he was thankful for and wrote his responses on the leaves. Here is a sampling of the answers, "bear, Bible, church, glue, chair, Thomas, Thomas books, Thomas DVD and videos, scissors, the point on the scissors, room, and finally "Meredith, Daddy and Mommy." I cannot believe that I rank behind " the point on the scissors!" Anyway, it was a good reminder of all the blessings I have. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! | | |
| A big thank you goes out to garilyn123 for organizing today's outing to Circle S Farm. This is the third year in a row that I have taken Nolan to a pumpkin farm, and this was by far the best experience. It's enjoyable to just sit back and watch your child having fun climbing in the hay, watching the farm animals and having a doughnut and a cup of cider. I think the highlight for him was going on the hayride and picking out a pumpkin. Last year, Nolan chose a cute little pumpkin that he could carry himself. This year Nolan wanted to get his money's worth and picked a huge pumpkin that I ended up carrying by myself along wtih Meredith and her pumpkin . No wonder my back has been aching! Really, it was a memorable day with beautiful weather and time spent with my kids. What could be better? I just finished reading this book this past weekend. Overall, it's not bad, but it had some questionable language and a pointless rmance. The main point of the book deals with a girl name Anna who was conceived to be a perfect bone marrow match for her sister Kate who has leukemia. Anna is tired of going through all these panful medical procedures and seeks legal counsel to be medically emancipated from her parents. Anyway, I just wondered how anyone else would feel to be in Anna's shoes or if you would "design" a baby who would be a perfect match for another child with leukemia or another condition? I discussed this book at a book club last night, and I was curious to see what others opinions are. | | |
| Here are Nolan's comments while reading his new Bible. "I'm looking for Jesus. He's in here somewhere." | | |
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