Ok, I think I am done with cold weather,

Granted it hasn't gotten too terribly cold yet, and today was the first day I went out to frost on my car, but still I'm over it. It's going to be a long winter.

Rice Krispy Disaster.

So the plan was to make rice krispy treats for Anna's Pre-K class. No problem. Being the crafty Mom I try to be at times I planned to make them in a fun shape. I already did pumpkins for Katy so I was going to do something diffent. Witche's Hats. Black is near impossible to get from food coloring so I was going to do purple hats with green trim in the form of yogo strips.

Well, I don't know if it was the generic rice krispies or the stuff not wanting to cooperate but I couldn't get the stuff to stick together for the life of me. I tried for a good 20 minutes before giving up on the hats and thought, I'll make little purple snakes, but that fell apart too. So after 40 minutes of wrestling with the rice krispies I surrendered and pressed them into a cookie sheet.

So Crafty Mom failed tonight. They are sweet and tasty and that is all the kids will care about, but I still wish the cute little hats I had pictured in my head had been able to materialize.

Relieved to report that Zoe only has a kidney infection!

Three weeks of antibiotics and she should be fine. We were worried about out girl.

Naptime. I miss you already......

Tara is slowly giving up her naps. She has been down to just one nap for a very long time now, but she has always loved her after lunch nap. That is changing. More times then not in the last two weeks she has simply talked to herself and her plush companions for two hours rather then sleep. She is still in a crib and while capable, has shown no desire to get out for now. I am sure she will soon seek freedom from the boredom of her room as she is no longer snoozing.

I'll miss you naptime. You were a good friend.

The waiting is the hardest part.

The Vet feels there is something going on with our Zoe girl's kidneys. He think either a kidney infection or kidney disease based on what he knows so far. The kidney infection is preferable as it is easily treated. The other.......

Well, we really don't want to think too much on the other.

So we wait for a phone call and hope for good news. I hate waiting.

Costume shopping is finally done! Sort of.

Tara was so easy. I picked up two cute costumes at Target. Showed them to her, she grabbed one, hugged it, said thank you and put it next to her. Done!

Her sisters are another story. Anna wanted to be whatever Katy wanted to be. Katy didn't want Anna to be like her. Then Katy couldn't decide what to be, but she was certain it was not at Target. So we were left to this weekend, the weekend before Halloween and if they didn't find anything at the Party Store they just were out of luck.

So we were steeled for another, there is nothing here I want to be or worse a case of I want to be this, that and this all at once(one idea batted around was a spider-bird-fairy-princess) and having to try and talk them down as with various things going on we are not in a position to spend $40+ per kid for a cheaply made costume.

So with grandparents in tow we entered the store and were pleasantly surprised as each daughter rapidly selected what they wanted and the good clerk behind us, picked right up and requested the sizes we needed before we had to ask.

Anna happily received hers and this is where the kink came in. They were out of Katy's. So back to the wall o' costumes. After much discussion, an agreement to still buy vampire teeth and to add a broom to the list we selected a second choice and made our way to check out. This should be the end. But two broken brooms and no vampire teeth suitable for a 6yr old who will want to take them out fifty times a hour we left with me knowing I'd be looking for these items later this week.

To top it off though. I discovered after we were home with our non-returnable costumes that Anna's was not the right size. She fits, but barely. I'll be waffling tonight on wether to leave it since it does fit if a bit snug, or bite the bullet and hope the store has a larger size that I'll need to take in.

Decisions, decisions.

Eggless Pumpkin Pancakes

Tonight, I just didn't want to make what I planned for dinner. So I decided to experiment a bit.

It turned out better then planned and the older girls had not only seconds but thirds.

I took the basic bisquick recipe and went from there. I am not the best when it comes to measuring so you are forewarned.

2 cups of bisquick
1 cup of milk
around 4 tbs of pumpkin puree
2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice(I just kind of shook the container til satisfied but 1 tsp sounds about right.)
1 tbs of sugar
1 tbs of brown sugar

Mix and make as normal. This makes a thick pancake batter due to the puree, but ours turned out nice and moist.

Anna has declared these the best pancakes ever (at least til the next pancake meal), and wants to eat them every night. Not so sure about that, may get a bit tired of pumpkin after awhile. :)