Kids Love PB&J

My kids love peanut butter and jam. I was reading some old magazine while our car was getting an oil change and saw a recipe for pb&j popsicles. WHAT?!? When I got home this is what I made:

You don't really need a recipe.
I mixed 2/3 cup peanut butter with milk until it was the consistency I wanted. Thick but pourable.
In the blender I put 1 cup fruit (in this case a mix of blueberries, saskatoons, and raspberries), 1/2 cup OJ and icing sugar (maybe 3/4 cup).
Then I carefully spooned them into the molds. I didn't freeze in between doing each layer since both the PB and the Jam part were fairly thick I didn't really think they would mix up. And they didn't. The boys loved them.

Two Little Artists

My boys really like to paint. So when they asked to paint this morning I was almost prepared. I had found this cool idea on pinterest where you use tape to spell out a word on a canvas and then you paint over the whole thing, let it dry, and peel off the tape.

This is how our project went:

I just absolutely LOVE how these turned out. What a fun way to spend part of a morning!

The Ultimate Snack - In 2 Parts

PART 1

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 egg
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips (or more)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Combine butter, brown sugar and milk. Beat in egg. Add flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until just blended. Add chocolate chips.

3. Bake 8-10 minutes on ungreades cookie sheets.

PART 2
Now take 6 of those cookies and put them in a ziplock bag, and crush them up real good.
In a bowl soften 1/2 block of cream cheese for 15 seconds in the microwave. 
Mix in cookie crumbs. 
Roll into 24 bite size balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
Place in freezer for about 10 minutes or while you complete the next step.
Melt 4 squares semi sweet bakers chocolate in double boiler (also known as a glass bowl over a pot with an inch of boiling water)
Now take those cold cheese balls out of the freezer. Using two forks roll each ball in the chocolate, letting the extra drip back into the bowl. Replace on wax paper.
When done stick them back in the freezer for another 10 minutes to set the chocolate. 
Store in a container in the fridge.
You now have ULTIMATE CREAM CHEESE AND COOKIE TRUFFLES.
Seriously amazing. I don't want to share.

Eat Your FRESH Veggies

Eating a freshly dug up carrot....

Yum!

Supper from our garden. 

Jacob helping with the harvest.

Look at that huge carrot!