Great Blueberry muffins

 

I Got this Recipe from Our Best Bites.

If you would like would like a tutorial click HERE

Streusel-Topped Blueberry Muffins

Recipe from Our Best Bites 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 3/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. table salt
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. grated orange or lemon peel
1 large egg
3/4 c. buttermilk
1/3 c. canola oil
1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries
1 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
Streusel Topping
1/4 c. sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 Tbsp. butter
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spoon the flour into measuring cups and level with with a knife and combine it in a large bowl with the baking powder, salt, sugar, and citrus peel. Make a well in the center of the mixture. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, and oil. Add to the dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
In a small bowl, combine the remaining flour and sugar and then toss the blueberries in this mixture until they are well-coated. Gently fold the blueberry mixture into the batter. Spoon the batter into lined muffin tins, filling 2/3 full.
To make the streusel topping, combine the 1/4 c. sugar, 2 1/2 Tbsp. flour, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or two butter knives until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the batter and bake for 18 minutes or until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. Makes 12 muffins.

(rinse your blueberries whether they are fresh or frozen, When I used frozen blueberries they ended up very blue because I did not rinse them.  This can also happen if you stir the blueberries in the batter rather then "gently folding the blueberries".)  
Very yummy I might even make them for supper tonight!

Mod Podge+fabric=Easter Eggs

 To make this bright festive Easter Eggs.  My sister and I tore strips of fabric into strips of about and inch wide we experimented with different widths and decided the smaller looked cuter.   The wider strips were easier because you only had to go around the egg four times to cover it.  Anyway.  I  painted and pulled the strips through the Mod Podge and then brushed the excess or painted more on if it did not coat well.  My sister wadded her strips up and dipped it into a bowl of Mod podge then squeegeed (probably not a word)(spell check picked it up so maybe if is a word!) off the large excess.  Both ways work and both are messy!  (I had memories of kids in school covering there hands with glue and letting it dry then pulling it off!  Still creeps me out!)  Then we wrapped the fabric strips around the plastic egg.  Then press down any fabric that is not laying down. (you could make them bunchy if you wanted, that would be cute)  We almost stopped with the first one, but once your are all gooey you might as well keep going.  Have Fun!  Let me know if you try it!

I bought the egg garland at The Mini Bazaar in Blackfoot.  It is also were my sister has a booth with her crafty stuff.  Very cute place if you are in Blackfoot.

  (One of the Lady's there gave us the idea for the eggs, Thanks Shela!)

These ones we gave to my Mom for letting us invade her house with craft and kids!

  Thanks Mom!

I decorated a basket my Mom has with some of the left over fabric strips.

Teacher

The older kids has a snow day today!  We only had a little snow last night when I went to bed, and I woke to a Winter Wonderland.   I'm not sure how much snow we got because the wind blew all night and made drifts!

So all the kids made snow forts to have a snowball fight.  When they finished Tyler was the only one interested in throwing snowballs.  Adele wanted to expanded by adding  rooms to her “to small” fort. 

Tate and Colton had a lesson in snow eating.  Tate turned to me with his sparkly eyes, and a big smile and said, “I’m teaching him how to eat snow!’

Leprechaun Trap

 I wanted to share with you
an older post from March 2009, but I could not re-post it (not sure it possible either)
It was a fun video of a Leprechaun Trap we did.  The kids still talk about it!  They have
grown so much since then!
Check it out for those of you who never saw it of those who would like to see it again
Look at my blog history close to the bottom of the page.

2009

Leprechaun Trap

St. Paddy's Wreath

When I am laying in bed awake, but don't want to get out of bed yet.  I think about things I need to do and things I want to make.  That is where this idea came to me.  I'm sure it is not an original ideas because everything seems to have already been done before.
Supplies:

• foam wreath (found in basement)
• #? torn strips of green fabric, I used cotton and flannel (found in scrap drawer)
• batting and embellishments (from scrapbook and floral supplies)

Directions:

1. Terr green fabric into 1 to 2 inch strips then sew the strip end to make a very long strip 
2.  Then rap the fabric strip around the foam wreath (i didn't even glue it)
3. (just had an hour brake helping  drive the tractor, chase some cows and pulling a calf)
4. With the extra fabric I twisted it and rapped it around the wreath (my hands are cold and I'm having a hard time typing)
5. Cut out a clover with the two pieces of fabric with wrong sides together and the batting in the middle.  (interfacing would work just as well or better)
6. Then sew around the edges and clip the outsides to make them fray.

Let me know if you try it!

Monster Jam Birthday Party

Monster Mash (rolling over pillows)

Monster truck Race with a remote 
control monster truck.

One other game we played 
was.  Guess the Monster Truck
The kids sat in a circle and one kid
closed his his then spun in a circle
then he pointed to one of the kids 
with his eyes closed.  The kid he
was pointing at made a truck
sound and the kid in the middle had
to guess who it was.

Pin the wheel on the Monster Truck

All the flags were make with black or white poster board.  I wove the checkered flags The direction were in the January Family Fun Magazine.  It was just like a 1st grade art project.

Cake was made with 9x13 and two 6 in. round cake pans

Black and white decorations were refurbished pinewood derby decorations.
I Printed the "Monster Jam" pictures from clip art off the internet. Then I glued them on the flags.

to identify the facility

Birthday Boy