We are hunkered down over here as "The Blizzard of 2011" hits. We are expected to get 12-18 inches of snow over the next few days. We've had sleet, wind, snow and lightning today. Yes, I said lightening. Strange! D did make it to work today, but came home around 1:30. We don't have any trees surrounding our property, so the wind is coming at us without any type of breakage or barrier. Our grill cover froze, became brittle and has been torn to shreds by the wind. The grill was starting to walk it's way across the deck, so D bundled up and fastened it to the railing of the deck with a bungee cord. We have a couple pieces of siding coming loose. Other than that we are doing well. We're just doing the best we can to have activities to do inside to pass the time. N's school was cancelled today and will likely be cancelled the next two days. He was supposed to learn the letter "P" this week. I used that as our theme for the day today. We painted this morning, had a picnic lunch in the living room at noon and made pumpkin muffins this afternoon. I also let N wear his pajamas all day. N is also learning to count to 100 at school, so we worked on that by throwing a ball back and forth. N counted each time he touched the ball all the way to 100. Below are some pictures from our day. Tomorrow is Ground Hog's day. I plan on taping some large pieces of paper to the wall, shining a light on it and tracing the boys' shadows on the paper. We might also stick with the letter P theme and make soft pretzels or pizza. We'll see. Oh, and we'll likely play Play-Doh. Hopefully that will be enough to pass the time along at an enjoyable pace w/o being too busy.
Picnic Lunch.
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
Pumpkin Muffin Recipe
- 1 1/2 C packed brown sugar (Cut back to 1 cup)
1/2 C vegtable oil (do 1/4 oil, 1/4 applesauce)
4 eggs (2 eggs, 2 whites)
1 15 oz can pumpkin
1/2 C water
3 C flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 salt
1 C Dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray muffin pan with non-stick spray or use paper liners.
Mix sugar, oil, eggs, pumpking and water until smooth. In a separate bowl mix flour, soda, powder, spices and salt. Combine wet and dry ingredients until smooth - stir in chocolate chips.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 with batter. Bake at 400 20-25 minutes.
Number of Servings: 28 http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=292497
Mix sugar, oil, eggs, pumpking and water until smooth. In a separate bowl mix flour, soda, powder, spices and salt. Combine wet and dry ingredients until smooth - stir in chocolate chips.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 with batter. Bake at 400 20-25 minutes.
Number of Servings: 28 http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=292497
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