He has an answer for everything...

a conversation between Elijah and I...

Elijah: Mom, I'm hungry
Me: Would you like a banana, or some of this marinated mozarella with crackers?
Elijah:  What's the cheese?
Me: Mozarella with sun dried tomatoes, peppers, and olive oil.
Elijah:  YUCK!
*30 seconds of silence*
Elijah: Okay, I'll taste the cheese.
*I give him a piece on a cracker*
Elijah: YUCK! 
Me: Say "no thank you", please
Elijah: NO THANK YOU!  YUCK!
Me: So do you want a banana?
Elijah: I like the cheese.
Me: Do you want the cheese with some crackers?
Elijah: No... how about some spinach dip?
Me: Okay.

*2 minutes pass*

Elijah: Mom, I'm thirsty.  What can I have?
Me: I'll get you some water.
Elijah:  What about milk?  Can I have milk?  (he doesn't like milk)
Me: Do you want milk?
Elijah: No, you know I don't like milk.  I want water.
Me: Okay.  (getting him water)
Elijah: ICE WATER
Me: There is no ice.  This water is cold.
Elijah: Not cold enough.  Can you make some ice?
Me: No, there is no room in the freezer for me to make ice right now.
Elijah: Can't you make some room?
Me: No honey, there is too much food in the freezer.
Elijah: So take some food out.
Me: No, because then it will go bad.
Elijah: Well, can you get an ice chest and go to the store and put ice in it and keep the food good that way?  Then there will be room to make some ice.
Me:  *dies of exhaustion*

Gobble Gobble

Happy Turkey Day, everybody! (that's all umm 3 of my readers ;) It's only 10:30am, turkey is a'roastin' over at moms, and I thought I'd go ahead and toss up some pictures of our hand turkeys that we made last week.

So as with every holiday, I was all set to drive myself nuts with some festive cut-out cookies. Oh, how I hate them, but oh, how cute they are... well I was saved by the bright bulbs over at Nick Jr. television. They showed a bit between shows about making hand turkey cut-out cookies. Easy, cute, and lots of involvement from the kids! I hauled my stuff over to mom's to make a mess of HER kitchen and dining room :)

No pictures of making the dough, but believe me, there was a lot of taste testing going on! After trying literally dozens of cookie recipes, I have settled on a cream cheese cut-out that holds it's shape very well. So, cream cheese, butter, eggs, vanilla, sugar, flour - MMM!

So we paaaat it, rolllllll it...



(Did you see me rip off a little piece from the front there and eat it? No... no. Neither did I. Ahem... moving on.)


Have your super-enthusiastic kids trace their hands with a toothpick...

 

I added some little beaks on the turkeys, and roasted them! Bwahaha!


This is Bella. She really wishes this was one of my clumsy days, where I drop everything on the floor while I'm cooking :P Sorry Bella. Come back in 30 minutes when the dining room floor has been covered in sprinkles, and there is frosting wiped on the chairs.


Time to decorate! I told my boys to have at it with the sprinkles, and they took their job very seriously!


See? These kids don't mess around.


They were lots of fun to make, and the boys definitely enjoyed them. We made some pine cone turkeys yesterday, but I didn't have my camera handy. Still, I'll post some pictures of the finished product later on. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble!