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I just read The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. I feel so strongly about this book that I had to post it on here with the strong suggestion that every parent read it. If you have kids and you want them to do well in school and in life, read this book, take it seriously, and read to your children every night. The book even has at the back a huge list of great read-alouds with information about each book. I didn't always read to my kids. I started when Dodge was in preschool. I have to say that it makes a huge difference in your child's life. Dodge has come to love reading. I have found that everything else comes a lot easier if you first have a strong reading background. Dodge has gained such great comprehension skills from reading and it has helped with every other aspect of school. Take some time, bond with your child and read to them. I promise, you will never regret it.
You may have tangible wealth untold:
caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
richer than i you can never be-
I had a mother who read to me.
-Strickland Gillilan
I got that hankering again tonight, you know, the one that says 'Hey Michelle, you want chocolate, you need chocolate, bake something with chocolate!' Well, I give in all to easy to the sweet stuff so I dug out my well worn out family recipe book from Ruth and figured it would meet my needs. There is this really easy delicious chocolate cake mix cookie recipe, only one problem, I didn't have chocolate cake mix. Alas, the call of the chocolate could not go unanswered so I decided to try white cake mix and white chocolate. DELISH! I like it so much, I think that I have to share with everyone else. So here ya are. Give it a try.
Cake Mix Cookies:
1 White Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1 Tbs water
1/2 Cup butter, softened
Mix together until well-blended. Add white chocolate chips (nuts if you're nutty like that). Roll into balls and dip in powdered sugar. Bake on an un-greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 375.
My mom brought her girls and came down with her friend Dana for the rodeo this last weekend. Dana has two sons that both ride bulls and one was riding in the rodeo on Saturday. We got the kids together for a little swimming at the hotel pool. It was fun to have them all try and jump in together to get some pictures. Addison thinks she is a big kid too so she jumps right in along side them. Those kids would swim all day long if they could. After some swimming we grabbed some dinner at the Pizza Factory and then headed to the Rodeo. It was a wild rodeo. All the Broncs and Bulls were bucking the riders right off. It was the craziest rodeo I've seen. We even had a cowboys thrown right into the fence in front of us and a bull kicked it's leg right through the fence and into the crowd! It was fun to spend some time with my mom and the girls, even if the bulls and broncs were a little crazy!
Goodbye Mullet! Addison got her very first big girl haircut this past Saturday. We took her to Heather, our amazing hair guru! She worked her magic and Addison's hair couldn't possibly be cuter! I was a little worried that Addison was going to freak out but she did just fine. She sat in the chair enjoying a sucker, a mint, and some m&m's. Thanks Heather!
Dodge has been picking out one thing from his Mom and Me cookbook to cook to cook every week. This last week we made potato mice, twice baked potatoes decorated like mice. They turned out cute and were very tasty. Good Job cooking Dodge! You are a great little chef!
Here's a little preview of Halloween. Jessie, Woody, and Bullseye. I thought it would be cute to do duke as Bullseye but Duke would probably eat all the candy and maybe a few trick-or-treaters while he's at it. Maybe I could be Andy's mom and Ryan could be Stinky Pete the prospector. Probably not.
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