The Hutchins Family: Super Bowl, Nursery Rhyme Parade, Pancakes and Saturday Cartoons

We have been keeping busy. It is harder to post things now because I usually take pictures with my phone. That makes it easier to put them on photobucket, but harder to post to the blog! So here is what we have been up to.

We attended a super bowl party with our home group. I made a recipe that is a standby at our house, but I did it with a twist. It was a huge hit! Here is how I made them, step by step:

Favorite lunchmeat.

Your favorite cheese (this is smoke Gouda).

Crescent rolls (I have also made this with the seamless crescent rolls and it works GREAT).

Roll out half of the crescents (if you use the seamless, roll the entire thing out and cut it in half first). As best as you can try to pinch the seams together.

Add a couple of cheese slices to half of the half. (The kids preferred the American cheese.)

Put a layer of lunch meat on top of the cheese.

Roll it as tightly as you can.

Cut it evenly into bite sized pieces.

Lay them on their side on a cookie sheet. I always line mine with non-stick foil because the American cheese can melt and run making it difficult to clean.

Bake at 375 for 11-13 minutes. (Ignore my dirty oven glass. Somehow something got between the two panes of glass and I have an idea of how to clean it out, but not the guts to pull it all apart!)

Viola! Jesstine calls them "Turkey Rollups."

Jesstine had a nursery rhyme parade at school this week. It just so happened that the class time before, she had a little trouble leaving Mommy and cried as she went into class. To try and get her excited about class, her teachers talked to her (and me) at the door about the parade. They let her choose her favorite nursery rhyme. She and her classmates dressed up as the nursery rhyme character they picked/were assigned. Jesstine of course chose Humpty Dumpty. It worked out GREAT because I had made a costume two years ago! She brought Emmitt's "Mr. Dumpty" because he has a bow tie and he has yellow stripes like her costume. It was SO cute!

Left to right: (Not pictured, Hickory Dickory Dock), Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble (squared), Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Little Bo Peep, Old Mother Hubbard, Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, The Muffin Man, and Little Miss Muffet.

Two of my favorite costumes! (The little boy on the left is the only kid in Jesstine's class who was in her class last year).

For the record, this costume went well below her knees when she wore it for Halloween!

The whole group. If you look closely, Jack (in the second row with the green striped sweater) had a bandaid on his head! LOL!

That night for dinner we had pancakes. It has taken me years to convince Stephen that it is okay to have breakfast for dinner! It was a huge hit with the kids. I don't think that Emmitt will be able to enjoy it any longer though. He ended up with welts around his mouth! We gave him some benadryl and I will be discussing food allergies with the doctor at his 15 month appointment!

You can see the welts pretty well in this picture.

And last but not least, we finally had a Saturday where we didn't HAVE to be anywhere or do anything! The kids slept in until after nine and we got up and watched some Saturday morning cartoons. Next week, Jesstine has her Valentine's party at school. I found a CUTE idea on pinterest (HERE) and have made a prototype! Also, stay tuned for Emmitt's 15 month update!!!!