French Toast

6 eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

2 TBSP sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

pinch of cinnamon

bread

Beat everything together. Except the bread!

Heat pan over medium heat. Butter the pan, cause that will make it tasty... and not stick to the pan. Dip bread in batter and cook on the pan ~4 minutes per side. This is Gordon's favorite.

If you eat too much, just run a couple extra miles to burn the calories. It's all good. =)

Lisa's Oatmeal That Kids Will Actually Eat

5 cups water

2 1/2 - 3 cups oatmeal

2 TBSP whole wheat flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

sprinkle cinnamon

1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar

Bring to boil, simmer ~5 minutes, and serve with milk and toast.

Yummy Fluffy Waffles

1/2 cup butter melted

6 eggs separated

4 cups flour

1t salt

1 t baking soda

4 cups milk

1 T sugar

Place egg whites in medium glass or stainless steel bowl and whip stiff peaks. Mix egg yolks, flour, milk, salt, baking soda and sugar. Fold in egg whites and butter. Cook in waffle iron until done. Makes great pancakes also.

I usually multiply the recipe times 1.5 and then I have enough for another day. I freeze the extra waffles and it makes for a quick easy breakfast when I am in a hurry.

Crepes/ German Pancakes

A family recipe... We make these on special occasions or lazy not much to do days.

8 eggs

4 cups milk

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

~1/2 cup melted butter

If you mix all the ingredients except for the butter and then mix in the butter last, it will keep it from becoming lumpy.

These are very thin and cook quickly on high heat. Best if use an iron pan.

Roll up with fruit, yogurt or anything else you like in the middle. Top with syrup. Mmmm...

Warning! Not good if you are trying to diet.

Silly Houses and Super Ships

Playing in the Snow - Built an Alien Snowman - Hockey Tournament - Dress of the Week

We finally built a snowman! I know, it is really scary looking. I still couldn't roll the snow into balls. The bottom of the snowman wasn't too bad. I was able to just build up the snow. Then I was able to take chunks of snow to build the head. It just turned out looking kind of scary. Neil liked it better before I put the head on. =) You'll have to watch the video.

Matthew was in a hockey tournament this week at the Winter Club. There were four teams, and Matthew's won the tournament. They were undefeated. He was pretty happy about it. He was the only one that did not drink out of the trophy cup. =P

DRESS OF THE WEEK

Here are some pics and a little video of us playing in the snow from the last couple weeks. I hope you enjoy. We had lots of fun. =)

Groundhog Day Puppet

We made these with our friends that came over today to talk about shadows and the Groundhog Day tradition. The groundhog slides down into the plate and then you can make it pop out to see if you can see his shadow or not. I think it would be fun to use some flashlights.

Materials used: small paper plate, popsicle stick, brown cardboard paper, poem printed onto plain white paper, stapler, glue, tape, and crayons.

The poem can be found here, and the groundhog head can be found here in either black and white or color.