Jared came home about half-way through the party and I told him I don't think I'm very good with kids. I'm trying to be better so friends will actually enjoy being at our house and not look at me as the scary, mean mom in the neighborhood.
I can't be that mean. I actually thought it was kind of funny when Peter got up on the roof. And after all, I did serve corn dogs for dinner. It's the first time in the nine and a half year union of our family that I have EVER brought a member of the hot dog family into our home. I am so opposed to hot dogs or anything related. But I am "fun mom". And corn dogs are pretty cheap, which might have been my actual motivation. I figured I could handle it since corn dogs do in fact hide the hot dog portion. It wasn't so bad. Although I'm not planning to make a regular practice of hot dogs in the home.
We had yummy party treats too.
My friend Becky told me how to make these yummies when we lived in Arizona.
Dissolve 1 cup sugar, 1 cup Karo syrup, and 1 cup peanut butter in a large pan over medium heat. Once dissolved, remove from heat and stir in 6 cups cereal (I have always made these with Corn Flakes, but I only had Rice Krispies and they were just as good).
Spoon "globs" onto waxed paper and let cool. They seem to have virtually no shape as you are spooning them onto the paper, but once they cool even just a little bit they firm up. SUPER GOOD AND EASY!
I feel like I'm just getting into my groove. That means the next week is going to be packed with fun!
4 comments:
Oh man, I wrote SUCH a good comment. And I don't know where it went!! I hate it when that happens. :P
I'll try to recreate--
You are way too hard on yourself. I can relate to the whole some-stuff-doesn't-come-naturally thing. It's okay. We're human. One of the best gifts we can give our kids is to accept ourselves and be ourselves and know that we're GOOD and it's enough. I think you're great! :)
(My first one was so much more better . . . "%$#*! I was eloquent!" Name that movie.)
Yeah, I would guess you to be the "mean mom" of the neighborhood since your normal personality is never upbeat nor giddy. Perhaps if you allowed more greasy hotdogs in your home, you would progress on the grid from "mean" to "perfect" mom since that is obtainable.
By the way, my kids think that Jennie-O turkey hotdogs are the real thing! They love them and never know that they are actually quite healthy and low in fat.
While Dave was out shoveling the 10inches of snow Utah County received yesterday, I was thinking of your decision to return here in 6 months or so......
Lots of love- JODY
Oh boy...you make me laugh! You ARE the fun mom,...doesn't mean you always have to be patient. But, guaranteed, if you serve corn dogs you are #1 best mom in town. (Even if you DO serve your family peasant food most of the time.) I would divorce Eric if he EVER divulged that kind of secret information.
You and I should live near each other and make double meals, 2x per week and share with each other. Then we would only have to serve peasant food 3 times. Good plan? I think I would like cooking better if I didn't have kids yelling at me the whole time.
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