Oops

Well, I tried the edible playdough recipe today, and it didn't work so well for me. Yes, it tasted pretty good, but it was too mushy. Kinley just wanted to eat it - no problem - but she couldn't even roll it into anything.



I went online and looked up a bunch of recipes. Most of them used powdered milk instead of powdered sugar. A couple also suggested adding wheat germ or some other "good for you" stuff since the kidos would be excited to eat it. Here is one of the recipes I found.

1/2 c. peanut butter, smooth
1/4 tsp. honey
1/2 c. nonfat dry milk
Dash of flour

Hopefully this will work better for us.

Edible Playdough

Okay, so I admit I like watching Jon & Kate Plus 8. That show makes my life seem so calm and normal. I also like that the parents bicker and argue and continue to love each other and make their marriage work. Anyway, I was watching and they made edible playdough to play with and for a snack. I thought this was a great idea - no storage!

Equal parts powdered sugar, honey and creamy peanut butter. She added a little flour to make the consistency she wanted. Yum and fun! Of course Kate made it organic if you're interested in that.

I can't wait to try this out. I think Kinley will love it. Probably more eating than playing, but that is the point of making it edible.

Prayers

Okay, so here is what happened.

When we put Kinley to bed at night, we say prayers with her. Usually its either Tom or me, but sometimes both. With me, she hugs my neck and closes her eyes and waits for me to say amen. With Tom, she hugs his neck tight and rubs his head with her eyes closed. The amen part is her favorite.

Anyway, the other night I put her down, said our prayers and left the room. When I went to lay down later, Kinley was still awake. As usual, she told me she needed lotion on her legs and feet. Okay. She crawled in bed with me and I gave her a little leg massage. She then snuggled up on my chest for some lovin'.

Here's where it gets good!

She then put her head down, closed her eyes and said
"Dear God, my mommy, Amen"
Then her big blue eyes popped open and looked up at me and she smiled.

I was so proud of her! I know she understands when we pray, but I don't really know if she gets what is going on. Usually if I ask her what she wants to pray about she says "I don't know", so I was completely amazed when she did this herself.

To top this off, she then told be she needed to pray for her daddy and closed her eyes and did. I was so happy and smiling I almost cried! I know pretty sappy. I then sent her out into the living room to tell Tom what she had done. You could tell she was so proud of herself since we were making a big deal out of it, and it was GREAT!