The cutest little pies!

Now most of the time I can say for sure without a doubt that when I bake something it probably won't be pretty but it will taste good :). Well for Christmas my mother in law got me the cutest little thing :) Called a "pocket pie mold" from William Sonoma 

Pretend the picture is white and a star... That is what I got but I can't find a picture of it and well it is just to much work to take a pic of mine!

This is the most awesome thing ever! It makes little cute hand held pies, and yesterday I even used it to make PB&J for the kids for snack at school and press it together like an uncrustable!

But really who wouldn't want little star shaped apple pies for snack!

I can't even tell you how happy my kids were after school!

Yum!

Now I need to figure out how not to burn the edges LOL.

A happy young artist!

Caitlynn is my little artist :). At 3 years old we never have enough crayons, chalk, pens or sharpened pencils. She colors all the time, Luckily she has stopped trying to color the walls LOL. For Christmas she recieved bunches of coloring books and crayons and is just in heaven picking a picture to color :).

Then for Christmas she recieved the best present for a 3 year old (or 5 or 8 or 10 because they have all used it LOL)

The Discovery kids Color me playhouse....

She is going to have enough coloring to last her at least a few months LOL

And they can (all 4 kids) fit in it  with toys and books!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!

I can not believe that it is 2011 already. 2010 just flew by and seems like it was gone in the blink of an eye. Then here sit the kids another year older winter break is almost over and school is starting up again Monday and wow I'm not even sure where to start.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and new years, Ours was fun, busy, and yet peaceful because hubby was able to take a week of vacation from work and spend the time at home hanging out :).

Christmas eve we went to my Aunts house, I always love getting together with family!

Then Christmas morning the kids were spoiled rotten :)

Caitlynn is in LOVE with her C necklace :)
Well there just weren't many picture of the kids opening presents from mommy,  and daddy, and grandma Karen and Santa..
But after breakfast the kids opened presents From Grandpa and we made sure to get a ton of those pictures!

First up was ponies! Love them!! They have played with them every single day :)

 A brand new learning system! The V-reader from V-tech!!! This is one awesome toy!!!!

 The next series of Dragon ball Z!!!!!!!!

Some awesome very realistic play food!

Epic Mickey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (this game is super fun!!)

you can't go wrong with boys and legos!!!!!!!

One of my favorite pictures :) I love the 3 year old in the santa hat opening her very own v-reader!!!!!!!!!!

The princess and the frog!!!!!!!!!

I science kit/ bug habitat with triops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pet rocks to make!!!!!!!!!

Disgusting science! Just what every boy needs!

Scrabble flash and we are getting tired :)

Then the kids chilled and played with their new toys :) I really love these v-readers !

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy new year We really did!!!!!!!!!!

busy busy busy

Things here have been busy to say the least. Last Wednesday Nathaniel had his winter recorder concert! He did wonderfully and hadn't told me before that he was doing the advanced songs!!! I am so proud of him!

Then Friday we got report cards. All of the kids were excited for us to see them! and all I could say was.. Wow my kids are smart LOL.

Brianna received all 3's (the best she can get for kindy). She needs to work on recognizing the uppercase letter Y, and the sounds for Y and TH. They say she has mastered everything else!

Alex received just about all 4's (that would be exceeds standards of learning 94% of the time). His handwriting has gone from a 2 (yeah he is an 8 year old boy.) to a 3. I am just blown away!

Nathaniel has raised every grade he got except math.. that went from a 91 to a 90.

Lets just say I am so very happy with them!

Today we painted Christmas ornaments for gifts,

The kids had alot of fun :)

Oh and on the table I rescued some packing paper that came in a package from amazon... It is PERFECT for covering the table LOL

Yay! The ornaments always come out so cute :)

Seasons greetings!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had such a good time at my parents house. We all loved seeing all of our family and enjoying the company of loved ones. After our little vacation we came home and first had a small thanksgiving dinner on Saturday with Steve. Ham, sweet potatoes, corn and pie YUM. Then we spent Sunday cleaning and putting up our tree! After baths I decided to try and get some pictures of the kids, except the camera lens was dirty... so all the pictures turned out blurry..

I figured out the problem cleaned it up and I get a picture of Caitlynn picking her nose..... sigh....

So maybe we will try again tonight LOL

Yummy yummy Yummy Earth review!!!

 

Our very first review here at Once upon a time!

And oh what a review. We got to try what is easily the BEST lollipops I have ever tasted. 

Yummy Earth Organic lollipops, made with no corn syrup, no artificial dyes, They are Nut free, soy free, GMO free, wheat free, gluten free, Dairy free, Casein free. They are 100 % vegan, Certified organic, and use all natural fruit extracts for flavor.  

A real down home company started by two dads who wanted a good treat to feed their children, not just another artificially flavored dye filled piece of junk

I have to say as a mom I love the ingredient list... It includes ingredients that I KNOW. That I would be happy to use in meals/ treats for my children. 

As a candy connoisseur, yes I have a sweet tooth, I prefer chocolate, Dark chocolate but I also chew gum all the time and indulge in good hard candies from time to time. These were hands down the best hard candies I have ever tasted. They actually tasted like fruit! They weren't overwhelmingly sweet  and just one lollipop satisfied that craving for sweets!

Now from the children....

From Caitlynn(age 3): Yummy, good, I like it!

From Brianna(age 5): Awesome, and um... I wish we could get more!!!!

From Alex(age 8): Awesome! My favorite is the blueberry because it is the Best!

From Nathaniel(age 10): Heaven!!! They are really good The cherry taste like real cherries!

So go out and get some really good candy!Share with your neighborhood Trick or Treater's this Halloween. Or just use that as an excuse to buy some ;)

We received a family sized bag of Yummy Earth  Organic lollipops for the purpose of this review,

The thoughts and opinions are our own!

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