Out with the Old

Today we went to our last Christmas party of the 2014 season.  

This one was at my Dad's house.  Z had fun with her new xylophone.

I got to hang out with all 7 of my siblings and my dad and step mom Julie.

When we got home we played the out with the old game.  Basically you have to get rid of some of the old broken toys in your room to make room for your new toys.

We let them work at it for a while by themselves but they didn't make much progress.

So it became a family job.

Even Z helped.

Ok she wasn't much help but we got it done.

G's side looks great.

K's looks great too.

Now we had some room to open new toys and play with them too.

Z helps play with the new toys too.

How do you deal with all the new toys?

Christmas Party #?

Today we had yet another Christmas party.  Yup I am so tired of Christmas its not even fun anymore.  This one was with D and his parents and siblings.

The kids got lots of fun gifts.  G helped pass them out.

G with his new trucks.

K got what he asked for which was Electronic Battleship.  He moved too fast so I didn't get a pic of him but he was very excited to get it.

Z got an awesome quilt from her godmother.

It is bubbled filled with fiberfill.  Think of cloth bubble wrap that stays inflated.

K was busy doing his own thing so G played Battleship with Grandpa Brownie.  They played old school Battleship because K didn't want to share his new game.

I also want to say thank you to Giada100 and everyone else at the IBA for making me one of this weeks featured bloggers for Social Media Saturday.

Ninjabread Cookies

As a family Christmas gift my mom gave us a ninjabread cookie kit.

We gave them a go this afternoon.

I made the dough and G, D, and Z cut them out.

We plan to decorate them tomorrow so I will show you done pics then.

This afternoon we had a suicide bomber in our house.

When she grew tired of that she became a car bomber.

Yup my daughter got a grenade in her Christmas stocking.  This thing has a tick down timer and a exploding sound.  To her it is the best gift ever lol.

I am so tired of Christmas but I still have 2 more parties this year.

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas was good at our house.

The kids got a bunch of cool stuff.  Other than G's 2 remote control trucks nothing the boys got was electronic.  Well ok nothing from us was but K got a little computer thing from my brother.

The kids made a big mess opening their gifts.

K got a diabolo, brain teasers, models, and a bunch of clothes.

G got monster truck stuff, a telescope, pants, and 2 remote control trucks.

G got Merida, a cozy coupe, and a bunch of other toys and cloths.

As a family gift we got a pool and a kayak.

Which is still in my hallway lol.

I scored a 4 slice toaster.  I am so excited it is crazy.  I can now make toast for all 3 kids at once if I pull out my old 2 slicer too lol.

Yup you have that mom moment when you realize you got excited because you got a toaster for Christmas lol.

My mom and siblings came over this afternoon to celebrate with us so we made some appetizers to share.

K made meat and cheese rollups.

D and I made bacon wrapped smokies.

I missed getting a done photo aut they were delicious.

I will end this long post with a pic of my sister playing with one of K's brain puzzles.

How was your Christmas?  Did you get any great gifts?

MeasuPro IRT20 Temperature Gun

So I don't forget to do it tomorrow here is my review of a 

MeasuPro IRT20 Temperature Gun Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer with Laser Targeting

This thing is so awesome for using with my job of fixing ice boxes.  It tells me in an instant if the box is running at the right temp.  You can get one yourself for $19.99 on Amazon here.

It is small enough to fit in my pocket or tool tote.

Easy to use buttons to control F and C.

Wide range of temps it works for -50 C - 380 C/ -58 F - 716 F.

All you do is point and pull the trigger and it tells you the temp the item is at on an easy to see screen.

All of this on only 1 9v battery.

If you do anything that you need a good quick temp reading this thing is for you.  I need to get another one because my boyfriend D stole mine.  He repairs commercial kitchen equipment and this thing works great for checking oven temps.


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Christmas Eve

The boys went to their dads for the afternoon/evening to celebrate Christmas with his family today but before that we did our chores around the house.

When they got home all three kids changed into their Christmas pajamas.  

K at 14 just wanted sleep pants so thats what he got.

G loves monster trucks and skulls.  I couldn't find monster truck pjs so he got skull ones.

Z likes anything so we got her red snowflake ones because that is the pattern she got last year and we thought it would be funny.

The kids are getting ready for bed eager for Santa to come.  I am eager for them to go to bed so I can finish wrapping presents and get them under the tree for tomorrow.

Is your gift wrapping done yet?

Christmas Cookies

We made cookies 2 weeks ago and they had been sitting in tubs on the counter.  That was the problem I guess because most of them were gone lol.  So this evening we made some more.

We also made some muffins in ice cream cones.

G and Z made cookies at daycare today too.

Oh and I won the bet on Z's weight.  She weighed in at 18# 5oz and my guess was 18# 2oz.  Ok I didn't win a prize just bragging rights for the next 3 months lol.

D has to work tomorrow so it will just be the 3 kids and I home for most of the day so after we do some chores we plan to make some more cookies. 

What kind of cookies should we make next?