Sorry!

I know it has been a little while since I posted anything. With the wedding in a month and a half and my sons birthday next week things have been kinda crazy. I have done a few things and will try to get them up in the next week or so.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Bites

I found this recipe originally on twotinykitchens.com and I love it, my hubby and son love them and they are SO good.
What you need
1 cup of creamy peanut butter
2 tbs of butter
1/2-3/4 of a cup of powdered sugar
3/4 of a cup of brown sugar
1 bag of chocolate chips
pretzels

1. Mix the peanut butter and softened butter
2. Add the sugars and mix well.
3. Here is where you need to decide if you need more sugar or not. If you can roll the mixture into balls without it sticking to your fingers you are good. If not you need to add more sugar until you can.
4. Roll a ball of around a tablespoon but you can use more or less if you like, of the mixture and press it gently between two pretzels.
5. Place the pretzels on a pan lined with wax paper in the freezer for about 30 minutes to set.
6. When the pretzels are set, put the chocolate chips in a bowl and melt them in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted.
7. Immediately take the pretzel/peanut butter sandwiches and dip half in the cholocate and place back on the wax paper.
8. When they are all dipped put them in the freezer until the chocolate is set

That is it. They are a little time consuming but they are SO good and SO worth it!

Painted Bread

Last night Logan had a sleep over with one of his best friends, my best friends daughter. We had an early supper and decided we needed a snack later in the evening. This is something that the kids really had fun doing.
What is needed
Milk, Bread, food coloring, paint brushes, cinnamon and sugar

Pour the milk into some sort of containers. Bowls, or like we used a cupcake tin. You won't need much for each one. I used this because it was easiest with two kids and multiple colors.

I added two drops of food coloring for each cup. You may have to add more if you have a bigger bowl and more milk.

Make sure you set up an area where they have room to work and won't mess anything up if they spill or drip. Also, use new paint brushes! Very important. Even if you clean them well it is to much of a risk to use for the kiddos.

Then let your little ones creative side take over! I gave them each 3 pieces of bread and a paper towel to wipe the brushes on before they dipped them into a new color.

And here are their finished creations! Before you put them in the oven, sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar and then toast them! These two had so much fun with this project and then eating their creations!

Pizza roll ups

My guy works 6 on 3 off and every other week works nights. On those nights I usually try out some of my more kid friendly recipe ideas. Last night was one of those nights. 

What you need

2 cans of crescent rolls

Pepperoni

Mozzarella string cheese

Lay out your crescent roll and add a few pepperoni and half of a piece of the string cheese. Roll it up tight and try to cover as much of the ends as you can so the cheese doesn't leak out when it starts to melt. 

Bake by the directions on the rolls. When they are done you can use pizza sauce or ranch to dip them in and there you have it!

Plants update

Our plants stalled out about here. I think the bout of cold weather got to them. Since I took this pic it warmed up a little and they are looking perky.

Travel Coloring

I was cleaning out a closet and found an old small wipes container and remembered this project I had wanted to try.

 What you will need is a small wipes container, a pack of post-its, some crayons, and a glue gun.
It is really simple. You use the glue gun and glue the post-its to the inside of the wipers container. Toss in the crayons and you have a small, contained, travel coloring container for the little ones. You can also use pens in it and keep it in your car for when you need to make notes for yourself.

Under the kitchen sink/chemical cabinet project

So, for a long time the cabinet under my sink has just been sitting unused. I decided I was going to move my chemicals under there. Here is my little make over project.

Here is the most important step.  A child proof lock for the door. My 4 year old has never messed with this stuff, but I don't want to take that risk.

Here is the cabinet space. Our cabinets are metal and that is rust. I wish we could replace them but one we rent and two we don't have the money.

To cover up the rust and make it easier to clean I used some peel and stick tiles I have had for a while. I believe they were about $10 at Alco.

Then I added a tension rod I bought at Walmart for about $5. I will use this to hang spray bottles on .

I used two dish tubs bought for $1.97 at Walmart to hold the bigger containers

And a couple of small baskets, 3 for $4.98 at Walmart, to hold smaller things, rags, and sponges. 

And all done! I love that it is so much more organized and was able to utilize a space that was just going to waste!