The first child fears

Being first born is rough. They are the ones who pave the path for the younger siblings. They are the ones that test the waters one toe at a time. When it comes to the second or even third child the waters have been tested and now parents feel more comfortable to let the younger siblings just jump right in. I know this because I was the oldest of three and I watched over the years how I paved the path for my younger brother and sister.

Now that I am a mom and I have one child, I understand how moms have the first born fears. I have one shot and only one shot at making his life as perfect as I could. He is unknowingly going to experience the full force of all my fears. I am an overprotective mother that analyzes his surroundings, skeptical of everything, trust only the trustworthy, not afraid to immediately ask questions concerning him and I worry about him when he is not with me. There is nothing more precious to us in this world than our little boy.

This brings me to say last year the Cisco kid had a few of his friends take the school bus to and from school. He begged me to let him ride it. He would always ask when he could ride it. My standard answer has been.... When you're twelve!! I thought my Kindergartner was just too young to ride the school bus. Now that he is in first grade and he thinks he is all grown up, his passion for riding the bus is even greater. I think there is a certain level of responsibility a child should have that follows riding the bus. To ride the bus or not to ride the bus that is our fear of the week. I will keep you posted on our final decision..



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Where is that smell comming from?

Wednesday is always good for a mid week laugh. This is the day where we could tell everyone about our children's outrageous and downright embarrassing moments we will remember and continue to laugh about when our children are about twenty. It’s “What would your children say?” Wednesday.

Imagine this!!!!! I'm sitting at my computer, typing away when I hear my sweet little boy say….. Mom, smell my butt. I turned around in shock, thinking…..What!!!!! He has is pants down and his backside facing me. When I asked him what he was doing. His response was. I want you to smell my butt, I sprayed air freshener on it and it smells pretty. Where, I ask.... Where do they come up with these things?

The 1st day of School

Yesterday was the first day of school.

A mother’s worry!! The superintendent of schools left a message on my cell letting us know that the health department is anticipating children to experience flue like symptoms. What I heard was, the health department is anticipating children getting the H1N1 virus, aka swine flu. Now if that isn’t bad enough, check this out. Yesterday I took The Cisco Kid to his class. I overheard another parent ask the Teacher…. Do you have antibacterial wipes and do the children use them often? The Teacher said YES!! The parent then said, I have two infants that are very sick and they are both in the hospital. Talk about raising the hair on the back of your neck. Her little boy sits two desks down from my son. I was told later that day the infants do not have the swine flu.

My little baby is growing up. This year it is 1st grade and it was just yesterday when he started pre-k for 3 year olds.
Friday was orientation and meet the Teacher. We had fun finding his new class, meeting his new Teacher and seeing all his friends. When we got into the classroom we found where he was going to sit and Mrs S. had a homework sheet for them to complete by Monday. We couldn’t leave before we stopped by to see Mrs B. She was the Cisco Kids Kindergarten teacher from last year. She was so happy to see him and he just loves her.
Yesterday: the first day of school. Everything is so busy at school. There were people everywhere. I walked The Cisco Kid into School and to his class. I’m so glad I wasn’t alone taking picture. There were about 100 other parents snapping away.

Homework.

One of his friends from Kindergarten



New Class

New Teacher Mrs S.

She has them unpack all their supplies.

1st paper work for the year.

New Class

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Almond Crescents

This is the first of twelve posts on my Family Heritage Christmas cookies. This recipe is my mothers and they are absolutely delicious. They are so light and buttery with the taste of almonds.

12 tablespoons (1-1/2 sticks)  unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons almond extract
2  cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (4oz) sliced almonds
1 cup powdered sugar for dusting after baking

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

Add the almonds, sugar, flour, salt, and butter to the bowl and mix.  Add the almond extract and continue mixing until the mixture begins to leave the sides of the bowl and forms a soft ball of dough.

Carefully remove the dough from the bowl and gather it into a ball. To make the crescent shape, pinch off walnut size pieces of dough and roll them into 4-inch long ropes the thickness of your middle finger. Form a crescent or "C" shape and place them on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1 inch apart.

Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes. They should be firm to the touch when done, but not too browned looking. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet to firm up.

Sift the confectioner's sugar into a 1-quart bowl. Roll each crescent in the confectioner's sugar, coating them well.

Everyone loves these Crescents so what you are seeing here is the recipe quadrupled.

Roll into balls first then shape into crescents.
Dip in Powdered sugar.

Giveaway Winner

We have a WINNER for the photo necklace. Thank you everyone for participating in the giveaway. Please see the video and you can hear the winner being announced. Thanks again,


Congrats Nicole, Buga Boos

Family Heritage Christmas Cookies

Every Monday from now until Christmas I will be sharing my full collection of Christmas cookie recipes with you. I know it is very early to even think about Christmas, but if I don’t start posting them now I will never get through the list. Every year I make over 12 different kinds of cookies, totaling approximately 500 cookies. I have a large family and many friends I give them to for Christmas.
If you have some Christmas cookies recipes you would like to share, I would love to see them. I will put a mr linky link so you can share.


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Summer has been a fun and busy adventure

We are coming to a close with summer vacation. The Cisco Kid has been staying up until 9:30 p.m. and waking up at 9:00 a.m. sleeping in was a real big treat for me. Now we are back to 8:00 p.m. bed time. This summer has been a busy one. Here are a few things we enjoyed doing this summer.

Disney World trip. Toy Story
Epcot

Up, Up and away in an air balloon.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa over the summer

My men going camping.
Spending the day in St Augustine Florida and touring the old fort.
Having dinner with our dear friends at Olive Garden.

Gymnastic classes
Staying home on a rainy day and doing crafts. Stay at home fun with the trains.

Going to the beach.
Having fun at home learning how to scuba dive.
Daddy is always fun to ride around the neighborhood with.
The Cisco Kid has lost some teeth this summer.
Another one bites the dust.

Eating Ice Cream is always a summer favorite.

A Train ride in our local Mall.
What a great visit from Family These are some of our play dates starting with The Cisco Kid and Beans playing cops.
The Children's Museum where these little ones are Veterinarians.
Fourth of July fun with the Little rascals. These little Rock and Rollers are serious about thier gig.
The Children's Musium with the Cisco Kid and Extreme. Winn Dixie Store
One BIG mud puddle. Once they got a little dirt on them they just wanted more. M.O.S.H Love the animals.

A pool party play date.

A day trip to Typhoon Lagoon

School Starts Monday. Today we find out what 1st grade Teacher the Cisco Kid has.

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