Wild imagination

Every Wednesday it's "What would your Children say?" Wednesday. As they get older their little minds have such vivid thoughts. It is so funny when they put those vivid thoughts into action.

On the night of the Boys Scout Camp out, we were all sitting around the fire and the boys were telling scary stories. The Cisco kid raised his hand wanting to tell a story. Before I could ask him what he was going to say, he was picked to tell his story. He told it like this.

Once upon a time there were boys sitting around a fire like this. And then, one of the boys got his leg cut and he started to bleed. And then, he cut his arm and it started to bleed. And then, he had to go to the hospital when a tornado came and there was a snake in the tornado. The tornado went away and left the snake and it bit the boy. Good thing they were close to the Hospital.

That was the Cisco kids version of a scary story. He left the entire group laughing with his wild imagination and you can tell he was making it up as he was going. He was so brave to get up in front of all those people he just met, and start telling his story with no real plan in mind.

The Boy Scouts know how to have a good time.

Over the weekend we had a Spook-o-ree campout with the boy scouts. It all started on Friday evening and ended Sunday morning. Due to the poor weather conditions in the evenings we decided not to spend the night. The temperature was in the low 40's and for us Floridians that is COLD! We got to the camp site at 8:00 a.m. and stayed for a full day of fun. With the jam packed day of activities and crafts the time just flew by. We left the camp site at 9:30 p.m. and the temperature was already 49 degrees.


We started our day with a great game of volley ball.
Tug of war


The boys were looking forward to the BB gun shooting range.


The boys were so proud of their targets. The Cisco Kid got very close to the center.
We took a break for lunch and the Boy Scouts put on a full spread of sandwich meats and cheese. After lunch we went right back to the activities by making a sun catcher.
Kick ball
Running to third base.
Archery, another one of the boys favorites.

Leaf rub
Singing songs around the camp.

After all the song singing we had dinner of Hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken with all the fixings. After dinner we went to the Bon Fire ceremonies and participated in skits.
Then it was time for the Haunted trail walk. The boy scouts did a great job decorating the trail and walking around not being too scary for the Cub Scouts. After the haunted trail walk it was time to get around the camp fire and roast marshmallows and eat smores

Almond Rugelagh Cookies

This is the ninth of twelve posts from my Family Heritage Christmas cookie recipes. Every Monday from now until December, I will share my full collection of Christmas cookie recipes with you.
I have already posted about my Almond Crescents, no cook S’mores, Almond cups , Coconut Macaroons, Crisp sugar cookies, Chocolate Dipped Lady Fingers, and Oat Rageous Chocolate Chip Peanut butter, Neapolitan Cookies.

My Christmas cookie collection consists of twelve different kinds of cookies. These are all family favorites. Every year I bake over 500 cookies and give them to our family and friends.

My mother called these cookies Rugalas. She made her dough with butter and cream cheese. I found it hard and time consuming to work with the dough. Pillsbury makes a pie crust that you can roll out and it is very easy to use. These cookies taste just as good.
1 Pillsbury Pie Crusts (Pre Made) 2 rolls in a box.
1 can of SOLO Almond Cake & Pastry Filling.
1/2 cup of chopped almonds
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 tbs. cinnamon

Combine the cinnamon and brown sugar together and set aside.

Roll out pie shells and spread 1/3 can of Almond Filling over Pie Shell. Spread close to the edge. Sprinkle Cinnamon mixture lightly over top of Almond Filling then lightly sprinkle chopped Pecans on top of that. Using a pizza cutter cut into 16 pieces. Just as you would cut a Pizza. Roll all 16 pieces. Starting from the end and roll towards the center giving you the crescent look. Once rolled, dip top of crescent into the leftover cinnamon mixture. Bake on 350 for 20 minutes or until the crescent looks opaque white.

Unroll the pie crust.
Spoon a large heaping tablespoon of Almond Pie filling onto pie crust.
Spread to the edge. These come out great when the Almond pie filling is spread thin.

Cut with a pizza cutter into 16th's. Cut the crust into 1/4th's then 8th's then 16th's.
Roll starting from the outside working toward the center.
Once they are rolled put in the nut, sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Place on lined cookie sheet and bake.

Continuing Paper Mache Pumpkins

Yesterday I posted the recipe and instructions for the paper mache pumpkins. Here is the ending result.

Now that they are nice and dry I cut the 3 inch hole at the top and bottom. Pointed side up. By cutting the hole at the bottom they now sit nice and flat and you can put a candle in them. I recommend the little imitation batteries operated candles.
Cut face out with scissors or exacto knife.

Paint them orange. Two or three coats of paint will be needed.

After paint has fully dried, they were sealed with clear polyurethane spray
We painted the eyes black.

Stop over at Kellys Korner to see many more talented people.

A belated birthday lunch with a dear friend.

I can still celebrate like I'm 21. Dancing, drinking, late night breakfasts, Oh! Who am I kidding? When I was 21 I started celebrating my Birthday at 9: p.m. and didn’t stop until the sun came up. Now my birthdays still last the same amount of hours but its spread out over one week. No more Dancing into the wee hours. No more drinking and definitely no late night breakfasts. Now my friends call me and say meet me for breakfast at 10: a.m. Just goes to show you what 40 something looks like. Because of our busy schedules, one of my dear friends Rebecca took me out for a belated birthday breakfast. This was definitely a trade up from the old days. We went to Mimis Cafe. I have never been there before and it was delicious.

Tuscan Frittata
Capresse Omelette: I met the Chief for lunch and since Mimis Cafe was near where he works, I thought it would be a great place for us to eat. This is what the Chief had.
Pineapple Coconut Muffin. Need I say more!!!!
Rebecca knows how much I love the presentation of food and this will look so perfect at Thanksgiving with some of my favorite deserts.
Thank you so much.