I walked into the living room this afternoon and Katie was eating dry Cheerios with a clothespin.  She said to me, "Hey, mama, I'm eating these Cheerios with my chopper sticks."

Butterscotch Cookies

Butterscotch has long been one of my favorite flavors.  I remember as a little girl visiting my granny and pa.  Pa always had a pocket full of Brach's hard candy.  My two favorites were butterscotch and root beer barrels. 
This weekend I was on Sugardoodle.net.  I frequently visit this website for Primary ideas but  had never noticed that on the sidebar there is a link to recipes.  I came across a recipe for butterscotch cookies and had to try it. 
I sure am glad that I did!  I love to bake but usually only bake chocolate chip cookies when I make cookies because that is what my family likes best.  This just might be my new favorite cookie.  They smell amazing as they are baking and taste even better.  Here's the recipe or you can check it out on the Sugardoodle website.

Butterscotch Cookies

4-1/2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking soda

2 c. butter

1-1/2 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. white sugar

2 pkgs. butterscotch pudding (3.4 oz)

4 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

3 c. butterscotch chips

Mix flour and baking soda and set aside. In another bowl, cream together the butter, brown and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Stir in the butterscotch chips. Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes. Just watch until edges turn a golden brown.

Try them, I promise you'll love them. 

Say Cheese!

Eric is going to learn to play the violin this year

Charles is a proud big brother

The Future's so bright Andrew has to wear shades (even if they are pink)

Sissy thinks Andrew is so cute in her sunglasses

Daddy snapped this picture when Andrew was fussing but it looks like a smile

This hair is NOT due to static electricity

Charles

Charles came home from school last week with a tooth box around his neck and a gap in his smile.  There was no tooth in the tooth box however.  Eric was quite excited to tell me the story.  Charles was on the playground and ran into another kid.  His already loose tooth was knocked out and disappeared in the wood chips.  I guess the tooth box was just to show that he lost a tooth at school.  The evidence of this incident was a semi excited boy with a fat lip.  He was of course sad that his tooth was missing but happy that he lost a tooth. 

Charles also learned to ride his bike with no training wheels this week.  He has been riding with only one training wheel for quite a while.  He didn't have the courage to ride without it.  The kids were out riding and Eric ran in the house to tell me that Charles was riding on only two wheels.  I went outside and sure enough there was Charles riding his bike with the training wheel up in the air.  He hadn't even realized that he was riding without the help from the training wheel.