Chalkboard

• I forgot this photo was on the camera. This was Isaak at the doctor's office last week.
• He was so eager to copy the other kids when they were writing on the chalkboard. He kept looking off to the side to see what other kids were doing.
• All was good until he tried eating the chalk; then he had a miniature melt down when we got called back and he had to put the chalk away.

Rain and Snow

• It rained sleet last night.
• Daddy knew he would have a busy day today at work. We agreed that he should go in last night, so we could carpool today. He was at work from 8:30 to 11:30.
• This morning it was snowing.
• Visibility, and sliding around during rush hour wasn't too much fun.
• I'm sure to Mica, slipping around with the car felt like being on an episode of his favorite 70's show The Dukes of Hazard, "Yee Haw".

New Words

• Isaak now says, "Eat". He points up at his chair and says, "Eat" over and over again.
• He also says, "Do Bobs", which is Doddle Bops. An annoying show that Mica loves.
• It's funny that he says this because we don't turn Doddle Bops on for Mica very much.

Chocolate Roll Out Cookies

• I made these and they were pretty good.
• They sort of taste like brownies.
• I wanted to make something that could be decorated, but was different from sugar cookies.
• Overall I like them, but I have to admit they are a bit sticky when rolling them out. I sprayed my hand and the roller with flour spray. That seemed to help.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 10 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

1. Cream butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Mix in the vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa powder and baking powder; add and mix well. Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill for 2 hours, or freeze for 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Divide dough in half. Roll out each half to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with desired shaped cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Play and Learn Toys

• My Wee View is giving away a $100 gift card to Play and Learn Toys!
• They have a lot of high end toys that you just can't find everywhere.

Plasma Car Giveaway

• I encourage anyone reading this to go to the site My Wee View.
• There is a great giveaway going on for a Plasma Car!
• They sell these at Fat Brain Store in Omaha. One of my students does all kinds of deisgn work for the store.
• Fat Brain Store said that their best selling item this year is the Plasma Car.
• What I love about the product is that adults can even get on it.
• You can see their variety of colors on their website.

Another Adorable Kinders Giveaway

• Amanda is giving away a doll from Adorable Kinders. I blogged about these dolls recently.
• They are just too cute!

JC Toys

• My Organized Chaos is giving away a $59.99 gift certificate to JC Toys!
• I'm such a doll lover. I just think the dolls on their site are so realistic looking.
• The little kid in me wants one!
• They have anatomically correct boy dolls.
• They also have all races of dolls.

School

• It's final's week next week.
• I've had a student lie to me about showing up to an art show to get extra credit.
• I found out from another teacher that two students skipped my lecture.
• Then I went to talk to a student that is miserably failing my class, and he reeked of pot smoke. That's pretty bad when you can smell it on him! He's generally out of it.
• I have three students that are GREAT artists that have no chance of passing my classes because they just don't show up and do the work.
• This is when I wish we had a hired councilor to council these young adult artists!

Taco Bell

• I have a bell ornament, Mica picked it out of the bin and said, "Mommy, is this Taco Bell"? I just said, "I don't know. Ask your Daddy". I was trying to get things done.
• I think he knew it wasn't Taco Bell because he never went to ask Daddy.