Broke My Wrist

I know I haven’t posted anything in a while, sorry. I fell out of a tree and broke my wrist—in three different places. The picture above is of the tree I fell out of. It's a Madrone tree and I LOVE to climb it....it's going to be at least 3 months before I can start climbing again.




This is a picture is of my wrist. I get another cast on next week. When I was in the ER the doctor couldn't believe I broke my wrist climbing a tree because he said he didn't know kids actually went outside and played anymore...guess he thinks they all sit in front of the TV or play video games all day...NOT this kid!!!

A Dress A Day

This is the coolist website...My friend Rose shared it on her blog...THANKS Rose!

I would love to be able to do this. She spends $1 everyday on a dress at a second hand store and then makes a new outfit from it. HOW COOL!


A Dress A Day

Blackberry Jam, Syrup, and Cobbler!

We have been picking blackberries like crazy. We are making lots of jam. We had French toast the other day with fresh blackberry syrup…it was soooo good!

Here is a recipe for my favorite Blackberry Muffins. These are soooo good when warm.


Fallon’s Blackberry Muffins Recipe

INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon milk
1 cup sugar
8 Tbsp melted butter (1 stick)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups of fresh blackberries (we use 2 cups sometimes because we love them so much ;o) )

Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a standard 12 muffin pan or line with paper muffin cups.

Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.

In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, sour cream, milk, sugar, butter and vanilla.

Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix together just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Add the berries –fold them in gently so they don’t smash.

Fill muffin cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean or around 17-20 minutes.

Cool on a rack.

Enjoy!

Reno

We went to Reno, NV. We had a lot of fun! We went to Scheel's, Cabela's, and to Dayton to visit a friend. We swam a lot, ate at buffets until we were stuffed, and played in the arcade for hours. In our room there was a flat screen tv in the bathroom. So I sat in the jacuzzi bath and watched cartoons.

Purple

My favorite color is purple.

Old Dollhouse

This dollhouse was my great Grandma’s. I’m not sure how old it is but my mom and her mom used to play with it when they were little. It looks like the lights used to really work when it was first built. It has a lot of old furniture and things. My aunt put in new wallpaper and carpet and my Grandpa fixed some of the broken pickets on the fence. It was shipped out from New York to California a long time ago.

Sylvester ~Handsome Little Devil~

Vampires ~ I get My Own Book~

For those of you who don’t know, my mom is a writer. She writes novels. Well the other day I asked her to write a book just for me. When I told her I wanted it to have vampires in it she rolled her eyes and then said she would!!! I have the coolest mom!

So I thought as she writes the story I’d post it here. I’m not quite sure how I’ll do that…maybe add another tab just for the book and post it by chapters. Anyway, if you need a vampire fix keep checking back in.

P.S.
Here is my all time favorite Vamp series, Moonlight

!!!Kool-Aid Play Dough!!!

I love play dough. I've been making it with my mom forever. I put a little glitter in this batch and used cherry flavor (though tropical fruit punch is my favorite) Kool-Aid. It smells sooooo good.

This is a super easy recipe and it only takes about 15 minutes to make.

Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cups water (boiling hot water) may use a little more or a little less.
One packet of your favorite Kool-Aid




Combine flour, salt, cream of tartar, and Kool-Aid. You can also add glitter if you want.



Stir in hot water and oil slowly...



Stirring until dough starts to form a ball...



Scoop it out onto table and knead for a few minutes. It may be a little warm so let it cool if it is.

Have fun!