Rachel turns 11

Tonight we had Rachel's 11th birthday party!! Dan took the kids to the Haunted Corn Maze!! I luckily did not have to go since that type of fun may have sent me into labor. Of course at this point, that may have been a good thing. The boys went home at 10pm but 6 girls are spending the night. So as I write this, Megan is judging Rachel and her friends in some sort of talent contest. I know they plan to stay up all night so I will just have to say GOOD night and see them in the morning. I will set the alarm and pray they don't burn the house down, etc.

Baby Blanket

Just wanted to show you the finished product.

Football Snack

The cheerleaders are taking turns to provide snacks for the football players during recess on Game Day and I thought I'd share our snack. It's one I've made before yet forgot about. Easy to make!! Somewhat healthy...maybe-not! Feel free to add other ingredients. Pretzels, mini marshmallows, etc...

Ingredients:

Goldfish



Teddy Grahams


Raisins




Crunch & Munch caramel popcorn



Reeses's Pieces or M&M's




Final MIX



Our Football Snack

My lastest Project

It's amazing how much time I have now that I'm not playing tennis. So with all that time, I have started knitting a baby blanket. Here is my progress so far. I took a class several years ago and made lots of scarfs but this is only my 3rd blanket. I have about 8 more weeks left before baby Umansky is here which should be plenty of time to finish. Fingers Crossed!! The border of the blanket is a garter stitch and the middle is called a stockinette stitch. The garter stitch helps the ends to lay flat because a Stockinette stitch like to curl. (JUST A LITTLE FYI)