Our Friday Night- Cooking with Kids!

                                                                  On the Menu:

Chicken Nuggets 

French Fries

 Green Beans

Chef: Mom

Mini Chef's-Kate and Maddie

Chicken Nuggets

(watch Food Inc's episode about Tyson foods- you won't ever eat a frozen chicken nugget again.....)

1/2 cup of flour, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp Maplehouse seasoning, 1 1/2 tsp pepper

(these are the spices I like for my chicken..use whatever you like!)

1 cup buttermilk-(I didn't have any so I used milk)

1 pkg Harvestland Brand Chicken Breast Thin-cut up into nuggets

Pan with hot vegetable or canola oil

Cut up the chicken and soak them in buttermilk, or if your like me and you don't have any...use reg. milk

Cover those babies with the flour mixture! Kate and Maddie did great at this!!

Fry until golden brown

Okay, so they made a big mess, but it was fun! :) They really enjoyed helping me cook!

I am very particular when it comes to bacteria and meat! Michael calls it "anal." It's serious stuff tho! You can get  really sick from salmonella, or get stapholocous...or whatever it's called! :P

Anyways, I really didn't like the idea of them messing with raw chicken, even though they used tongs, but I decided to chill-out about it!  Another point for Mom, letting go! :0)

I did have to stop Maddie at one point from sucking on her fingers though!!  

Of course, afterwards we washed our hands and our arms....up way past our elbows. :P

 I then cleaned the counter with antibacterial spray, cleaned the dishes, then we all washed our hands, yes, again. Lol! Okay....well I have to admit, I did wipe the counter down again and let it dry before we began the potatoes! Yes I guess I am a little anal, but I'd rather not have food poisioning! :)

All Done!!

It's soooo good!! Now get out your favorite sauces!!!

We like-Ranch, Honey Mustard, Ketchup and Bar-b-que

 On to the French Fries: These are pretty self explanatory.

It was soo cool for Katelyn.  I make potatoes in most all of it's other forms, but we normally don't make french fries at home, so this was a treat. 

 She didn't know fries were made from potatoes b'c she is used to only seeing them from

Chick-Fil-A or Restaurants! lol!

To have them at home, and her make them was soo cool to her!

We used 4 large potatoes. 

She was a good peeler!!

Maddie lost interest at this point...she decided to dance in the living room

 to the background music..all while in her apron! :)

I didn't get a picture of that!

Mommy took over from there and cut these potatoes into french fries! 

Fry until golden brown!

                                                                  

Green Beans

Frozen Green Beans- Pop those in the microwave with salt, pepper, bit of garlic and butter

Dinner is Served!!!  It was easy and we made fun memories while in the kitchen with the girls!!

Michael, one of 3 critics, even said it tasted good! Yay!

I love when a meal makes everyone in my family happy!

Now, onto dessert...I'm thinking Cookies, Milk, Then popcorn and a movie with the fam!!

Have a great weekend Everyone!



The Steelers!!! Featuring......Miss Madelyn Burger

This is, Madelyn, aka Maddie! She is our precious, beautiful, sweet, funny, onry 2 year old!

She wanted a costume like Sissy, but they don't come in her size. So Mommy got creative!

She is the Steeler's lil' Mascot! :)

She knows the cheers too!! Her favorite is, "Big G, Little O, Go, Go!" and "Push them back, Steeler attack!"

Cheering with the girls!

Silly Girl!

"shewbe doube do alright!"

Katelyn and Madelyn!

It's Maddie the Mascot! lol!

She was doing her "spirit" and fell down! lol

Running and waving her pom's pom's to show some spirit!

She's so fun and such a joyful child!! Her and her sister, Katelyn are the greatest blessings! Thank you Jesus!

The Steelers!! Featuring.......Katelyn Burger!

Kindergarten Cheer 2011

The Steelers!
(Left to right: Aubree, Kate, Jadyn, & Paige)

My little Poser!

Trouble, Trouble, Trouble!!! Lol!

With their student coach, Sam!

Maddie is their little mascot! :)

Hold that line Steelers, Hold that Line!

GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!

Happy Ruffday to you Chloe!

Paris Poodle 1st Birthday Party!

Michael, walked in from work and said, "I hope you didn't go spend alot of money on that dog's party!" (I promise, he really does love her!) "She owes me lots of money, shoes, not to mention....." I interupt him, "okay, we get the point! It's still her birthday and she's apart of the family, besides I didn't spend a dime!" lol!

Really, I didn't. We used stuff we already had. I found these supplies in our party tub! They were left over from Maddie's 1st birthday! Worked out perfect! 

Brooklyn, our niece, made her birthday hat out of cardstock, markers and ribbon!

Isn't she cute?! She is such good natured puppy, and our girls love her. She's a bit hyper, but can also be really lazy. Spoiled rotten, I tell ya!

I do love her too but there are days that I say to myself, "what in the world was I thinking saying yes and getting my girls a dog!" Ahhh....

Her birthday cake was a bowl of pedigree wet food. 

We used Cheerios and Reese's Puff cereal (looks like dog food!) as a decoration. It was also a good snack for the kiddos!  I had dog bones and beggin bacon strips for Mocha and Chloe to snack on! Mocha also got some in her doggy treat bag! The kiddos got candy in their treat bags! :)

Miss Mocha, her cousin, came over for her party! In this picture above, they are eating doggie bones. :)  They got to play outside together and Mocha got her some chew toys!

Below: Picture of Chloe with the Human cake!!

It was milk chocolate cake, with a creme cheese/heavy whipped cream with sugar frosting, caramel  and nuts drizzled on top! It was a creation of mine...I was trying to use what we had on hand! :)

(she looks real excited about taking this picture!)

We had a great evening with family!! Thank you to everyone who came! We love you Chloe!! Happy Birthday!!

Chloe has been apart of the family since November of 2010! :)

The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round......

Okay, So I gave in. My nieces live down the street.  They walked down to our house to catch the bus with Kate for her first time! Look, she's so happy!  Aren't they cute!

She's been begging to ride the bus since Pre-K but up until now I had a great reason why she couldn't. Pre-k didn't bus them! Mama's still learning to let go a bit! She is still only five years old and my firstborn!!-so the days I let her ride the bus-it will be a special treat for her!  :D

Chloe greeting her as she got off the bus!

That morning Chloe got up in the bus. It was funny! Luckily she only made it up the steps and Kate got her out!

Yes, she's all hot and sweaty. I'm not sure what's so fun about sitting outside in the heat, waiting after most car riders leave just to ride a bus with no A/C!! Lol! But, she loved it!

It won't be so cool to the ride the bus when she's in Middle School! I'll have to remind her of this when she complains about having to ride it sometimes! ;P