On Sunday night we made pizza (Jeremy is a pretty awesome pizza-tosser) and watched The Apple Dumpling Gang via Amazon Instant Video
I remember watching The Apple Dumpling Gang over and over as a kid but I wasn’t sure if they’d like it, since they prefer animated movies. But, no one turned away because they were scared and the next day at lunch, they all told me about their favorite parts, which meant a re-telling of almost the whole movie. Score! Finally, something we can watch that is clean, not violent, and entertaining (even if the theatrical quality is, well, 1976 quality). We’ll be watching The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
I found this discussion about mixing cookies by hand or with a mixer over at my friend Lynn’s site interesting. I have always mixed cookies with a mixer – a handheld one until I got a Kitchen Aid for Christmas a couple of years ago. But, it sounds like it really makes a difference to mix it by hand. Do any of you do that?
Awhile back I mentioned that the 2yo was potty training. Well, she’s basically potty-trained but not the other-trained, so I’m still keeping two in diapers all day and three at night. I’m thinking that I will save about $10 a week once I can completely stop buying diapers, but that will be a year or two and I’m guessing that the rising costs of everything else will more than eat up those savings. Almost makes me want to potty train the almost-1yo just so I can enjoy the savings for a few months before they disappear. ;)
We had supper at 5:15 last night – wow, two nights in a row that we’ve eaten at 5:30 or earlier! Last night we had time to play a family game of hide-and-seek, and then I played house with the girls while Jeremy played Ticket To Ride
$1.99 for Pantry Essentials (gallon) at Safeway
I used to always use a mixer, but since I moved to high altitude using a mixer seems to make them too flat and crispy, so I hand mix em now with much better results.
I have good luck with cookies at high altitude, but that’s a great idea – I’d never thought to suggest hand-mixing if someone mentioned having trouble at high altitude.
I have five kids and had many of the same problems finding stuff for us to watch as a family. We ended up purchasing all the seasons of little house on the prairie. The reruns are now on many channels. I will never forget my favorite episode from when I was a kid. When we watched it with the kids I saw their joy – priceless.
P.S. the episode when Laura pushes Nellie down the hill into the pond because she is faking needing the wheelchair still cracks me up 30 years later!!!!!!
Forgot my other recomeds. Parent trap the old version as well as the other movies that this young actress stars in. Polly Anna? I think. We really looked at Sam’s for all the old Disney movies. The apple dumpling gang is a favorite of ours as well. My youngest is now 11 :(
Ooh, I loved Parent Trap and Pollyanna! Wow, we have a LIST of movies to watch now! :)
Sorry just one more – my mother in law has the Shirley Temple movies, I Love Lucy, but her all time favorite is Darby o` gill and the little people. My favorite Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. We record old musicals and movies off the tv to watch.
Ohh and Bed knobs and broomsticks, Chitty chitty bang bang, Mary Poppins. American tail and its sequels.
The “classics” are the best! I have 3 older kids (9-14). They are hooked on: The Brady Bunch, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and the most recent fav Family Ties! (best part, all free from the library) :)