Buckeyes

I decided to make buckeyes this year for Thanksgiving. Normally, I try to make them for Christmas, but in all the hustle and bustle, I usually don't get to them. Ironically, I don't eat them. I don't like/cannot eat peanut butter; it makes my mouth itch. But, years ago, I found a recipe and tried it and everyone loves it.

As I was putting the first cup of peanut butter in the mixer, I remembered that one of the guests at Thanksgiving dinner is allergic to peanuts. I thought about not bringing them, but, then, what am I going to take? So, I think that I will take them and not uncover and label them well, peanuts!

In a new tradition my duaghter helped put the chocolate on the buckeyes so most of them do not have  the amount of chocolate on them that I would like, but, I did not want to get her too discouraged. The ones that we couldn't get out of the chocolate with the toothpick, we just covered with the extra chocolate.

Here are some samples. I think they will all taste fine and will be eaten! Go Bucks!

From the Mouth of a Seven Year Old

The seven year old sleeps on the bottom bunk, and the ten year old sleeps on the top bunk. The ten year old likes to sit on the bottom bunk to get dressed in the morning. The seven year old does not want her brother to sit on her bed. So, she makes a sign, "No Riley's on Reesie's bed!"

In the shower tonight Reese could hear her brother rough housing with their father. She took the quickest shower tonight in order to be able to go back out and play. She even said, "This is the first time I have dried myself."

Scrabble with My Hubby

When Scrabble first came out on Facebook, we use to play on the same computer using different browser to play the same game together. For awhile we would get out the real turntable board that we own and use the computer for the dictionary and to keep score. We then graduated to playing a few games on Facebook whenever we are on there which for me is daily. In the past two days we have started playing our three games with him on the laptop and me on the iPod touch. We sit next to each other on the couch and play back and forth. My Scrabble skills have improved immensely since I started playing with other friends on Facebook. There was a time that I would not play with my husband or any of his family. Now, I can hold my own and I sometimes win!