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Sopapilla And The Christmas Office Party

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As promised, here is the quick and easy recipe for the delicious Sopapilla Kathy made and brought to the office Christmas Party this year.

Sopapilla (Cheesecake Bars)

2 – 8 oz. cans Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
2 – 8 oz pkg cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 C sugar
1 tp Vanilla
1/2 C butter – melted
1 TB ground cinnamon
Honey

Unroll 1 can dough. Place in bottom of ungreased 13×9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Stretch to cover bottom of dish, firmly pressing perforations to seal.

In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and 1 cup of the sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Spread over dough in baking dish.

Unroll second can of dough. Carefully place on top of cream cheese layer. Pinch seams together.

Pour melted butter evenly over top. Mix remaining 1/2 cup sugar with the cinnamon, and sprinkle evenly over butter.

Bake about 30 minutes or until center is set. Drizzle with honey. Cool slightly, about 20 minutes. Refrigerate for easy cutting. Cover and refrigerate any remaining bars.

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Every year we have a “Dirty Santa” gift exchange for Christmas. $50.00 limit and we pick numbers. First person picks a gift from the gift table and opens it, the next person has the option of “stealing” that gift or going to the gift table. If your gift is “stolen”, you must go to the gift table and get a new one. There is a lot of stealing and laughing and most of all good cheer.

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Merry Christmas!

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Hand Traced Christmas Fun – Frosty, Santa, Rudolph & Clarissa

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It all starts with some construction paper, pencil and tracing of a hand.  Then let your imagination go.  The last time I babysat, the kids made Rudolph, well, Natalie made Clarissa (Rudolphs’ friend, she has a red bow) and Santa.  Liam wanted to draw free style, so he made  Frosty The Snowman.

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So get out the crayons and have some Merry Fun!!

Family

Christmas School Brunch

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rosie birthday 057Last Saturday morning my daughter in law called me and asked me to come with her to  Sophie’s  Christmas school brunch.  See my son was suppose to go but canceled out at the last minute,.  He said he had too much to do at home.   So I got to go and see Sophie’s school and all the kids that go to it.

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The school had set up tables with all kinds of crafts that the children can do.

Sophie and Christian love arts and craft.  Don’t tell them but for Christmas this year I ordered them Kiwi Crates.  See, my grand daughter keeps reminding me that I promised her more Kiwi Crate.

I tell you they have memories like elephants when they want to remember.

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 It was a lot of fun to  watch the grand kids try to make a Snowman, a  Santa , and a of course a Christmas Angel.

They also had two elves helping them put their crafts together.  Mommy and Me.

 

 

 

 

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rosie birthday 069 My daughter-in-law also got to enjoy the day with her friend, whose  son goes to the same school as Sophie.

 

 

All was going fine until we got on line to see Santa.  It was then that Christian decided he had had enough of being still. So Santa could wait while Christian ran in and out of the boys room.

Why he wanted to run in and out of the boys room is still a mystery to us.

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Then it happened!

We got Christian to sit still on Santa’s lap.  The one thing really good about Santa is he surely gets the boys and girls to behave themselves.  Well at least while they are sitting on his Santa lap.

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The brunch was fun, the brunch was wild and the brunch certainly gave me something to smile about.

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I also got a gift from Santa. I got to see my grand daughter’s

 school.  Sophie was so happy to show it off, and I was so happy to be there for her and Christian.

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product review

Our Generation Doll

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It’s Christmas time and I am so excited.  I am excited because this year I am giving my granddaughter  the

OUR GENERATION dolls

 

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Our Generation doll, Sadie, will be waiting,all wrapped up under the tree.

Sadie will be waiting for  little Sophie to  open up her box so Our Generation doll, Sadie, can be a part of Sophie’s very own doll collection.

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No matter who dress up like whom, my granddaughter  is going to love Sadie

What a match!

Our Generation dolls is a little girls dream come true.

Every Our Generation doll or accessory you buy gives 10 cents to Free The Children’s Power of a Girl initiative to help girls all over the world get the education they need.

This season get an Our Generation Doll for your little girl and know that you will be giving to all girls.

http://www.ogdolls.com/dolls