Sitting Around

Time at the beach...

better for the soul than I thought.

Rejuvenating.

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So, what have we been up now that we are home?

The night after we returned, we had cousins Megan and Madison down for a sleepover!

Spontaneous...love it!

This is the first time that all four girls have slumbered together under one roof!

Eating...that's how we roll here!

And since I had piles and piles of laundry from our trip, I decided to add another project! (You know, just to keep me extra busy!) My 8 year old is growing up. She's an accessory girl... So I bought a cheap floor mirror and some hooks. Jon hung them on Sunday, and I got to work. A little time and $9 later... Emily enjoyed her fun mirror gal! Little sister did too! Shhhhhh! And after her little fashion photo shoot, Laney was ready to bake! She's always such a great helper! While we baked, little brother kept himself entertained! Two week old balloon... and it's still a hit! (Hey...Elmo's on my diaper too?)

Our cookies were quite the hit!

Big sister came home from school and passed by the cookies...

opted for some healthy crackers and hummus...

because she's healthy like that.

We wrapped some cookies up for Grandma!

We were going to make cut out sugar cookies

(hence the paw cookie cutter)

but once we found the recipe for Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies...

we were sold!

And precious Henry right before we took cookies to Grandma.

He is really getting into dinosaurs!

Here's to taking some time out for just my family...

now to get back to the grind!

OREO STUFFED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Follow the Toll House recipe on the chocolate chip bag. When ready to bake, put a cookie scoop on a silpat mat, press oreo on top and cover with another cookie scoop. Bake about 13 minutes.

I fit 6 cookies on each mat for a total of 18 cookies! YUM!