National BIRD day AND National Whipped Cream day?!

EEK, I really didn't want to share EVERY National Day. So I had to decide between these 2 for January 5th!

For the Birds! 

I think our poor birds are probably starving out there, I have been bad and haven't been keeping up on the feeders. So first we need to make some kind of fun craft that will also feed these poor birds!

You could go all extreme like they did HERE and make one of these!

Or keep it a little bit more simple and do the old PB in a pine cone rolled in birdseed.

Or the in between like these

And I love birds, more so than bird food, there are some SWEET coloring pages

You could make snack time "bird food" with some apples, dried cranberries or raisins, sunflower seed kernels and if your REAL adventurous, you could make these. I don't know if I could, I get kinda nauseous just looking at the Jello Worms from Theidearoom.net!

The kids would love it though!  I will probably go a little easier and make these for dinner

these little pasta "nests" are adorable! And they come this way, here is a package of them 

I will probably make a meatball "egg" for their little nests!

And if its a day I feel like making a treat these are adorable and a pretty basic shape

Whooo's going to celebrate National Bird Day?

If birds aren't your thing, maybe Angry Birds are?

Or Owls? They're birds too!

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Meal Plan Tuesday!

Since I totally forgot yesterday!

Nothing special going on the next couple weeks so should all be easy stuff! But since we are already off our schedule this week, I am not about to try to get it back!

Tuesday~Leftover Ham and Veggies

Wednesday~Turkey Burgers and roasted potatoes

Thursday~Pasta and Meatballs

Friday~Pork Roast

Saturday~Pizza and salads

Sunday~Roasted Turkey (since we have 2 big ones taking up space in our freezer)

Monday~ Leftover turkey and rice with veggies

Tuesday~Turkey tacos

Wednesday~Spaghetti and Meatballs

Thursday~Salad and Turkey Noodle soup

Friday ~Meatball Subs

Saturday~Turkey Burgers

Sunday~Homemade Mini Pizzas

Not really trying anything new this time (well I guess I could with the Turkey)

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January 3rd, National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day!

Yes, in case you didn't know January 3rd is National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day!

What are you doing to celebrate? I had no idea this holiday existed, or honestly, WHY it does. But whatever, I am a big fan of everyday being a celebration, so I am hoping to share some more of these strange but fun National "Holidays" and some fun treats or crafts or both!

So the obvious would be to make some chocolate covered cherries with/for the kids! The image above has the details from here.

But there are also SO many other ways you could celebrate!

Easiest way? These

And I just found cherry MnM's yesterday at the grocery store!

These look amazing!

Chocolate covered cherry whoopie pies!!

And a coloring page, cause who doesn't love a free coloring page?!

And if your still wanting to celebrate after the kids are in bed..

Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini!

Find the recipe HERE!

And January 4th is National Spaghetti Day. I did some fun stuff for that last year.. check it out here

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Biscuits and Chocolate Gravy!

That's what we had for breakfast Christmas morning!

I was a little scared to try a new recipe on Christmas but I am so glad I did, they turned out great!

The kids had theirs with whip cream and sprinkles 

BUT, I am fond of bacon, so bacon on top for us!

I found a couple different variations of the recipe, all basically the same so I decided to try it until it looked/tasted right. I made a LOT, easily could have made half this I think!

In a bowl I mixed together

1 1/4C sugar

1/2C Coco Powder

1/2C Flour

1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

I stirred those together well to make sure there was no lumps

you could use a sifter if you needed to, I just used a whisk.

oh and salt, a couple pinches!

Then in my pot I measured 4 c of milk,  I used nonfat but I am sure any will work fine.

I warmed the milk up a little before adding the dry mixture in and whisking like crazy.

I just kept stirring it on med/high heat until it thickened up and there were no lumps.

Once it was done I added about two tablespoons of butter (I didn't measure it, but all of the recipes called for butter) 

And then about 1/2 tsp of vanilla.

It was pretty easy, just took a few minutes and the kids all liked it! Not an everyday breakfast, but fun for a special treat! 

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