tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post1403568855242584840..comments2024-03-25T03:13:16.489-04:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: TURN IT OFF!!!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-87797086558464209352007-12-01T10:42:00.000-05:002007-12-01T10:42:00.000-05:00I make the cookie dough ahead of time and freeze i...I make the cookie dough ahead of time and freeze it, usually mixing it up at night. Then, on one of the 3 days I don't go to work, the kids and I can bake cookies much faster. Pull dough out when I get up, it is soft enough to work with after breakfast when the older kids are at school.<BR/><BR/>It either that or have my 17 yr old bake them for me. She loves to bake, as long as someone else Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-6469168393114910272007-11-30T23:04:00.000-05:002007-11-30T23:04:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn, I love reading your blog. You just crack ...Hi Dawn, I love reading your blog. You just crack me up!! I don't have any kids yet but hope to some day. Anyways, I noticed that you like to bake cookies and didn't know if you get the 12 Days of Cookies emailed to you. It's on the Food Network website and it's pretty neat. They email you recipes for 12 days. I think they are on Day 4 so check it out. They have some really good recipes on there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-86779193206315498132007-11-30T16:37:00.000-05:002007-11-30T16:37:00.000-05:00THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUfor making me feel li...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU<BR/>for making me feel like my home is somewhat normal -- or I mean normal for lots of kids. We are about to add babies no. 4 & 5 to our other three (the oldest just turned 5) and they LOOOOVE to help.<BR/><BR/>Do yours blow the crumbs out of their mouth when they are eating it because that is what happened to my pumpkin muffins this week. WHile throwing grapes allEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183078355828341511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-66876510228468615962007-11-29T23:23:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:23:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn,Just wanted to say how much i love reading...Hi Dawn,<BR/>Just wanted to say how much i love reading your blog, i have just had my 6th baby, he is now 6 weeks old and my others are 2,3,5,6 and 8, It is chaotic and i can so relate to what you write....<BR/>Thanks for putting a smile on my face at the end of a crazy day<BR/>Cheers<BR/>CassandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-79411850611094332012007-11-29T21:36:00.000-05:002007-11-29T21:36:00.000-05:00Gosh. How come when I read your post I felt like i...Gosh. How come when I read your post I felt like it was me talking? I can totally relate! My kids are all "helpers", too.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064271466583841630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88530330124408145342007-11-29T17:15:00.000-05:002007-11-29T17:15:00.000-05:00Oh my goodness that photo of the Disney characters...Oh my goodness that photo of the Disney characters around Julian's hospital bed made me cry.Camrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795557569225691867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-74500901402484075462007-11-29T13:55:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:55:00.000-05:00Toddler + small kitchen appliance = disasterMother...Toddler + small kitchen appliance = disaster<BR/><BR/>Mother + patience = a gift to humankind<BR/><BR/>Pumkin bread fiasco + Because I said So = priceless.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laughs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-3053479948500407312007-11-29T13:32:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:32:00.000-05:00Dawn -Thank you for always starting my day off wit...Dawn -<BR/>Thank you for always starting my day off with a laugh!<BR/>Jody<BR/>Snellville, GAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-34591407969591580562007-11-29T11:03:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:03:00.000-05:00Wow what a mess that turned out to be!And that pic...Wow what a mess that turned out to be!<BR/><BR/>And that pic of the Disney characters visiting Julian is so sweet. My heart goes out to him and his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-61119259687208940772007-11-29T07:01:00.000-05:002007-11-29T07:01:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn, When my mother was young she tryed to mak...Hi Dawn, When my mother was young she tryed to make some bread when her mother was not at home. For some odd reason she was not allowed to do this without mom home. She said she buried the dough in the back yard to not get caught. Well the sunshine came out and so did the raising dough out of the ground. Thought this was a funny story. Kristine in MichiganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-25495326586924064192007-11-29T03:06:00.000-05:002007-11-29T03:06:00.000-05:00LOVED that you showed up over at My Semblance of S...LOVED that you showed up over at My Semblance of Sanity to wade in on her mystery backpack find, LOL. That was hilarious!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362618797920704090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-26027628127062731572007-11-29T01:39:00.000-05:002007-11-29T01:39:00.000-05:00Baking with kids always sounds nice, and looks won...Baking with kids always sounds nice, and looks wonderful in magazine photos, but usually ends up with everyone upset and/or crying! And then after I clean up the mess of making the cookies, the kids eat the darn things, which creates even more messes, and I swear I will never bake again. <BR/><BR/>Just today I was wondering if I had it in me to bake Christmas cookies with the kids. Maybe afterKilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412146547477399452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65575309302191076272007-11-29T01:28:00.000-05:002007-11-29T01:28:00.000-05:00Well, seeing as how no one else noticed.........Do...Well, seeing as how no one else noticed.........<BR/><BR/>Does your mixer have super high speed, only acheived when a One, two, three, five, six, eleven year old uses it?<BR/><BR/>Cause you said he turned it to the highest speed ever, and then turned it higher. hehe.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog!LadyRachelLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479945711076109999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-76326492526355048722007-11-29T01:22:00.000-05:002007-11-29T01:22:00.000-05:00Pumpkin Bread for a sweet tooth attack? Boy, that'...Pumpkin Bread for a sweet tooth attack? Boy, that's a lot of work. I usually just make Caramel Corn or Cow Patties (remember those no-bake peanut butter chocolate oatmeal cookies?). They all take only about 5 minutes. Of course, if I wait long enough, the sweet tooth might leave me! But who wants to do that? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-40702765335268251472007-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:002007-11-29T00:16:00.000-05:00Don't you hate it when flour "poofs out everywhere...Don't you hate it when flour "poofs out everywhere"?!!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463173016051873518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88768896204521178642007-11-29T00:02:00.000-05:002007-11-29T00:02:00.000-05:00Dawn, this Nana loves to "bake cookies" with her g...Dawn, this Nana loves to "bake cookies" with her grandkids. I go to the grocery store and buy about 8 dozen premade, prebaked, precut Christmas cookies in the kids favorite shapes, tree, ornament and stars then I load up on frosting, sprinkles in all different shapes, sizes and colors, (please Nana don't forget to get pink sprinkles - this from the 5yo granddaughter), about 100 tubes of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-75495575000431729772007-11-28T23:49:00.000-05:002007-11-28T23:49:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn, I am a foster mother of a 3 year old, he ...Hi Dawn, I am a foster mother of a 3 year old, he loves to 'help' in the kitchen, but after a similar experiance turned my kitchen into a danger zone, I banned him from the kitchen! <BR/><BR/>I was wondering if you ever had a "boy was my face red" moment like the one that I had today after he got to see his mother, when he offer to -expose- himself to one of my friends, and then started to pull Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946135290784376051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-39520658338453080842007-11-28T22:53:00.000-05:002007-11-28T22:53:00.000-05:00Dawn,Your stories are great. Reminds me so much o...Dawn,<BR/><BR/>Your stories are great. Reminds me so much of when my boys were younger and sitting on the counter with me baking. Ingredients go everywhere, isn't that why they invented cleaning solutions? I tell ya, it is a conspiracy. On T-day this year, put the heavy cream into the mixer bowl, turned around to put a bowl in the sink to find my mixer going crazy, I had a ring of whipped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-78874947840191287012007-11-28T22:33:00.000-05:002007-11-28T22:33:00.000-05:00Oh, Dawn, now you have my scared. I bake all the ...Oh, Dawn, now you have my scared. I bake all the time with my kids (my 4 year old can tell me all the ingredients AND in order for chocolate chip cookies), but I haven't had a flour incident yet. Emphasis on the YET. I never thought that he might figure out how to turn on my mixer. His favorite is sticking his finger in the bowl to "see if I'm making it right" and taste. Germs get killed at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-81297663112289305922007-11-28T21:57:00.000-05:002007-11-28T21:57:00.000-05:00HILARIOUS post--thank you so much for sharing it!!...HILARIOUS post--thank you so much for sharing it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-45770384043081160642007-11-28T21:34:00.000-05:002007-11-28T21:34:00.000-05:00you are simply hilarious,and your not even trying ...you are simply hilarious,and your not even trying to be.<BR/> Continued good wishes for juliancheripiez67https://www.blogger.com/profile/15702920259311561423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-25442790663978017032007-11-28T21:32:00.000-05:002007-11-28T21:32:00.000-05:00My son did a first-class cinnamon inhale when he w...My son did a first-class cinnamon inhale when he was about 2. It was sitting in a glass jar next to the front door (where it had been returned by a neighbor) and I heard my son coughing and gagging. I looked down the stairs, without my glasses on, and saw a brownish crud all over his face. He had opened the jar and taken a HUGE sniff. Scared us both to death, and he was blowing brown gunk outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-10436013953489627822007-11-28T20:50:00.000-05:002007-11-28T20:50:00.000-05:00hi! I actually read your $142 pokemon listing rece...hi! <BR/>I actually read your $142 pokemon listing recently...this blog is hillarious!! (i know the effort it takes)...good luck...hope you make as much money with your book as Ms.Rowling did :)azmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600360567541579473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-46367737685228863922007-11-28T19:29:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:29:00.000-05:00As I read this blog, my two kids are in the kitche...As I read this blog, my two kids are in the kitchen making me some sort of chocolate pie...should I be worried?Michelle Hixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183208546874192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-13763321254819572102007-11-28T19:20:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:20:00.000-05:00Mmmm... cookies! I love holiday baking. This year ...Mmmm... cookies! I love holiday baking. This year I am also making Fragrant Indian Brittle (Gourmet Magazine, Dec. 2006 - the recipe is on my blog so you can just click my screename to see it). I haven't made candy in ages and I am so excited. I'll remember to make sure my 4 yr old uses only a wooden spoon and keep the mixer to anyone 8 and older.hpalleikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189811609526263665noreply@blogger.com