Little Red Riding Hood

     WOW! Can you believe my little Kinley is turning the BIG 3?  Seems like only yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital...now she is turning three on Sunday.  Usually,  I plan and plan and plan for my kiddo's birthday parties.  But since moving to Germany planning sort of got put on hold.  And since we don't have Party City or Hobby Lobby or JoAnn or Michael's or Target or even Walmart.....Amazon is usually our best way of getting U.S. party supplies.  However, it takes awhile to get here.  So, instead, this year I planned on taking my little, I mean, big girl to one of those Fairy Tale parks that are really popular here.  And they aren't the Disney fairy tales that everyone has come to love, but the old school fairy tales from the Grimm brothers.  One of the fairy tales I thought would be fun to recreate for Kinley's birthday pictures was Little Red Riding Hood.  So I did some shopping around and found the cutest dress and red hooded cloak from April Scott on Etsy.  So with a few props, little miss and I went out around our town and took some pictures.  

September's Funny Friday

     So here's the deal and how it works....Funny Friday, is a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Funny Friday is a collaborative project.  Each month one of the participants submits a picture, then we all write 5 captions or thoughts inspired by that month's picture.  Links to the other blogger's posts are below, click on them and see what they've come up with.  We hope to bring a smile to your face as you start your weekend!

Here's today's picture:

* Submitted by Spatulas on Parade

1.  "I just wanna kiss, now come on down and give your big momma bear a kiss!
  2.  "Mom, mom, mom, look what I can do!  Look at what I can do!"

3.  "You'd think that boy is part monkey the way he climbs trees."

4. "Sebastian James Warner Thompson...don't make me come up there and get you.   One.....Two....That's it you're in trouble."

5.  "Call the fire department, little Jimmy is up the pole again." Click on the links below and let some other blogger make you smile:

Baking in a Tornado Someone Else's Genius Confessions of a Part-Time Working Mom The Momisodes Spatulas on Parade The Bergham's Life Chronicles Follow Me Home Southern Belle Charm Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

Nutella Energy Bites

     For our first MOPs meeting we were asked to bring something to share with everyone.  Well, I hadn't gone to the store, so I remember making the regular Energy Bites with peanut butter.  I thought about making those, but when I check the PB, I didn't have enough.  But I did have a lot of Nutella.  So, Nutella Energy Bites it was going to be instead!

Recipe modified from The Gunny Sack

What you need:

1 cup old fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup Nutella

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/3 cup honey

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chocolate chips

How to make them:

Mix together the rolled oats, Nutella, peanut butter, honey, vanilla, and chocolate chips.

Scoop the mixture into a small balls about a1 Tbsp each.

Place the balls on a piece of parchment paper.

Use your hands to roll them tightly into packed balls.

Place in the fridge to set.

When they are chilled, ENJOY!