First Trumpet performance

 My little monkey isn't so little anymore. He had his first ever instrumental performance tonight. He played the Trumpet and did a pretty good job. He's only been practicing for about two months so, I think this is great for someone who's never played an instrument before and did I mention that he's the ONLY Trumpet player in the whole school!
He's playing his uncle David's trumpet. Those are some pretty big shoes to fill and I think he's up for the task. Hopefully he'll stick with it and be amazing.

I'm such a proud mom... 

and now I'm going to share a little video of his performance..oh yes, I'm THAT mom.

Josh's Trumpet performance 2010 from Shawna D. on Vimeo.

Holiday Sugar cookie recipe and decorating tips

Who doesn't love sugar cookies? I could eat a whole batch in one sitting myself! Well, thanks to my favorite blog "Tip Junkie" I will get to make some from scratch this year. Watch out because we may just have an earthquake since I will attempt to bake and not burn my cookies this year. I will be using a sugar cookie recipe from the blog The girl who ate everything she has great recipes and great tips for NOT burning your cookies LOL!

 Then, I will attempt my hand at decorating our sugar cookies which, is right up my alley. Now this I'm pretty sure I can do. I'm not as talented or as OCD as one would need to be to create such cookie masterpieces as the cookie decorating master over at Bake at 350 but I will give it a go. I MAY even let the kids help : 0 just kidding I'll make a separate batch for me to decorate : )

 If our cookies come out even remotely as nice as some of these then, I will post pics, If not then, I will also post pics so you can enjoy a good laugh at my expense.
Please feel free to post links to your yummy delicious recipes. I would love to try something new.

Happy baking to you all,
Shawna

Holiday Shopping

Have you ever noticed how people become crazy maniacs during the holiday season?  Maybe this would kick the bah humbug out of their butts!