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Trying to potty train a little boy (in my experience), is like trying to train a three legged dog to walk backwards……….. it’s gonna take a while!
Still adorable though.
2012 Fathers Day Gift Guide: Electronic and Tech Gifts
V-Neck Sleeve
Computer Apparel’s Original V-Neck Sleeve offers style and protection. This 100% high quality cotton sleeve is practical with a secure zipper pocket that fits an iPad or MacBook. With additional pockets serving as storage for iPhones, chargers, and papers, this soft, multi-layer padded T-shirt offers excellent defense against every day slips and spills that come with having children. Even better, it’s machine washable!
Available in five colors and sizes to fit their iPad or Macbook, the V-Sleeve is a great way for dads to protect their tech toys and make every day casual Friday in the office.
Price: $39.99-$49.99
Where To Buy: Computer-Apparel.com
Epiphone Rocksmith bundle
Bring out Dad’s inner rock-star this Father’s Day with the Epiphone Rocksmith bundle! This one-of-a-kind game includes a real Epiphone Les Paul Junior – and actually makes your living room legend’s guitar dreams a reality by teaching him how to play guitar while playing selections from The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Lenny Kravitz.
The Epiphone Rocksmith bundle is not just for Dads – with selections by today’s hottest stars including The Black Keys and Kings of Leon, the game makes a perfect gift for grads looking for something more than studying to do in their dorms this Fall.
Available on Xbox360 and Playstation 3 – the Epiphone/Rocksmith bundle includes:
* Epiphone Les Paul Junior guitar
* Rocksmith video game
* Rocksmith Real Tone Cable
* Two guitar picks
* Guitar Star
Price: $199 MSRP
Where To Buy: Amazon..com
Last-Minute Buffalo Chicken Dip Bites
These tiny buffalo chicken dip bites have just the right amount cream cheese, blue cheese, chicken and hot sauce all in a little phyllo pocket and ready to pop in your mouth, fuss free, on Super Bowl Sunday.
My mind has felt a bit cluttered lately. I suppose it is because there are plenty of things I should be doing and many more that I have yet to do. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but my mind seems to be focused on the other things that I rather *want* to do instead.
The point is, tomorrow is the Super Bowl. THE Super Bowl. We don’t have any plans. Our friends that used to host a kid-friendly event have long since moved to Oklahoma, leaving us to fend for ourselves with four kids on Super Bowl Sunday, and that means we generally entertain ourselves with the game on in the background, the kids squealing in the foreground and plenty of food right in the middle of all of it.
If you haven’t tried buffalo chicken dip, this is your chance. It’s all the goodness the wings have to offer without all the finger-licking mess. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the finger-licking, too, just not on my couch, thankyouverymuch.) This is taking it one step further into bite-sized dip pieces. Happy Super Bowl Sunday to all of you!
Buffalo Chicken Dip Bites
1 roll phyllo dough sheets (plus olive oil for brushing) or 1 box phyllo cups
8 ounces cream cheese
4 ounces cream-style blue cheese
1 generous cup cooked chicken, cut into chunks or shredded
1/4 cup buffalo-style hot sauce
2 ounces crumbled blue cheese
1-2 chopped green onions, optional garnish
If using phyllo dough sheets: Carefully lay one sheet of phyllo dough on a dry work surface. Brush lightly with olive oil, covering the sheet. Repeat with 3 more sheets until a layer of 4 sheets is brushed, keeping unused sheets covered with plastic wrap and a wet towel. Using a pastry wheel or pizza cutter, cut into 2″ squares. Transfer squares to a parchment-lined baking sheet to fill. (Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets after filled and baking, one set of 4 sheets at a time.)
If using phyllo cups: Line the cups on a baking sheet, spaced an inch or so apart to fill.
In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese and cream-style blue cheese until combined. Add 1-2 generous teaspoons in the bottom of the phyllo cups or the center of the phyllo squares. Top with 1 teaspoon of chicken. Add enough hot sauce to cover the chicken and top with blue cheese. For the squares, pinch up the corners of the phyllo to the center to create a small box.
Bake at 350º F for 15-18 minutes, just until phyllo starts to brown and cheese is hot and bubbly. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before serving. Garnish with green onions. Best served warm.
**These can be made ahead, stores and then warmed in the oven for a few minutes just before eating.
Makes 30-40 buffalo chicken dip bites.
Fruits of Our Labor
This weekend we decided it was time to pick some of the things we have growing in our garden. The collards have been ready for a while now but I wanted to save them for Easter dinner. We picked a bunch of romaine lettuce for caesar salads, too. The radishes and carrots have been a lesson learned. We have grown 99% of the things we have from seeds and Todd starts them all in little peat cups so he can just drop them in the beds when they’re ready. They dissolve over time. Apparently that’s a bad idea for root vegetables because they grow faster than the cups dissolve so the cups have restricted their growth. Luckily Florida has many, many more months of growing season and plenty of time to grow more.
TONS of cucumber blossoms! I can’t wait to make pickles! We planted the watermelon plants this weekend too. Todd has done such a great job with our garden. It really is a lot of work but it’s so fun to see everything grow and then be able to cook it.
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