Sick and Tired and Busy! Oh my!

Okay. I've been sick EVERY Weekend for the last 3 weeks! with someone in my little family.
It's nice to take turns, but, this is Ridiculous!
Something has been written on every day of the calendar so far this month.
This Thursday is the first day on the calendar without anything written on it!
That's my excuse. So, now that I find myself recovering from being sick and finding some time, here's a little catch up.

Photo Friday:
This past week or two my little tree out in front of my house bloomed. It's such a precious thing because that's about all I get, a few weeks of beautiful pink blooms.
The other day the kids proudly announced that they had taken sticks and beaten my poor little tree in order to make the petals fall on them. They love it and think it's beautiful. I'm sure it is beautiful but, HEY! my tree! Those blooms don't last for long! Be nice to my tree!


Writing Wednesday:

Breezes blow gently
My kids beat my tree with sticks
Pink Petals float down

If anyone reads this who knows about trees.... what kind of tree is this anyway?

Crochet Friday:

My crochet project of the month so far has been a carrying bag for my son's beloved Oreo.

We lost Oreo for a few days and my son was inconsolable. We finally found him (in the house so he was safe the whole time. whew!) and I made a little spaceship for him to live in and for him to be more findable.

Does it look like it's a spaceship firing up it's boosters and ready for take off?
He loved it by the way... and now my daughter is starting to want bags for her little stuffed animals like my son's. Well, as long as I never have to make a tuxedo for a big-medium sized stuffed animal, I'm happy to make small items and bags for the little stuffed animals. :)

Mmm-Mmm Monday

My dad went to the Franco-Belgian Mission. While in France he learned how to make crepes. SO, he made crepes for us on Mother's Day. I learned how to make crepes, and eventually allowed my husband to learn how to do it. I even have a crepe pan from France.

My kids have discussed finding another holiday to eat crepes on ... perhaps July 14th for Bastille Day? (french independence day and my brother's b-day?)

Here's the recipe:

Crepes

2 cups All Purpose Flour

4 Tab Sugar

1/4 teas. Salt

3 cups Milk

4 Eggs

2 Tab Oil (or melted Butter)

1 teas. Vanilla

In mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Beat with a mixer until smooth.

Lightly grease a 6 inch skillet or bigger (it's good to have two pans going at the same time for maxium output of crepes and fewer grumpy people waiting for crepes. :).

Heat pan till water dropped on surface sizzles. (just under medium is a good temp)

Pour in about 1/4 cup of batter for a smaller pan and twice that for a big skillet.

Lift and tilt skillet in a circular motion to spread the batter evenly.

Return to heat and cook on one side till very lightly browned. Loosen crepe by running a spatula around edges of crepe. Turn it over and cook for a few seconds.

Invert pan over paper toweling to remove crepe.

Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed.

With my 1 big pan and 1 small pan I can make 13 crepes. 2 small pans would probably produce closer to 30 crepes.

We like to put the following in our crepes: Strawberries and Whipped Cream, Nutella and Bananas, Chocolate sauce and Bananas, Blueberry jam (or other kinds of jam) with powdered sugar on top.

Good luck or should I say? Bon chance!