We celebrated Sam's 5th birthday yesterday. I can't believe it has been 5 years already. Kyla and I went to Walmart(which is a seldom occurence because of the distance) to pick up a few things since we had a couple of giftcards. We passed right by the hospital (North Fulton)where I delivered Sam. It brought back a flood of memories of that wonderful night(of course you always forget the pain :))
Yesterday, one of my sweet mothers-in-law took care of the two youngest of our children, and we took Sam and Kyla bowling. It was Sam's first time, and he actually did quite well! He had so much fun, and we are thankful we had the opportunity to do that. It is rare that we are able to take the oldest two out by themselves. We took pictures (lots of them) with the new digital camera Kyla received. However, for some reason, we are having a hard time uploading them onto the computer. So, sorry we can't share any pics from the birthday. Sam had a wonderful birthday, beginning with the traditional Waffle House breakfast. We then took him bowling and had dinner at Stuart's dad's house.
Stuart has this enire week off. He had some leftover vacation days that would've vanished, so he decided to use them this week. It will be nice having some family time this week. This morning I was looking for a breakfast recipe using oats, since I needed to use them up. I found a healthy recipe for breakfast oatmeal cookies, that I tweaked a bit and ended up with this recipe. The kids gobbled them up, which is saying a lot since I have a couple of picky eaters.
Breakfast Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
2cups oats
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
dash cinnamon
dash salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
4Tbsp butter
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 -1/2 cup raisins (depending on your preference)
* Preheat oven to 350. Mix oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside. Mix butter, sugar, applesauce, and vanilla together. Pour wet mixture into dry. Add raisins and stir. Drop by tbsp onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 16-18min. Yield: 12 cookies Enjoy!
