The zoo

Not all kids like the Zoo!

LOL

Quote by~Sophia Loren
Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.

Facts
'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.
80percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime
at least once in their lifetime.
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States.
baby eel is called an elver,
It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling
dolls without human faces.

Tip
When you need extra ice for parties, fill plastic egg boxes with water and place in the freezer. Store the frozen blocks in a plastic bag.

Recipe
Sweet potatoes pie
4 medium sweet potatoes
1/2 stick butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon ground Cinnmon
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup evaporated milk
1 unbaked pie crust
Maplewhipping cream
optional, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Bake sweet potatoes for 1 hour in the oven on a baking sheet. When done, let cool. Scrape the pulp out of the skin, transfer to a large bowl, and mash. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and salt. Add evaporated milk and stir mixture into sweet potatoes. Beat together with mixer until smooth and pour into an unbaked pie shell.
Bake on bottom rack of oven for 1 hour or until center of pie is firm. Serve warm. Add dollop of

whipped cream if desired.

Maple Whipped Topping:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
In a medium bowl, beat together whipping cream and confectioners' sugar.

Add Maple syup

Beat together until soft peaks form.

Craft & tutorials

String of felt lights
http://www.elsiemarley.com/string-of-lights-advent-calendar-pattern.html

Make a fabric tube turner
http://michelemademe.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-tiny-brain-wave-1-make-fabric-tube.html

Burlap Stocking
http://itstoilegood.blogspot.com/2010/11/burlap-stockings-for-christmas-not.html

donald's duck feet trivet
http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-crafts/craft-952429-donalds-duck-feet-trivet-t/

Sock Snowman tutorial
http://childmadetutorials.blogspot.com/2010/11/sock-snowman.html

Chalkboard Rooster tutorial
http://gailsdecorativetouch.blogspot.com/2010/11/chalkboard-rooster.html

Star ornaments tutorial from old book pages
http://houserevivals.blogspot.com/2010/11/s-is-for-star-gazing.html

Stay Crafty!

Have a blessed day & Be a blessing to others.

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