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Advent {Day 1}: Cookie Swap

December 1, 2011 by Jules Leave a Comment

Advent: a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas.Today was December 1st! This year, as family, we will be doing something special to celebrate everyday leading up to Christmas day in expectancy of celebrating the ultimate day. The day our redeeming Savior enter our world.

Day 1: Celebrate good friends and yummy food:
Our church has an annual cookie swap hosted by the women's ministry. Those who want to participate are encouraged to make a batch of cookies to bring to the party to exchange. In my hurried attempted to prepare some goodies using the ingredients already in my pantry I ran to Pinterest where I found some adorable yet simple cookies to make.

1st Attempt:
Dizzies Izzie's {named for the baker, my Izzie Ru}

Since this week's Nanna day was Maggie's turn this left me and Izzie to do the fun task of working together to prepare the perfect creation. I found super cute pinwheel cookies to make. She did such a great job assisting me (minus wanting to stick her fingers in the moving mixer). We ran into 2 problems. 1st, I misunderstood the directions and our cookies would not set up correctly. 2nd, the reviews on the bottom of this online recipe were horrible. Maybe the sticky cookies weren't entirely my fault... Oh well, Iz didn't mind. She got a taste and lunch before nap. {A post in itself}

Since our 1st attempt was an utter failure it left me less than 6 hours to find a new recipe.

Hello Pinterest. Since you were already open...

This ended up being a success! Although the route I took for display and distribution was a bit more time-consuming than just my cookie tray.

2nd Attempt:
Eat It Up Cookie Dough {Safe-to-eat Cookie Dough}

Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking
Yields: about 1 1/2-2 cups cookie dough

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/3 cups and 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons water

Directions:
In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light, fluffy, and pale yellow. Mix in flour and vanilla. Add water one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each, until you reach cookie dough consistency.

We had fun and ate entirely too much sugar!

*future post with printables for labels and recipes ;o)

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What are you doing in anticipation of Christmas?
Do you know Christ and why it's a big deal? If not, PLEASE talk to me so I can share with you more about the life change that is Jesus!

Filed Under: Baking and Cooking, The ones about the Rothacher Home, The Ones about things Jules tried off Pinterest Tagged With: Advent, cookie swap, eattable cookie dough, Jesus Christ, sugar cookie recipe

Yard Clean Up

November 29, 2011 by Jules Leave a Comment

Racking leaves and chop'n down trees

How have you spent your autumn days?

Filed Under: Parenting, The ones about the Rothacher Home Tagged With: bonfire, family time, ministry, turtles, yard work

Creative fun

November 28, 2011 by Jules 1 Comment

The other day I brought this walker up from the basement to clean it up for my 10 month old. It was gross. I pulled the fabric seat liner thingy out and threw it in the wash. Then I scrubbed up the entire thing. My almost-2-year-old watched this entire process. She stared at the toy after it was clean. She slowly walked over to it and began playing with the toys on the tray. 22 months old. Not a baby. Not a big girl. I decided to stick her in the seat-less walker and let her "drive" it around the house. Success! She LOVED it!!! I was hoping this would {momentarily} decrease the fights over who will drive (push) the little tikes car and who will ride.

Didn't really work. When my 3.5-year old woke from her nap and discovered the new toy in our house, saw how her sister had learned to crawl into it and how it worked she wanted a turn.

Then, big sis, taught her to climb over and out rather sitting down and crawling under.

Yep, everyone but the 10 month old had their turn while the seat was being washed and dried. That's okay. He had his turn.

In BOTH! ;o)

What wierd creative thing are you going to do today? Maybe something you Pinned? Let's start doing them! Share!!!

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: creative fun, little tikes car, walker

Bro-stache!

November 26, 2011 by Jules 2 Comments

Technology...oh the love hate relationship we have.

God created everything and it was {is?} good. He's given us so many things that our lives are benefiting from but all also have the opportunity to become a sin.
Why would God "make" things we are commanded to 'flee' from? If I have these tough questions how am I supposed to answer the incessant questioning of my 3-year-old?
Recently she is always asking me, "Did God made ____?" She ask this about everything! Some answers are a simple "Yes" others are a little trickier.

"Did God make me?"
"YES!!!"

"Did God make that tree?"
"YES!"

"Did God make that bird?"
"Yes!"

"Did God make that car?"
"Uhhhh"

"Did God make that building?"
"Uhhh"

"Did God make that phone?"
"Uhhhh... {I've been tried to come up with a go-to answer for these types of questions}
... God made people smart enough to make things." Said through clinched teeth wondering if that answer would suffice. Does she understand that? Is that the right answer?

God made Maggie, trees, and birds. And God saw it was good! -Genisis 1

It's easy to say that. But did God make that building for His creation to use to sin against Him? Did God make that phone for His creation to use it to sin against Him and His creation?

Tough answers for an ever-growing mommy trying to train up her children in the way they should go so they will not depart from it. I want what I teach them to be the TRUTH. If they are not going to depart from it then I want it to be correct. The Truth.

What would your answer be to these probing questions?

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: brostache, creation, love hate relationship, technology, train up a child, Truth

George Muller

November 17, 2011 by Jules 1 Comment

My girls and I were sitting at the table this morning eating breakfast when all of a sudden my 3.5-year-old ask me, "'Member George Muller?" I said I did and then we had a conversation about who he was and where we had heard about him. When she didn't trust my memory she began singing, "George MUUUller, I WAnt to Know!"

Would you like to know a bit about good 'ole George?

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"GEORGE MULLER - A Man Who Simply Trusted God...reflections by & about an ordinary man who placed implicit trust in an extraordinary God and took His Word at face value - "open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)"
-http://www.georgemuller.blogspot.com/

God can do extraordinary things in our lives when we trust Him enough to let Him! God can do amazing things in the lives of those around us as well but we have to be willing to listen to His guidance! Be extra sensitive to God's prompting, not just this season but even more so because there are so many hurts that are magnified this time of year.

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Do you have any personal stories of God's provision for you, your family, or friends? Do you have any stories about how you were able to be used by God in provision for someone else?