Here Are Our "E"asy Cake Cookies

I know it is a stretch to use this as an "E" activity, but I really didn't have a better plan. I was boggled with what to do for many of my "E" activities. Some other ideas were eclairs, elephant ears, and eggs. Ummm, this is for a 2-3 year old to do so I opted for the "easy" activity. My sister-in-law Rochel came over and she shot most of these pictures.

Katie cutting.....

Katie dumping the cake mix.....

Katie very proud!

All the ingredients you need.....1 cake mix, 2 eggs, 1 stick of butter...... oh and chocolate chips.

Katie mixing.....

Katie pouring in chocolate chips....

Oooooh Katie sneaking in a chocolate chip or maybe 2!

Did they see me? Uhh we have a camera on her.

Katie stirring the chocolate chips into the mix.....

Cute tippy toes!

Good girl helping mommy with the clean up.

She has to learn the whole process, not just the fun parts.

Patiently waiting.......

Sweet rewards!

Ooey gooey chocolatey goodness.....what a mess!

Beautiful "Easy" Cake Cookies

Are You Excited For "E" Week?

We are excited for "E" week. I have to tell you that "D" week did not go as well as the 3 previous weeks. We had a few interruptions in our schedule and took time to do some non-d related activities.

We took a walk almost every morning. We made donuts. Katie drew letters during her bubble bath. We read books. I told her about David and Goliath. She was a David fan immediately as she does not like giants. We read in her children's Bible all the stories about David. Katie counted on her calendar and can now count to 31 with minimal, if no help. I plan to teach her to count backwards and then by two's. I wrote all that to explain that we did do learning, but it varied a little from my normal planned week and I think that is okay.

I have a feeling this week is going to be a little off too. It is "E" week. I am excited to finally know what I am going to teach her that starts with the letter "E".

Memory verse:

"Encourage one another, while it is still today." Hebrews 3:13

Monday: Recipe: Easy cake cookies ( I will post the recipe later.)
Tuesday: Art: edible play-doh (peanut-butter play-doh)
Wednesday: Bible lesson: Eve
Thursday: Language: beginning sounds "e" and reading
Friday: Science: elephants (Since Katie loves them we can learn more about them.)

Some of our everyday activities include: taking a walk and talking about anything new we see, calendar math, reading books, watching Leap Frog Word Making Factory video, saying our memory verse and practicing our old ones, playing games like Memory and Candyland, and cutting and pasting.

I hope you have a great "E" week. May it be exciting, energizing, easy, effective, enlightening, enjoyable, excellent and extraordinary!

Donuts Today

Today is "D" day #1

We make a recipe every Monday and today we made donuts. At first I was quite hesitant because it sounded like a lot of work. But these fried treats were so easy. However, since they are so rich in fat and calories I will not be making these often. Here's the recipe in case you want to give them a try.

Ingredients:

refrigerated biscuit dough (not a flakey one)

oil for frying (I used canola)

1-2 cups powered sugar

1-2 tsp vanilla

2-3 tbsp milk

2-3 tbsp water

sprinkles

Open the biscuits and lay them out.

Cut out the centers with a small circle shape (ex. cap from water bottle) or a biscuit cutter.

Then lay 3-4 in the pan of oil on a medium heat. The oil should come up half way on the donuts. Watch them closely. It should be about 3-4 minutes per side.

Flip them and then take them out when both sides are golden brown.

Add the remaining donuts and repeat.

After the donuts are cooked up golden brown place them on paper towels to absorb any extra oil.

While the donuts are cooling mix up the icing.

The measurements are loose because it depends on how much icing you need/want. Mix 1 cup of powdered sugar with 1 tbsp milk and 1 tbsp water. Then add 1 tsp of vanilla. Add milk or water if it is not runny enough. Mix with a spoon until smooth. It should be runny, so it will drip and ooze all over ther donuts.

Katie helped put the icing on most of the donuts....until she fell into "lick-the-spoon" temptation.

Spoon or drip the icing on the donuts however you want it.

Ooey gooey icing on a hot fresh donut....hungry yet?

You can also use food coloring to make pretty colors. Other variations; add sprinkles, dip them in powdered sugar, sprinkle them with cinnamon, or ice them with chocolate frosting.

Cutie Pie!

Okay its "D" week.... Donut darling!

Oh the temptation.....

I love that I got this on film.

I was standing right there and she still gave into the temptation.

Look at my donut (half).

I refused to give her a whole one.... way too much sugar and fat for a 2 year old.

You can just see the satisfaction in her eyes.

So yummy!

She loved it.

Hope you have fun making some yummy donuts!