As a parent, the days are long...but the years are short.

Diet Coke Brownies

Jan 252012

Have you seen the recipe on Pinterest for Diet Coke Brownies? I wondered if it actually worked.

Pour brownie mix in bowl and mix with a Diet Coke. Pour in pan and bake.

It seemed too simple. So, what better to do on a cold, rainy evening? Bake brownies!

The Cast

I followed the directions on the website, with a slight alteration. We had one caffeine-free Diet Coke in the fridge leftover from a party a while back.

The baking time on the back of the box says 25-30 minutes. Because these were pretty soupy when I first poured them into the pan, I baked them for 35 minutes.

The results? Well, they weren’t pretty ~ definitely not show-stoppers. The problem was that I found them difficult to cut neatly. BUT.

I found them to be very tasty! My children loved them! And my husband was just happy that I made dessert!

The Curtain Call

I also altered from the prescribed recipe upon cutting these. Because they were so messy, I didn’t even attempt to cut them into 24 pieces. Going by the calories listed on the brownie box and dividing it by 16 (the number of brownies I cut.) These moist and wonderful brownies are about 137 calories each. Yummy!

Visiting George Washington

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Jan 222012

We needed to do some research, so we decided to visit the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History. We went so we could check out the George Washington exhibit. Specifically, the teeth. Tigger is fascinated by the whole concept of dentures. The fact that President Washington’s were made out of hippopotamus ivory makes them even more of an oddity.

I snapped a few pictures so we could share our day.

(remember, you can click on the picture to enlarge it)

We learned quite a bit about our nation’s first president. I’ll blog more about that soon.

Blessings

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Jan 212012

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel you near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if each promise from Your Word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we’d have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?

Contraption

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Jan 182012

Did you know that you can entertain a 9 & 7 year-old for hours with a cup of water? Oh, and a beater made out of Legos…

This afternoon, Woody tested several arrangements of the propeller to see which created a deeper well when rotating the handle. Tigger watched his Lego character swim around at various speeds and learned a bit about inertia. We talked about Newton’s first law of motion. We talked about how gear sizes determine how quickly gears move. We talked about how much fun it is to make a mess with water.