Movie Night

With the girls home from school for Febuary vacation, planned activities are a must!  It's nice to hang out in P.J's and not go anywhere, but it is also nice to have a bit of structure.  I found free "Movie Night" templates to cut and color at the link below.  When they are finished have the kids tuck them away until the special night/day. Before the movie, plan everything out.
1. Decide on a special treat.  Buy or bake together!
2. Take a Vote... Which movie? Kids can get really into this.  Use posterboard, stickers etc... Make a chart.
3.  Head to video store.
4.  Have the kids dress up like their favorite character in the movie.  If they haven't seen it, just glance at cover and use that as a guide.
5.  Enjoy!  And remember, sometimes its easy to do "other" things such as cleaning or making phone calls, when your kids are actually sitting still... I am guilty of that.  But it is so nice to stop and enjoy it with them. They'll appreciate it more than you'll know!
 
http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/printable-movie-ticket-party-invitations.html
EASY POPCORN BALLS
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/820254/Make-your-own-movie-night-tickets
Serving: 20 balls. 
INGREDIENTS                                                

3/4 cup light corn syrup                                      

1/4 cup butter

2 teaspoons cold water

2 5/8 cups confectioners' sugar

1 cup marshmallows

5 quarts plain popped popcorn

1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

1.In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the corn syrup, butter, cold water, confectioners' sugar, cinnamon and marshmallows. Heat and stir until the mixture comes to a boil. Carefully combine the hot mixture with the popcorn. Stir to evenly coat.

2.Grease hands with butter and quickly shape the coated popcorn into balls before they cool.

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Bread Machine Recipes

Sweet Bread recipes for the Bread Machine!  Let me know what you think???

Apple Cinnamon Granola Bread Recipe

http://www.hungrymonster.com/recipe/recipe-search-4x6.cfm?&Recipe_id_int=26106

Course : Bread Machine

From: HungryMonster.com

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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***1-1/2 LB LOAF***

1 cup water

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tablespoon butter

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/4 cups bread flour

3/4 cup granola

1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder

4 teaspoons brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Preparation:

Add ingredients in order given by manufacturer, adding applesauce with water and granola with flours. Adjust dough if needed. Whole wheat/grain cycle or basic/white bread cycle. Light color setting. NOTE 1: If using white bread cycle, add 1 tbls gluten to either size loaf to improve loaf height, texture and structure. NOTE 2: For large capacity machines with glass dome, make only a 1 lb loaf to ensure complete baking.

Cinnamon Raisin Bread


Course : Bread Machine

From: HungryMonster.com

Serves: 1
Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 package yeast

3 cups bread flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter

1 1/4 cups warm milk

2/3 cup raisins

Preparation:

Add ingredients into the pan in the order listed, select white bread and push start. If we are home, we add the raisins at the beep, beep, beep point near the end of the second mixing as the tend to remain whole. Sometimes, we add them at the beginning so they are nice and fine. Try it both ways.

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