Say Hello to Our Little "Peeps"

As an adult I have found Peeps to be too sweet! Now I have finally found a fun way to have them around the house....this was fun for the kids and Mom! Super easy and will make great gifts for Easter for the close family and friends.....

What you need:

1. Cute flower pots - I found mine at dollar store - 2 for a buck
2. Some easter grass (left over from last year's baskets will do)
3. Dowel or sturdy branches from outside
4. Paper plates - I had some dessert sized plates that were pretty thick
5. 2- packages of 5 Peeps each (this is enough for just one flower
6. Glue gun
7. Ribbon
8. Duct tape

Unwrap the peeps - DONT PULL APART THE PEEPS!

Put the peeps around the edge of the plate so you can see how much you will need to trim

Trim the plates to size.

Glue the first group of five down to plate - shape it so its circular

Add the second group of peeps around the remaining half of the plate

Let dry about 10 minutes

Tape the end of branch or dowel to the back of plate

Stick branch in flower pot - I did put a good size rock in bottom of flower pot for balance

Add grass

Have kids color the center

Maybe a ribbon or something on the "stem"

done!

Treadmill marathon?

Ha! Squirrels have their own built in canopies to keep the snow off their backs!! Never seen this before

Wintertini!!!

These drinks were such a BIG hit over the holidays! I am stockpiling egg nog so that I can make these for SuperBowl!

Addicting and so good!

Wintertini

Yield: 2 drinks

1oz Kahlua

1oz Bailey’s (prefer Carmel but regular is good)

1oz Vodka (prefer whipped cream or vanilla)

Eggnog

Hershey Chocolate syrup*

Sugar and cinnamon* (mixed on a paper plate this is to rim the glass)

Nutmeg*

*These are optional but I personally would not omit them :)

1.    In martini shaker add about 5 cubes of ice. Pour in the first 3 ingredients and shake.

2.    Prepare your martini glass by moistening the rim with a wet paper towel. Dip the rim of glass in the plate with cinnamon and sugar mixture until entire rim has a nice glaze.

3.    Drizzle a bit of Hershey syrup inside the glass.

4.    Pour eggnog in the glass. About 2 -3 generous splashes or about one third of the glass.   (You can control how strong the drink is by amount of eggnog.)

5.    Pour shaker mixture into prepared martini glass over the eggnog

6.    Sprinkle a bit of nutmeg

Enjoy!