Play Dough Recipe.... Cherish the tidbits!

There's only so many things that compare to the awesomeness of rolling over on a cold winters morning, grabbing your cell phone to shut off the alarm and seeing ''School is CANCELLED". Suddenly that warm cozy bed gets even cozier. Instead of running through the house like a wild woman waking children, packing lunches, grabbing mitts, gloves, hats and bags is a memory of days gone by....today new dreams are about to be birthed! Could I really lay in this cozy bed for 10, 20 maybe even 60 more minutes? No rushing and no where to be...I laid still. Do I dare to even open my eyes? Laying in fear that the littles may actually hear and wake to the sound of my eyelids separating! One by one over the next hour the three littles came in for a morning cuddle. I was so thankful for a slow, relaxing morning after a late night.

(Last night our oldest son had three friends stay the night. Who agrees to a school night sleepover?? This gal! He asked me in a moment of weakness...you know the ones where you aren't 100% in the conversation! Well... as it turns out it was a great night! What a great group of guys!! We were all sitting around the island around midnight when they realized it was most likely going to be a snow day, high fives went around the island and I sat there thinking....just my luck they probably knew this all along!! haha.. But honestly, I couldn't have asked for a better group of young men! I may have to do another trip to the grocery store and have the cat and the hat come clean the basement upon their departure but other than that and the strong smell of AXE things at the Paton residence are good!)

We woke up, threw the kettle on, lit up the frying pan and had a full on french toast feast! Then the boys retreated to the basement and our littlest looked me in the eyes and said "What can we do today M?'. (She calls me 'M'.... I LOVE IT!!!)

In the making..

I thought back to what my mom would have done....
So we made Play Dough.....

-PLAY DOUGH RECIPE -

Mix in a medium pot on stove top 

1 Cup of white flour

1/2 cup of salt

2 Tbsp. Cream of Tartar

Add : 

1 Cup of water

1 tsp food colouring (Joie chose purple today)

1 Kool-aid package (this is only to add scent and taste, so not necessary)

1 Tbsp oil

Cook over medium heat, stirring for 3-5 minutes. YOu'll notice the mixture will start to form into a ball in the middle as it heats. Turn out onto counter and knead on a lightly flavoured surface. If it's to soft add small amounts of flour until just right! VOILA!! 

Mission Accomplished

For those who may think this was the perfect morning here's a glimpse at the bigger picture. My husband is ministering in Florida, our oldest took ill about 4am and the dog...oh the beloved dog is oozing with excitement at having a household of visitors..only this dog is a dane, so as his excitement elevates he rearranges our furniture....if you know what I mean.  We may not always have the perfect day, but there will always be perfect moments in everyday! Cherish the tidbits...