"Rain drops keep falling on my break"

Day 2 of spring break found us at home as rain fell outside. The kids decided that they didn't want to go anywhere. In fact they declared it an official pajama day (as if we don't have enough of those already). So we decided to make the most of it. We played games together on the Wii, watched the movie Bedtime Stories, played board games and just hung out. It was marvelous.

Alyssa tried her hand at making homemade oreo cookies. She did a great job for her first time making one of our family's favorite cookie recipes.

I will include the recipe here for posterity sake.

HOMEMADE OREO COOKIES

2 Devils Food Cake Mixes
4 Eggs

1 1/2 C. Shortening

Mix together well (may have to get your hands dirty with this one)

Roll into balls about the size of a quarter and bake at 350 Degrees for 9 minutes (no longer)

FILLING

1 - 8 oz. Cream Cheese

2 3/4 C. Powdered Sugar

1/4 C. Butter

1 T. Vanilla

Cream together. Frost one cookie and place another one on top to form a sandwich.

Time to eat. YUM!