Poke Me! Okay- DON'T

Yes...yes....I know...

I'm a little late getting

here this morning.

I'd show you a picture

of how tired I look but

I don't want you to think you

are looking at

Halloween pictures!

So, mask in place,

I truthfully admit

that

 it was SUCH a busy

day yesterday that I didn't

get hardly any pictures.

WHAT????

What kind of blogger am I?

Well....I'm the blogger

that forgets she's blogging

and plays games with

the kids and bakes a cake.

Okay- I DID make the cake

the day befoe.

It's a POKE CAKE..and

I saw it out here in Blogland

and remembered how many of

these I had made for my own kids.

I thought it would be fun to

make one for the grands this year.

It's simple..

1 white cake mix

1 small box red Jello (any flavor)

1  snall box green Jello (if you say you find

anything except lime I'll think you're lying)

Pretend whipped cream

(called Cool Whip by some)

Bake the cakes in round pans.

Poke some holes in them with

the handle of a wooden spoon.

Pour Jello into holes

(it will disappear)

Frost with Cool Whip

Make sumthin' purty on top.

(or not)

Refrigerate for up to two days.

Cut and enjoy.

Too late for Christmas, you say?

Quit your whining....

Bake one for

New Year's Day

using

Blueberry Jello.

It'll make your mouth do this....

Looks like a Viagra ad, doesn't it?

Just sayin' ~

And, if you're lucky like me

while everyone else is eating

cake you can be

studying the newest member of

the family, Baby Charles.

Please ignore the PINK blanket

you know how it is in a houseful

of girl cousins.

He was so good we hardly heard

a peep out of him all day.

He smiled in his sleep several times,

making us all smile in return.

AND

My husband is smiling this morning

because he got something

extra special from the kids.

Something that you won't understand

if you don't live in

Green Bay...something that

will make NO SENSE

unless you understand how

important the

Green Bay Packers

are to this family.

It's a limited edition portrait, folks,

of Vince Lombardi,

done by a local artist-

a friend of my daughter and son-in-law.

20 x 24 unframed.

hmmmm...

Wow- Where to put this in amongst

the family wall of pictures?

He's NOT related.

Doesn't matter...

it's all relative.

(get it-relative? related?-never mind)

Happy Monday!