I missed the opening ceremony and am so bummed. We asked family nearby and they didn't get it either! But my mom in California saw it and called during commercial. Through her, I got a guess at what to type into youtube and found this from the opening ceremony of the Olympics!!!

I also heard about a stunt were it looks like the Queen of England jumps out of a plane with James Bond and they peracute to the ground. I saw a short clip but it wasn't spectacular. Other than that, NO CLUE what went on last night!





UPDATE: So sorry the video has been removed. Maybe one of these days someone will finally get smart and sell the videos to the olympics. :) We can only dream.

So maybe I didn't have so great a day, but that doesn't mean anybody else has to! Everyone deserves today to be the best day of his or her life. So, this is a new video from The Piano Guys. It is so creative and fun, even if it's short. And for those who don't get Youtube that's okay because here's a fun thing to do too!

Okay! Time for fun thing. It's family fort night!!!! Get the biggest blankets you have but make sure they are not too heavy. cover furniture and chairs with the blakents to form big forts! Use any heavy things you can find to weigh down the blankets to prevent them from falling. Find some sort of a light, either a lamp or some flashlights to light up your fort. Fill the inside with a bunch of pillows and there! Now you just have to make a treat like popcorn, cookies, browines, a vegetable platter, or fruit salad! Pop in a movie or play a favorite family board game and have the best night ever!!! :D

Very packed day yesterday so I missed a post so here are two cool things!

The Piano Guys are great! They sometimes take popular songs and add classical to get more kids into the finer music crowd.

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Also is my family's favorite sugar cookie recipe by Betty Crocker and tweeked by us!

1 cup sugar

1 cup maragrine or butter, softened not melted!

1 1/2 teaspoons (tsp) vanilla

2 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon (tsp) salt    (was orignaially 1 teaspoon)

1/2 teaspoon (tsp) baking SODA

MIX sugar, margarine, vanilla and eggs. MIX in remaining ingredients.

HEAT oven to 400 degrees F.

Cover a circle of clean countertop with white flour and flatten out with a rolling pin. Cover the rolling pin in flour to prevent dough sticking to the pin. Roll out the dough untill they are about 1/8 inch slices. Not sure what that means? Well, make sure the dough is not too Harry Potter book thick or too paper thin.

Find some cookie cutters and start cutting.

Be careful because dough can tare, but use hand or spatula to move cut dough to an UNGREASED BAKING SHEET. Don't put them too close together, about 1 inch apart say Betty.

BAKE until set, 8 to 10 minutes. That means 9 minutes. Immediately yet carefully remove from cookie sheet.

Decorate the cookies with your favorite frostings and sprinkles! And

Enjoy!



You have reached the first post of The Mad Hatter's Daughter at musicalhats.blogspot.com . To kick off, each day will present something new, wether it be a song, game, recipe, or picture.

For today, I found this beautiful wedding cake for a Cinderella Wedding!