Sports, Sports, and more Sports!

I would like to know how I ended up with athletic kids. Chance would like to know also – considering the choice he made in the marriage department. I love to watch these kids do their “thing’ on the field. They really are impressive little machines. I try to remind myself of this fact when I am sitting in the semi-shade (mind you it IS 100+ degrees) drinking my third flavored tea from the Water Still and munching on Santa Fe Trail Mix and sweating like a pig….did I mention it was over 100!

The giant waterslide at baseball camp – they look forward to this all week!

shirts v. skins at football camp – they got to play at Kimbrough Stadium! (Cutter is in the Longhorn cap)

Cambry getting ready to slide on the waterslide at Softball camp (they really do learn some technique for sliding at this camp)

Rebel Roaster Tournament 2011

Rebel Roaster Champions 2011

  Cutter in his new uniform. He is playing on a club tournament team and is LOVING it!

June Cleaver’s Moist Banana Snack Cake

ok – this cake isn’t really June Cleaver’s recipe…it isn’t even called that - but for me it represents the mom/homemaker I want to be in my dreams. I want the kind of kitchen that is always spotless while hiding a delicious three course meal and the perfect dessert. I want the kids to run into the kitchen eagerly anticipating the home baked goodness that awaits them under the crystal cake plate after a long day at school….hello….wake-up….it just isn’t going to happen around here that often. I managed to clean one bathroom today and it completely wore me out. I only cooked supper because someone left the freezer open and the thawed fish couldn’t be wasted. I did manage to place a yummy snack cake under the glass cake plate though – just what I needed in this season of dieting. I wanted to find a cake that could be sliced for easy snacking and I found the perfect one. Really, this banana cake was VERY good and super moist which is a must. I really liked that it called for average everyday ingredients! I even used a stick of parkay margarine instead of the usual butter.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
• 2 eggs
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (I left the nuts out and we still LOVED it)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
2. Cream together the butter or margarine and the sugar.
3. Add eggs, bananas, flour, soda, salt, nuts, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly and pour batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes (don't over bake). Dust with powdered sugar if you so desire.

The Perils of 8 Year olds and Microwaves

I love it that my resident “picky eater” can cook his own food in the microwave. He has made his own macaroni and cheese dozens of times now without incident….but as you can see,  it just takes one time. For the curious minded - this is what happens to a macaroni and cheese cup….when you forget to add the water.

My house still stinks!