Fifty-Nifty Recipes...Mississippi

Did you all ever "eat" mud cakes/pies from your children?  My youngest daughter loved making them for my husband and I.  She especially enjoyed Daddy's look of pure happiness as he gobbled up her treats.  I'll admit it..he was definitely a lot more fun in that area than I was!  I think I will have that look of "pure happiness" as I gobble up the following treat....

My friend, Leah, shares a Mississippi Mud Cake with us.  Sounds delicious!

Mississippi Mud Cake

www.foodnetwork.com

Food Network invites you to try this Mississippi Mud Cake recipe from Paula Deen.

I asked Leah for some trivia or points of interest in Mississippi.  Elvis was born there...never knew that.  Well, Leah and I are not a big Elvis followers, but I did look up his childhood home.  What a humble beginning!  Then Graceland....

Leah said it best,"...what a far cry it is from the wealth he found and the misery it brought him later."

Another fun and educational thing to do in Mississippi is the Vicksburg National Military Park...a battlefield and a museum.

www.nps.gov/vick/index.htm

Make it an extraordinary day....

Looking for something fun to do with your kids....?  Something that will cost only one penny?  I have done this with my students when I taught in a Christian school. 

Flip a penny.  Heads means turn right, and tails turns left. Start at the door.  Choose someone to flip the coin.  BUT  before the first coin toss...decide the rules.  Such as how far between coin tosses, or will everyone get three tosses,etc....decide the rules before starting the trip.  When you get home share a snack, draw a picture about the trip, just enjoy being together.  Such a simple idea...but a lot of fun!

Don't forget the prize give away mentioned in the previous post on the blog.  It is entitled "First time for..."

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