Trivia Question

                                     
Here is a Little Trivia Question to boggle your brains today: Which modern-day artist is the only one to receive more platinum albums than The Beatles? Tune in sometime in the next week for an answer.

                                    

Choco Chewies

                            

For school, Henry had to invent a recipe using the list of items they use in the pillsbury cookoff. He made something called choco chewies. They are surprisingly good! Here is the recipe (you can substitute the junky instant pillsbury things, of course.)

Ingredients:

1-2       Tubes (depending on desired amount of crescent dough) of Pillsbury Butter Flake Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls. 8 oz. (8 ct.)

1         Pkg. of Pillsbury Refrigerated Chocolate Flavored Chip Cookie Dough. 16.5 oz. Roll

1         Tub of Baker’s Real Milk Chocolate Dipping Chocolate. 7 oz.

 

1.Preheat oven to 375º F.

2. Divide each crescent roll into 3 or 4 parts.

3. Roll cookie dough into ¾” balls.

4. Wrap 1 piece of the divided crescent roll around a ball of cookie dough. Be careful to fully cover the dough, and seal seams.

5. Place the crescent-covered balls onto a jellyroll size cookie sheet.

6. Bake at 375º F for 8-10 minutes, or until the crescent dough starts to brown.

7. After cooling down your newly baked creations, trim any excess cookie dough that may have oozed out the sides.

8. Melt dipping chocolate and drizzle over the top of your Choco Chewies as desired.

     

National History Day Project

                                          
Hey guys, it's Henry here. I have just recently finished my History Day project on Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. This has been a very lengthy project. It is a grade for my G.A.T.E./History class. First, I collected 400 facts on notecards about her. I made a process paper and an annotated bibliography, and then made this project. It looks like a giant book. We started out with 5 pieces of plywood that were 5 ft. tall. We wallpapered the inside pages, and for the covers we used a cloth similar to leather. For the title, we had Jackie Merrill use her Vinyl Lettering machine to cut it out. Everything on the project had to be backed with colored paper, and that took a while. On Friday the 27th, I take it to be judged at Rocky Mountain Middle School. If I get 1st or 2nd in my group, I move on to State. If I win first or second in my category there, I take it to Nationals in Washington D.C. I'm glad it is almost all over with!

           

Abby's New Bangs

Abby recently got her bangs cut. She has never had bangs this short. Here is a picture:

Ollie and Sambino

Abby got a new Wagon for Christmas. Sam and Oliver sure liked it!

            

            

Holidays 08-09

This Christmas was a blast. We had everyone home, all 14 of us! Every year, we draw names and get a present for the name we drew. This year, the rule was that the gift had to be home made! Here are some of the pictures of the gifts that haven't been shown on The other Thompson Blogs:

                                I (Henry) drew Clayton and made him this hat.

                  

                       I also made a scarf for Mom

                  

                            Clayton made this Awesome painting for Abby

                

New Years was great too. We went up to the Cabin, but unfortunately, forgot the Camera!!

Chris came up with Carly, and Kyle with Kina. The married ones had to go home :(. 

Here are some more cute pictures:

    

Every morning Hazel comes in for a chew bone. One morning she didn't finish, and we came in to Skipper chomping down on it!

Christmastime

 

Christmas is on its way!! Here is our Tree, finally finished. We cut it down about Two weeks ago, and we finally got around to finishing it. It is around 12 ft tall. Oh, and we had our first snow yesterday. I am so excited for there to be even more snow!