Xander, Shrooms, and a Lie

Xander has been blowing me away lately with the things he's saying....

This weekend, Jonathan was being a PITT (pain in the toosh). 

Xander said, "He sure is a bad kid!"
I said, "No, he's not a bad kid. He's a nice, good kid who sometimes makes not nice, bad choices!"

He said, "You're right! I know he has it in him to be a good kid! I KNOW it's in him!"

* I love how he's always looking for the good in people! Even when someone hurts his feelings, he's all about forgiving them and remaining friends! He has such a big heart!

And then...

This morning, he crawled into bed with me and asked me to hug him. When I put my arm around him he said, 

"Mommy, I love you so much that sometimes I pray that God will never let you get old because I never want you to die and leave me!"

* I love you too, Xander! You have NO IDEA how much I do!!

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Stuffed Mushrooms??
I say, "NO WAY!!"

Tim says, "YES, PLEASE!!"

 I can't stand mushrooms, but Tim loves them! It's funny too... pretty much anything he asks me for (food-wise), he gets! So, when he said, "I'm really craving some stuffed mushrooms" yesterday, my reply was, "I have no clue how to make them, but I'll figure it out!"

So, here's what I did: 

13 mushrooms- stems removed & set aside

2-3 cloves garlic- chopped

1 Tbsp olive oil

8 oz cream cheese

1/4 C parmesan cheese 

garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper

bacon if desired

*Chop up about 4-5 stems. In a sauce pan, saute chopped stems and garlic until cooked through. Add cheeses & seasonings & stir until creamy. Fill mushroom caps with cheese filling mixture & put in pie pan to bake. Top with cooked, crumbled bacon. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes, broil for about 3 minutes!

 Tim loved EVERY single bite! 

Honestly, I wish I liked mushrooms because they LOOKED great!

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My Two Truths and a Lie  post was fun! I loved reading everyone's comments and guesses! 

So... TRUTH #1: I DID go to 4 schools in the 8th grade (Marietta Christian in Marietta, OH; Brevard Christian in Melbourne, FL; home-school in Orlando, FL; and another Christian school in Jacksonville, FL)  I wish I could remember the name of that 4th school in Jax- I really liked it, but I think by school #4 I was tuning it all out!! LOL!!

TRUTH #2: My grandmother DID grow up with Jack Nicholson!! They grew up in New Jersey. He was a year older than her, so they didn't hang out much. BUT his mom and my great-grandmother used to sit together and have tea... and his mom used to cut/style my great-gma's hair! Pretty cool, huh!!??

SO, my lie is about my favorite color. It is NOT blue...it's PURPLE!! 

Fooled you good  :)