Things to pass the time...

What could be MORE FUN than edible playdough?? ANSWER: watching your children occupy themselves with edible playdough while you drink coffee spiked with Bailey's!

Playdough:
1. Mix together
18 oz. jar creamy peanut butter (organic and all-natural, of course)
6 tbsp honey (local wildflower is best -- helps with seasonal allergies)
2/3 c. powdered milk

2. Add enough all-purpose (organic) flour to reach the consistency that you think will work best.

3. Throw a pile of it on a placemat for each of the children attending your "playdate," along with a collection of the cut-outs included with the real Play Dough kit given to your toddler by your in-laws to punish you. (Why else would you introduce a toddler to something that embeds itself on his mother's beige carpet, seems like the perfect snack to the one-year old brother and dog, and dries out seemingly within moments of hitting air, only to find itself crumbled to bits and scattered through a 2400 square foot home?? That's the clear benefit to being a grandparent ;-).)

4. Feel free to skip lunch for your children. With that much protein, they'll be set until dinner!

Coffee:
1. Mix one part coffee to three parts Bailey's. Repeat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as often as necessary.
2. After 5 p.m., switch to wine.

Have fun everyone!