Ivan's First Real Haircut

I have trimmed the back of Ivan's hair, on his neckline, twice since he was born, out of necesity to keep him from having a mullet, but I don't count that as a real haircut. Today my mom came down to Provo to hang out with me. Not with Kyle, not with Jackson, but me. She came down on Friday to hang out exclusively with my brothers, because they accused her of only ever coming down to see me. And they wouldn't let her see me on Friday while she was hanging out with them, so since I am the obvious favorite (take that Kyle and Jack) she came back on Monday to play with me. :) ANYWAY, she was kind enough to give my two orphan looking children hair cuts. This was Ivan's first real haircut. He was not a big fan of the clippers. Lincoln has never been afraid of them, but Ivan, oh man. Poor kid. I ended up having to hold him in my arms the whole time, and we both got hair all over us. But, his hair looks so much better now. Lincoln's does too, of course, but it wasn't his first rodeo, so I didn't take a picture of his hair cut.

After haircuts, I put the boys down for their naps and Mom taught me how to make peanutbutter cups. It's been really fun making Christmas candy with my mom the last couple of years. It's probably one of my very favorite parts of the season, making candy with my mom. :)

 

I could not believe how much chocolate these little buggers took! We used up everything I had planned on using for them, what I'd planned on using to make fudge later, all my extra chocolate chips, some random hershey bars I found in the back of my cupboard, and a half a box of white bakers chocolate. This recipe makes a ton on peanutbutter cups. But oh, they turned out so delicious. I'm going to have to hide them from my husband. Peanut butter cups are his favorite, and these are better than the store bought ones.

Peanutbutter Cups
1/2 cup butter
1 cup peanutbutter (I like chunky)
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup Karo Syrup
1 inch paper candy cups, about 125
lots of chocolate

Soften butter, mix butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and karo syrup together with a mixer until about the same firmness as cookie dough. You may want to put it into the fridge for aminute before rolling it into balls.  Spread paper candy cups onto cookie sheet as close together as you can. Roll peanut butter mixture into little balls and drop one ball into each cup. Melt chocolate. Spoon chocolate over peanut butter balls. Let set. Will set faster if refridgerated.