Cinnamon Crescent Rolls

Omagoodness you guys. I accidentally invented a recipe!!

This is what happens when you have two boys come home from school starving and wanting something sweet.

I do offer a disclaimer, as I honestly don't know if this is already invented or not. Ha!

Because I don't know I'm calling it mine. At least this version. I didn't take pictures until they came out of the oven because...I honestly didn't think they'd turn out. My inventions don't usually work out, ya know.

Anyway, I took a can of store brand Crescent Rolls.

Open it up and separate the triangles out. Then spread butter on one side of it, sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on it. Add nuts, raisins, whatever you want to add. I put raisins in about half of mine; each can of rolls comes with 8 pre-cut crescents.

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Now you're gonna get a muffin pan, cupcake pan, whatever you wanna call it. Spray the wells with non stick cooking spray.

Place the rolled up, messy cinnamon crescents in the wells.

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for...well, until they look done. I think I had them in there for 10-12 minutes because I wanted them brown.

This is what they look like when they're done. As they sit the butter and sugar mixture gets gooey and chewy and really yummy.

So, according to the boys, the most discerning of critics...they turned out "Good, I wanna taste another one!"

Oregon Moms - May Day!

May 1st is May Day!

Do you remember May Day? I remember when I was little it was all about making paper baskets in school and filling them with weeds beautiful flowers and then leaving them on mom's porch, knocking and then laughing and basically standing out in the open hiding very quietly behind the rhody.

I like May. Could be because it's Spring in full swing. Perhaps it's because school is almost out. Possibly it has to do with my birthday month, long Memorial Day Weekend, Mother's day and my oldest's birthday is quickly approaching and will be here on June 2nd.

Probably all of the above.

If I had to assign May a color I would use pale yellow. Yes, I know this is weird. It's because I see numbers and months in colors. I mean, I don't actively see them in colors but when I think about the number or month, like really think about them, I imagine a color.

So I've put vague references out about the "project" I'm working on. I can't even begin to tell you how much time I've spent on it.

Chances are you have no idea what I'm talking about when I tell you that I am firmly against the Common Core Standards that are being implemented in our schools.

Remember No Child Left Behind? It's like that, only on steroids.

I don't want to get into it too much at this time but suffice it to say, it's not even really the standards and assessments that bug me so much as the Data Mining. In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I don't like the standards at all. If you don't know what it is, at least click on this link and find out about Data Mining.

This link will take you to my new baby. It's a website directed specifically at stopping the Common Core movement and Data Mining in Oregon.

If you live in Oregon, and I know some of you live right here in my town, PLEASE take a look.

"The SLDS, also known as the P20 (preschool through age 20) Workforce Tracking or P20W, is a comprehensive database compiled on each child, teacher and parent. This data is not aggregate data (or without the ability to be traced back to the source), it is linked specifically to the child. Data that is collected will follow the child through to their adult years and beyond." - J. Gallegos 

That is a snippet of the information written by my partner in crime and fellow mom in the fight against the CCSI in Oregon.

If you have questions, please ask. I will answer as best I can or direct you to the person who can. Poke around on the website over there and you will find Facebook links for just about every state in the union with a group opposing Common Core.

The reluctant activist,