knockoff nutella

Ok, so this is how I make the nutella knockoff! I love it b/c it's mostly hazelnuts instead of mostly sugar, and there is no added oil at all!

2 cups hazelnuts(filberts)
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool. Rub as much of the bitter skins off as possible. Some will come off with surprising ease, others you have to rub pretty hard. Place in blender and blend, scraping down the sides until liquefied. Even with my crappy cheap blender it only took about 2 minutes. The smoother, the better! Then add in the powdered sugar, cocoa, and vanilla and blend again until smooth. I usually use the pulse cycle a few times to make sure the sugar and cocoa don't blow everywhere! Scrape down the sides to make sure that everything is incorporated. The mixture will be quite warm from the blending, and will thicken a little once it cools. Store in the refrigerator. ENJOY!

Anna's glasses

Well we picked up Anna's glasses yesterday evening. She's really good about keeping them on, and is very excited about them! I was worried that she wouldn't feel very pretty with them on, but I think it's just the opposite! I told her I thought that she was beautiful and asked her if she felt beautiful, she didn't answer. A few minutes later I repeated the question. She, very annoyed, answered me, "Yes, so stop asking me that!" HAHA! I told her that she didn't answer me the first time, and she just giggled.  

She stood up on the slide in our livingroom last night and yelled, "Hey! I can see the stairs from here!" I guess that's a good sign! I asked her if she could see my face and she said yes, so then I asked her if I was beautiful, and she looked at me all crazy. I'm gonna pretend that was an enthusiastic yes... HAHA!