Kookie Kellie: Christmas Program

When I got married, Adam's family had a baby shower for me up in Indiana. One thing the guests did was bring a recipe on a card for me to have. I finally got around to making this one and I'm glad I did. I don't really have a go-to pot pie recipe, but I think I found one. It truly was easy and it tasted delicious. Karen Neeley teaches with Adam's mom. She is a 2nd grade teacher and has two sons, both grown. Both math geniuses because they were on Lana's Math Counts Team. :)

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

from Karen Neeley

3 cups of cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
10 oz frozen mixed veggies
1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken soup
1 cup of chicken broth
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup of self-rising flour**
1 cup of milk
1/2 cup of butter or margarine (melted)

Preheat oven to 400. Grease a shallow 2 quart cooking dish. Place chicken and vegetables in dish. Stir together soup, chicken broth, and pepper; pour over chicken mixture. Combine flour, milk, and butter. Stir until smooth. Pour over mixture in dish. Bake 40 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool for 10 minutes.

** Can use regular flour and 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt instead of self-rising flour.

The girls had their Christmas program at school today. Emilie's class had a slide show to "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." and they were all dressed in Christmas dress clothes and had little Santa hats on. Emilie wore a dress that Uncle Robbie and Aunt Kasey got them as an early Christmas present. Once the slide show was over, they wheeled the kids out in two little portable cribs on wheels and the kids just smiled at everyone and the crowd waved at them and they just looked around and smiled. We could barely see Emilie. She was on the opposite side and she's the youngest one there, so she was small compared to her crib-mates.

You can only see her face. She's the girl you can't see. She smiled at everyone though!

Aubrie's class dressed in white and blue jeans and some of them had a smock over the top that looked like a snowman. They sang "Frosty the Snowman." Aubrie had a green Santa hat on and spent the entire song looking shy with her fingers in her mouth. (Sigh) It's a shame. We've had some pretty good Frosty (or as she says FWOSTY) performances here at the house. Her teachers have also told us she was a clown for rehearsals and to be sure to bring our cameras. But nothing. She did remove her fingers to do the thumpity thump thump part. She also said, "there's my mom and dad!" to about five different kids on the stage. Too cute.