Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, including fur baby moms and stepmoms! Here are some fun facts about Mother’s Day!

• Mother’s Day sees around one quarter of all flowers purchased throughout the year falling on this holiday
• Studies and research now show that giving a bouquet of flowers has many positive health and psychological benefits.
• Approximately $14 billion dollars is spent on Mother’s Day.
• In the United States, 26.3 was the average age of a mother giving birth for the first time in 2014.
• Approximately 65% of card sales occur five days prior to Mother’s Day.
• Mother’s Day became a recognized holiday in 1914 in the United States.
• Mother’s Day is celebrated in close to 50 countries in different parts of the world.

Check out this awesome mother’s day brunch recipe.

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2013/05/french-toast-roll-ups.html

FRENCH TOAST ROLL-UPS

Ingredients:

• 8 slices white sandwich bread
• softened cream cheese, diced strawberries, or Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• 1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
• butter, for greasing the pan

Directions:

• Cut the crust from each slice of bread and flatten it out with a rolling pin.
• Place about 1-2 teaspoons of your chosen filling 1 inch from one end of the bread in a strip. Roll the bread up tightly and repeat with the remaining pieces of bread. I really like cream cheese with diced strawberries as one combination and Nutella with diced strawberries as another combination.
• In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk until well combined.
• In a separate shallow bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon.
• Heat a skillet set over medium heat and melt a tablespoon of butter.
• Dip each bread roll in the egg mixture coating well and then place them in the pan seam side down. Cook in batches until golden brown, turning them to cook and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Add butter to the pan as needed.
• Add cooked rolls immediately from the pan to the cinnamon sugar and roll until completely covered in sugar. You can serve with syrup for dipping but I think they’re perfectly good all by themselves.

Enjoy some of these fun events going on this weekend:

~ James Gregory: The Funniest Man in America will be at the Paramount Theatre May 12th at 7:30pm. Tickets are $32 919-583-8432

~ Guided Costume Tours of Gov B. Aycock Birthplace in Fremont will be given from 10am to 3pm May 12th. Free 919-242-5581

~ May 13th at the Cliffs of Neuse State Park will be Origami Animals program. Free. 919-778-6234

~ WHODUNIT: A live reading of an Agatha Christis script program will take place at the Wayne County Library. Free 919-735-1824

~ Lunch with a Cop May 17th at the Peggy Seegars Center at 11:30am. Free 919-731-1589

~ Ron White will be at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem tonight. Tickets are $45 master.com

~ The Wilmington Wine and Food Festival will take place May 12, 13, and 14th. Come check out amazing food and good wine!

~ Lane Tree Golf Club is hosting a Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday from 11am to 3pm. 919-734-1245

~ Murrays BBQ and Seafood is hosting a Mother’s Day Buffet on May 14th from 10:30pm and 6pm. 919-778-3933

~ The Carolina Strawberry Festival is May 12 and 13th from 11am to 11pm!  Come to historic Downtown Wallace and check it out!

~ Rocking with AWE-Tisim is May 13th from 11am to 3pm. Bring the whole family. Food, Auctions and FUN! 2103 Oberry Center Rd Goldsboro

~ Mother’s Day Tea Party at the Neuseway Nature Park. There will be crafts (jewelry making and photo frames), finger foods, tea and coffee for mom and kids to enjoy. Sunday best attire is recommended. For questions please call Sara Neilson at 252-571-1868 or Yolanda Munoz at 252-939-3338.