Day Number 64

If you remember Bella had her birthday party back on March 19th. I posted the pics Here.
  My mom had searched for some time for the perfect gift for her. I forget every time one of my kids hits 2 years old how hard it can be to shop for them at that age! 2 and 3 seem to be an inbetween age where they are too young or too old for the really cool gifts! Lucky for us Bella LOVES to play pretend.
   My mom had gotten her "Tinkerbell's Cafe" for Christmas. Since then we have enjoyed many  pretend meals of "Soup".  "Soup" consists of the plastic bread, carrot cake and wedge of cheese put into a bowl. All of which came with her Cafe. She puts it all in a bowl. Then Bella takes the ladle that came with her cafe and dips it into the "soup" and proceeds to shove the ladle into our mouths until we gag. She then giggles hysterically and claps her hands. YAY!
  So after mom searched and searched she found the CUTEST pertend food EVER! Would you like to see?
Of course you would!




Are they not gorgeous?!!?!?  It was unfortunate that they didn't quite make it in time for Bella's party but that wasn't anyone's fault. The mail got dropped off after Mom and family had left. Otherwise Bella would have been enjoying them sooner!
      Once we got past her initial trying to eat the felt food she really enjoys pretending to eat them. It's also much more comfortable while she's trying to force feed them to us. She even loves sharing them with her brother and sister! Miraculous! I think we need to stock up on more! I love looking at them as much as Bella loves playing with them!
 These felt foods are entirely hand made, and are made of recycled materials. I highly reccomend these to anyone who has a little one who likes to pretend. These keep Bella "cooking"  for hours.  They are colorful and very well made. They have so much detail. My personal favorite are the animal crackers! Growing up they were my favorite snack. I still buy them occasionally. Click to see proof!
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Day Number 55

Yesterday was Bella's Birthday party! All of my hard work paid off! My house was clean. Food was made, and fun was had by all! It was all totally worth the hard work. Bella was overwhelmed! She was at one point carrying 2 cupcakes in one hand and simultaneously eating the icing off of both! I had a photo but somehow managed to lose it. 
  Here are a couple photos from the party:

Cupcake!

Present!!!

Cupcakes again

Monkey Cookie

Cakepops!!!

I got the Idea for the cake pops from Bakerella they are so yummy!!!!

Day Number 25/ Day Number 26

 For today's photo we actually ventured away from home.
 I went to "Town Square"  in Lancaster and took some pictures of Bella. Then we headed over to my mom's and had some coffee and cookies, I even took a few more pictures! We then packed up and Mom my sister and I went to Salvation Army to do a little thrift store shopping. I even found  a few good deals. We had a lot of fun and I definitely feel as though I have made up for my lack of picture yesterday.
 Which by the way, I felt really bad. Yesterday was so insanely busy that I completely forgot to take a picture! So I took many today! I will post two here and Probably a couple on my Fanpage.


This is My Bella. I just love her so much! She is so stinkin' cute!

This is my sister Kyrie. I love her curly hair!!!

 

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Day Number 23

 Bella and I went to a play date today. Afterward she was so wiped out what she fell asleep on the way home. So instead of going home and waking her up, we went home I snagged my yarn, crochet hook and a sweet snack. Then went to the school to wait in the car for an hour or so until the kids got out of class.
 The "Mother's" brand of iced animal crackers have been some of my favorite cookies since I was a child! So while I was killing time I was playing with my cookies. Yes my mother did teach me not to play with my food but I find that it encourages creativity. So I took a picture of my Animal crackers!

 
Then I ate them. It was a happy yet sad moment.

Day Number 5

 Well today's post is more than just a photo.  My friend Devina came over today and we watched a movie and munched on snacks while cuddling our adorable puppies. Since my plans changed due to neglect on my part instead of lunch we just had snacks. Right after I put Bell down for her nap I snatched my mom's cookbook and frantically searched for a cookie recipe that I had all the ingredients for. I decided on her oatmeal cookies! They are so YUMMY! But I am not one to simply stick to a recipe. I am too much my mother's daughter for that!

Marye' Audet- White's Classic Oatmeal Cookies - with a spicy twist

(Marye' Audet-White is my mother and I requested permission before posting this recipe to my blog.)

Yields 60 cookies

Ingredients:

¾ cup vegetable shortening

1 cup packed brown sugar

½ cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

¼ cup water

3 cups old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 tsp of Cayenne (red) pepper

1/2 tsp Ginger

1 - 1 1/2 tsp of Ground Cloves

½ teaspoon baking soda

Be careful not to overbake.

 1.         Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

 2.         Beat together shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, and water.

 3.         Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture. Add any optional ingredients at this time.

 4.         Drop by rounded teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 12–15 minutes.

 5.         Allow to cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Marye' Audet-White is my mother and I requested permission before posting this recipe to my blog. 

for more super awesome recipe's from Marye' Audet-White

Buy her cookbook here- The Everything Cookies & Brownies Cookbook by Marye' Audet

and you can visit her website Restless Chipotle

And now, My photo of the day:

 The extra spices really added a nice kick to the cookies!
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