Kindergarten Preview

This morning G couldn't decide between his Car and his Caterpillar to take to Show and Share (letter C) so I let him take both in his backpack.  When he put it on I almost cried thinking of the day I'll have to ship him off to Kindergarten.  He just looks so GROWN UP!!

 

Bubble Craftiness

Today we're headed to Cate's birthday party. What 3 year old doesn't love bubbles, right? (One of these days I'll figure out a good place to take pics of my crafts!)

Kids Together Walk for Inclusiveness

We're very lucky to have a wonderful park just around the corner from our house. Inside the park is the Kids Together Playground that is accessible for children with physical disabilities. Saturday was their fundraising walk along the Hinshaw Greenway that connects Marla Dorrel Park to MacDonald Woods Park and the Comptons came to join us.  It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time.  Maybe one of these days I'll remember to bring a real camera and not just my phone.

Poor Porter, stuck in the wagon with all the gear!

Wedding Shower Craftiness

Many of you know I love a diaper cake and have made one for most of the baby showers I've been too in the last 10 years. Well, since THAT type of shower will never happen for my friends Charles and Christine (100% by choice) I knew I had to make this Towel Cake for them when I saw it on one of my blogs (I can't find the original post or I'd totally give credit, but I did follow this tutorial).  Their wedding has a nautical theme so I used their colors and copied the knot that was on their lovely wedding invitations. I think it came out pretty cute!

The REAL Amazing SpiderGman!

G is all about some Spiderman lately.  He got a lot of neat gifts for his birthday, but I do believe his favorite was a Spiderman glove the makes spider web shooting sounds.  He mimics this often, with or without the glove, but it took us a while to figure out that's what he was doing. The last time we were at the lake Grammie asked where he learned his new "karate" moves.  Jimbo and I just shrugged and said "must have been from school". But then when he combined his "karate" moves with "I'm Spiderman!" we obviously figured it out. Fast forward to Saturday when we discovered that our friend Gina has a new hobby!  She says she got tired of paying to get Ella's face painted at every even tthey went to, so she bought a kit and taught herself.  She did every kid at Peter's birthday party with a different design! (except for Porter because I couldn't deal with the idea of the mess he'd make) AMAZING!  Thanks Gina!

Beer Friday

I love my new job for a lot of reasons and today I found another reason.  BEER FRIDAY!!!

We also had a football themed dessert contest and guess who won?? ME!

Special thanks to JMKG and Pinterest for the assist with the recipe:


Peanut Butter Football Dip

Ingredients
¼ cup butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup peanut butter (your choice; crunchy or smooth)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups powdered sugar (up to 2 cups if needed)
½ cup mini chocolate chips
Chocolate sprinkles or chocolate chips for the outside of the football
White chocolate or frosting for the football laces

Instructions
1. Cream butter, cream cheese, and peanut butter until mixed (using a hand-held mixer). Mix in vanilla.
2. Add powdered sugar, ½ cup at a time, and mix until combined. (If you want a stiffer mixture, add the
extra ½ cup of powdered sugar.) Mix in chocolate chips.
3. Turn out mixture on a large sheet of waxed paper. Use your hands to form into a football shape.
(This would also be cute as “lips” for Valentine’s Day!)
4. Place the waxed paper onto your serving plate. (It helps if the plate has sides…less mess!) Cover
in sprinkles or chocolate chips, pressing them into the surface a little so they stick. Pipe on the
laces using melted white chocolate or some leftover frosting and chill until ready to serve.
5. Serving suggestion: pretzels, animal crackers, cookies, a spoon.

Notes
If your mixture is too soft to form into a football shape, chill it for about 15-30 minutes. (The length of
chilling time depends on how soft it starts.) The freezer will speed up this step

Here is the picture of mine after folks had dug into it a bit: