Baked Goodies

The first graders were divided into groups to sell all of their baked goodies during the lunch periods.  Josie was so excited during her shift & she smiled the entire time.  I enjoyed watching her in action as she would collect the money & then she would run directly to their bank to deposit the money before she would give them their baked good :)  It was a good day too as they sold over $950 which will be donated to the HoneyComb Foundation for their Lenten Project.  It's All About The Bake, Bake Sale was a big success.

It's All About The Bake Round 2

The teachers took this adorable video of all of the first graders :)

Keep your eye out for Josie

First Grade Bake Sale

Today's the big day & I was 1 of 4 lucky mom's who was able to volunteer today at the Bake Sale. Yay for me!!! When I walked into the cafeteria Josie was there to suprise & greet me as if your mom was volunteering you got to help them set up all the goodies.  She wanted to take a picture by our brownies & kept telling me that they were going to sell out fast. And I must say that I agree as they are delicious.  If she keeps that big smile, she's sure to sell a lot of goodies.  Go get em Josie.

Dear Josie

Gracie knew how excited Josie has been about the upcoming Bake Sale.  She wrote her this cute note & left it on the counter so she would see it when she sat down for breakfast.  What a sweet Big Sister :)   And Little Sister Josie is going to be so excited too!!!

It's All About The Bake

Josie rocked her Bake Sale Jingle which was inspired by the #1 hit of 2014 by Meghan Trainor called All About The Bass

We're All About The Bake, About The Bake, Bake Sale

We're All About The Bake,  About The Bake , Bake Sale

My Momma She Told Me Don't Worry About The Price

Our Cupcakes & Cookies & Brownies Will Taste Just Right

We Are All About The Bake, About The Bake, Bake Sale

We Are All About The Bake, About The Bake, Bake Sale

 BAKE SALE!!!

First Grade Bake Sale

Tomorrow is a BIG DAY for Josie as it's the First Grade Bake Sale at school. The first graders have been busy preparing for this day for weeks. It's their Lenten Project & the proceeds will be donated to The Honeycomb Project.  Josie keeps saying that this is going to be "the best day ever!!!".  So tonight is our big night to bake together.  We were assigned brownies & she has all kinds of ideas.  We need to bring in 3 dozen brownies so we are making 3 kinds of brownies.  A dozen of Nana Marci's popular Fudge Brownies with chocolate chips that daddy loved as a little boy. A dozen of M&M brownies which Josie thinks is A MUST & a dozen of blondie brownies because well "they just look so good!!!" My Little Baker is very motivated to bake with me all night.  It's going a little slow in the kitchen but she's really impressing me with her baking skills.  And that SMILE :)

Brownie Field Trip

Gracie's Brownie Troop went on a field trip today to the Nature Museum to earn their badge on insects.  They learned many fascinating facts about many different kinds of insects & then they were able to touch them too.  Some favorites were the sparkling beetles, the crickets, the rolly polly & the most popular one to many of the girls, including Gracie, were the superworms. It was very interesting to see a bunch of 8 year old girls getting so into BUGS!!!  The fun ended in the Butterfly Room where the girls were able to release a butterfly.  Before they released her they all agreed to name her "Brownie".   A very fitting name :)

Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Scout Cookies are IN & have taken over our living room. We are busy sorting through the boxes so if  you ordered cookies from us, you can expect a delivery soon :)  Kudos to Brownie Gracie for selling 130 boxes & Daisy Josie for selling 75 boxes :)

Red Wine & Red Roses

Enjoying our Monday Night indulgence watching The Bachelor with my friend Amber.  Thanks Amber for joining me. And YES, I will accept your rose :) Looking forward to the finale.

Strike A Pose

Cousin Dance Party!!! :)

Shiracha

The perfect Valentine's Day Gift for "My Valentine" :)

The Finale...Dessert

And I was responsible for DESSERT :)  Cheers to US!!!

Dinner Round 2 :)

My Valentine made me a delicious dinner.  Lamb lollipops, roasted brussel sprouts & sweet potatoes.  I "heart" my chef :)

Valentine's Day Dinner

The girls requested the same Valentine's Day dinner that I made them last year.  Red velvet pancakes  & pink chocolate chip pancakes.  They enjoyed their pancakes with fresh strawberries & raspberries & strawberry yogurt with a hershey's kiss on top.  A "sweet" dinner for our sweethearts :) XOXOX

Easy Bake Oven Fun

Our American Girl baking party was lots of fun. Thanks Nana Shirley for the Easy Bake Oven.  We enjoyed making Red Velet & Strawberry Cakes & topped them off with heart candies.  Gracie whipped up the red velet cake & Josie the pink strawberry cake & we all worked together icing it. A fun-filled afternoon in the kitchen with the girls.  

Valentine's Day Baking

Our annual traditional girls spa day is complete. Always fun getting Valentine's Mani/Pedi's. Next up a baking party with our American Girl Dolls :) The girls spent a lot of time picking out the perfect baking outfits for each of tbeir dolls.  Bon Appeiti XOXOX

Happy Valentine's Day

From our little sweethearts :)

TBS....Valtentine's Day 2013

80

Happy Happy Birthday to my Mom & our Nana Shirley.  I still can't believe that today you are 80 years old.  I can only hope that I have as much energy & spunk that you do when I'm 80 years old.  We are looking forward to celebrating you at your upcoming party.   So many wonderful memories of the mom that made me the mommy I am today :) We heart you more than you'll ever know.  XOXOX

I HEART Starbucks

Enjoying a Flat White on Starbucks World's Largest Date Day!!! :)

To Josie

Conor also made a special Valentine for Josie.  He wrote her a poem. It read...

Dear Josie

Roses are red

Violets are blue

This is a Valentine just for you.

PS I love you

From Conor

To Conor

Tonight we are going out for a family dinner with The Gibbs Family.  Josie spent a very long time after school making a very special Valentine's Day card for her buddy Conor.  She still plans to marry him someday.  I love how she drew a picture of them on the inside of the card.  I'm sure he's gonnn love it. :)

HEART Dance

All ready for dance class in her heart shirt & leg warmers :)

Surprise Sweathearts

They were certainly surprised when they walked in the door & all the lights were off :)  As soon as I turned on the lights & they saw all the goodies on the counter-top waiting for them they started to squeal.  They enjoyed a yummy mexican dinner, pink drinks in glasses that lip up & lots of M&M's & Hersey Kisses.  A fun ending to a fun-filled date night with daddy. 

Daddy Daughter Dance Dinner

Instead of relaxing & reading a magazine like I told them I was going to do while they were at the Daddy/Daughter Dance, I decided to surprise them with a Valentine's Day themed dinner.   So as soon as they left the house I began prepping for heart-shaped quesadillas, pink drinks & lots of chocolates for dessert.  Daddy didn't even know I was planning this special dinner but thankfully he text me when they were on their way  home.  So I turned off all the lights & waited for the BIG surprise!!! I can't wait to see the look on their faces :)

Thank You Daddy

The perfect start to the Daddy/Daughter Dance. And mommy got some too :)  Perfectly PINK Tulips!!!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Tonight is the Daddy Daughter Dance at school.  The girls picked out their fanciest dresses to impress daddy.  And of course, they wanted Mommy to curl their hair too.   I'm not sure who is luckier but it sure to be a good time.   Have fun....

Date Night With Daddy

Although Gracie was invited to join us & the Daisy Troop for the Disney On Ice Frozen Fun, she already had commitments on the Dance Team.  So after she got home from dance, she & daddy had dinner & played games by the fire.  And it sounds like she loved every minute of it too :) Thanks daddy for capturing this photo!!!

Let It Go...Finale

Singing & Dancing with her wand :)

Let It Go

It never gets old :)

Disney On Ice

Tonight Josie & I went to Disney On Ice with her Daisy Troop. She was so excited to dress up in her Elsa dress & join her friends for the show. The show was absolutely amazing & followed our favorite movie, Frozen.  We had a great time singing & dancing to our favorite Frozen songs. Of course, the girls wanted to shop before we went to our seats & after much debate on what to get, they each decided to get the snowflake wand that lit up so they could enjoy it during the show.  And I'm really glad that they enjoyed the wand before, during & after the show.   As it the most expensive wand I have ever purchased for her in her 6 years & I've purchased many princess wands.  But it was worth the $30 to see the happiness on her little face & we made it home with it too.  #yolo 

Frozen Cereal

Look what I found today in the cereal aisle :)

Pajama Party

We are ending our snow day chill'n by the fire in our matching pajamas.  #longunderwear

Hot Chocolate Break

They didn't want to come inside but it was time to warm up by the fire with hot chocolate in our new Frozen Mugs :)