My little girl turned 4 two weeks ago. I say this every year, but I wonder how come life seems to be flying by so quickly. Anyone who knows me well knows that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the little ones. It saddens me to see my little ones grow up so fast.
She has the cutest and sweetest personality. She is always saying something funny! I love that about her! Such sweet innocence!
One of my favorites lately is to hear her say, “Mama, I want to wear a BEAU-TI-FUL dress!” She exaggerates the BEAUTIFUL part! Of course, I eat this up! I love to doll her up in cute girlie clothes!
So of course my little princess had to have a Disney Princess Birthday Party! At her request, she wanted a princess cake. Goodness, I have noticed that the cakes tend to get more involved each year! But, I would do it again to listen to and see her expression when the cake was complete!
“Oh Mama, I LOVE IT!” All morning long she watched and asked when she could put the princesses on the cake. She was super excited when I told her it was time for her to put the princesses on.
Here is the finished castle cake.
I used the Wilton Castle Cake set. This was a first, but I was not sure I would be able to pull off a standing castle without it! I was happy that it turned out so cute!
I am so excited to tell you about a giveaway event that I am participating in!The Blog-A-Pal-Loosa Giveaway Event will be14 days of giveaways from 14 fabulous bloggers!
Blog-A-Pal-Loosa will be May 6-19th.
Each blogger will be providing one giveaway within that 14 day time frame. The exciting thing is that we will all be posting about each of the other giveaways for those 14 days!!! That means lots of fun and exposure for all!
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This is a fun art project that I have been letting my Kinder kids do this week. I posted about using old warming trays last summer. It is great fun for the kids to watch the crayon melt on their papers!
They have turned out so cute! I have also found that some of my Kinder kids are very artistic. I had one little girl shade with a white crayon, it turned out so neat looking!
First of all the kids colored their flower picture using the warming tray. After letting the crayon dry for a few minutes, I had them use watercolors to paint the background blue. FYI— I would definitely use construction paper if possible. The crayon can leave a waxy residue on the warming tray.
Here are a few examples:
Happy Spring!
I am sad that my Spring Break is coming to an end. It goes WAY too quickly these days. I always have such great plans of what I am going to accomplish. I truly did get quite a few things done, it is just never enough!
Anyway, it is funny how I am much more motivated I am to cook dinner at night when I have not spent my day chasing around 5 yr. olds! Usually by the time I get home cooking dinner does not sound all that appealing!
It has become a tradition at our school that we teachers host a Daddy/Daughter Dance. Each year we have a different theme. This year our theme was “Sweet Heart” dance. I was talked into creating the backdrops for the dance pics. I was excited because I have seen numerous ideas that I have been wanting to try out.
I LOVE this recipe! This recipe came from a teaching friend of mine! She is addicted to trying lots and lots of Pinterest recipes. (Which is good for all of us at school…she tries them and then she gives us the low down on how they actually turned out!) I am sure that is where this one originally came from. You can check her out over at Cooking With The Clouds. She writes about her adventures in the kitchen! (This recipe and very detailed directions can also be found here.
This picture does not even begin to describe how great this meal is! I am really not a spaghetti girl! But add the bread and all of the cheesy goodness and YUM! Need I say more?
Braided Spaghetti Bread
1 Loaf Rhodes Bread Dough or 12 Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thawed to room temperature
6 oz spaghetti, cooked
1 cup thick spaghetti sauce
8 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2 –inch cubes
1 egg white (I used butter on top of mine instead of the egg whites.)
Parmesan cheese
Parsley flakes
Lay out dough several hours before you plan on rolling out your dough. The dough is frozen and needs to thaw out.
Spray table or place dough on parchment paper. Roll out dough until you get a 12x16 inch rectangle.
Let dough set for about 10 minutes.
Cook spaghetti, drain and let cool.
Mix in your spaghetti sauce. (add meat if desired)
Unwrap dough.
When the spaghetti has cooled off, place the spaghetti lengthwise down the center of the bread.
Place mozzarella cubes on top of the spaghetti.
You will now cut 1 1/2 inch strips down both sides of the bread. You will then criss-cross the sides, alternating one over the other to make a braid. (left over right, right over left) Tuck the ends in.
You can use the egg wash or butter on top of the bread. Sprinkle with parsley flakes and parmesan cheese.
Bake 350 for 30-35 minutes or until brown.
Slice and serve!
I would LOVE to know if you try this recipe!
