Little Orphan Annie

Can you guess where my girl is off to tonight?

Off to see

at the Children's Theater

with some sweet friends!

Thanks guys!!!

Lucky Girl!

Just the boys & me tonight.

Speaking of boys...

Remember last week when I wrote about dancing in the kitchen with this guy?

Well...

While Annie & I were "doing the Mashed Potato"

& "doing the Twist."

Rocco was dancing behind the table for awhile.

Bo came up into the kitchen & says, "Holy Moley!  there are grapes all over the place & they are all smashed to bits!"

Turns out Rocco was doing a dance of his own,

& Bo was right...Holy Moley!  There sure were a lot of smooshed grapes!"

That boy knows how to have some fun :)

P.S. When Annie was at the play Annie tonight the theater took

her picture & put it on their facebook page :)

Link Here

Kinda fun! :)

Simple Little Party

Thanks for all your sweet words about Annie's cake.

You girls really are good friends!

I didn't want to spend money on her party today since

we are having her big party in July. 

But we sure had a fun colorful day!

Balls on the table 1$ @ Walmart

All the little cousins got one to keep.

Please excuse the wrinkles...I had a tablecloth glitch

 & at the last second had to just throw this one on. 

Birthday Blessing

The sliders were a real hit!

Recipe found HERE.

I love the look on her face when everyone is singing to her.

It's not often she feels uncomfortable :)

& before we knew it the day was done.

Never to be 6 again.

Annie's Cake

Well...here I am regretting that

I posted yesterday about the frosting. 

How embarrassing! 

Now I have to show you the cake! 

Please keep in mind that I am just a mom...

...a basketcase mom...

...who is terrible at baking.

It's true. 

ANYONE who knows me would agree.

Trust me, for me this is good :)

The inside baked beautifully!

Happy little cake isn't it?

Here is my fave bakery frosting recipe:

Mix

1C powdered sugar

1 unbeaten egg white

1/2 C vegetable shortening

2 tbsp cake flour

2 tbsp milk

Almond flavoring to preference

Beat together

& add 1 more C powdered sugar

It tastes soooo good!

Time to decorate the deck for

Annie's little cousins party.

:)

Make Your Own Sunshine

Tomorrow is Annie's Birthday.

(She is having her party late July but we will celebrate tomorrow :)

I knew just the cake she needed.

And of course she was happy to help with this job!

It didn't take long before

2 little boys were trying to stick their little fingers in it.

& Omnomicon

(where I found this cake)

was right...

...It makes the prettiest dirty dishes you've ever seen.

It is in the oven now.

I can't wait to frost it tomorrow :)

When I do & I'll pass onto you the

BEST frosting recipe in the world!

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Totally Into...

This summer I am into...

Baby Boys.

A month after Roo was born my lil' sis gave birth to

Xander.

Roo loves to hold him.

(We crack ourselves up:)

I'm into

Sweet Tea.

by Mio

No calories.

You just squeeze a little into your water.

I keep one in my purse!

The kids love it in their water bottles too!

$3.50 @ Target

I'm into

Dancing in the kitchen!

Bo usually hides while Annie, Rocco

 & I rock it out to my Pandora 50s station.

I'm into

Sandwiches.

I have been making sandwiches for lunch almost everyday.

I LOVE avocados on them the most!

I'm into

Our summer family motto:

Where best to find our motto but in the Bible!

When the kids are acting up I say,

"Remember what we are working on this summer?" 

"Is that kind?"

"Are you being patient?"

"Love is patient, love is kind."

Sometimes it works,

Sometimes it doesn't.

But I am working on these things myself

so I thought we all could.

I'm into

Pretzels.

Just look at these flavors!

Yum!

What are you into this summer?

Lucky

Searching for 4 leaf clovers.

Turns out cousin Nature Girl is pretty good at it.

After Nature Girl found a handful

I walked by to hear this conversation.

Annie:  I have found LOTS of them...I just found one a minute ago,

             but I lost it, so I couldn't pick it.

Nature Girl:  Annie, you are the worst liar ever.

So maybe Annie isn't so good at finding 4 leaf clovers,

but...

...she is pretty lucky because this arrived in the mail today:

Let the

planning begin.

Happy Lil' Apple

When I saw Coco Rose's Apple Cozies POST,
I was in LOVE!!!

Not just a "Those are sooo cute." love,

but a "I NEED ONE NOW!" love.

I mean look at hers!

(Thanks for letting me use the pic Coco Rose Diaries)
Perfectly adorable!
(She is AMAZING!)

Since she doen't sell them I jumped on Etsy
& found where I could get one.
(I am a bit needlework challenged, to put it nicely)

Success!

I found

Early Girl
had the best prices online AND they are the cutest too!
Can't go wrong!

I can't even tell you how happy Annie was!

I guess it was quite a hit at school

& the apples were pretty happy, all snug in there, too :)

If you need a good gift.

Get one before she runs out because

I am going to order more myself!