Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail

I made the mistake about a month ago of letting Kathryn look at my spring copy of Cooking with Paula Deen. She was immediately drawn to this precious little marshmellow bunny. And who wouldn't be? They really are adorable!

Well, after she carried on a complete conversation about how she was going to give these bunnies to her classmates, I felt a little bit of pressure to help her carry out her wish. And so began the marshmallow bunny cook-a-thon.

We started early Tuesday morning (school was Wednesday and the marshmallows had to harden in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight (wish I had read that before Tuesday!)).

Here's the gelatin setting up...

And here's all the sugary goodness working hard to reach 240 degrees...

And here are my little helpers, a bit distracted with some dish washing, but they are still helpful nonetheless...

And here I am manning my post at the stove (I don't always cook in hair curlers, but I think it adds a little something, don't you?)...

Mixing all of the yummy goodness together...

Ready for the refrigerator....

The best part...

Eight hours later (and after bedtime for the little ones), I melted the candy melts...

Cut out the marshmallow bunnies...

Dipped them in the pink candy yumminess...

Bunnies without faces...

But not for long...

Finally, here they are ready to deliver to their friends at school. Kathryn, however, was quick to inform me that the boys would not like these pink bunnies. After all, according to her, boys only like cars, airplanes and frogs!

And later Wednesday, after dinner of course, Kathryn finally enjoyed the "sweet" taste of success! And mommy did too. That face made the day long bunny cook-a-thon worth every minute!

Tiny Talk Tuesday: Eye Shadow

Sunday morning, Kathryn joined me in the bathroom as I was putting on my makeup. Of course, she "needed" some makeup of her own, so I grabbed the lightest color I could find and the smallest brush!

As she was putting on her makeup, I was saying how well she was doing with her EYE SHADOW. She stood up, looked around and said, "I'm not making a shadow." "No, baby, eye shadow. It's makeup for your eyes."

What has your litte one said to make you laugh today? Join Sugar and Spice Mommy for Tiny Talk Tuesday by posting your story here!

Oh, dinner time, why do you have to be so difficult!

I don't know about the rest of you mommies out there, but dinner time is a difficult time around our house. The kiddos instinctively know when I have to focus on something like making dinner, so utter chaos is normally breaking out somewhere else in the house while I'm working away in the kitchen.

In addition to prayer on the matter, I thought I would introduce some new tactics. So, last week, I printed out some dinner appropriate color sheets and had the kiddos sit down and color while I finished up dinner. I thought it would be fun to have the color page coincide with that night's meal (although it didn't make them any more excited to eat there veggies!).

I'm happy to say it worked! Something about just having one sheet to color instead of a whole coloring book helped them focus a bit more. They also got a kick out of mommy playing "teacher." Asking them, "What color is the carrot?","What letter does carrot start with?", etc. And it bought me just enough time to finish up the meal and get it to the table.

Here are the results....

And here's dinner...

I am so loving roasted veggies these days. For these carrot "fries," simply slice carrots into small sticks (I used approx. 7-8 regular size carrots, peeled) and coat with approximately 2 T. of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Roast in the oven on 425 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes. Our other favorite veggies to roast are cauliflower and potatoes.

You can find the carrot coloring page here. Happy coloring (and cooking)!

A Sunny Day

GO TIGERS!

Move over NCAA basketball! This past weekend, Auburn's men won the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship! The eighth championship for the male tigers! You can read all about it here.

Guess Who Came to Dinner?

This guy! We were so excited to have Uncle Brad spend the night with us Sunday night. He was in town for a little NCAA Basketball, and we were so happy to have him stay with us!

Kathryn even talked him into a little football!

The rest of our weekend was spent avoiding the cool weather outside. Which meant lots of indoor fashion shows and overall silliness:) Here are the pictures to prove it!

Bunco Chicks!

Last night, I hosted Bunco with my Bible Fellowship girls. As always, it was a wonderful time of fun, food and fellowship!

With Easter only a few weeks away, I decided to run with the Bunco "chick" theme! Here's our yummy spread: chicken salad, pasta salad and fruit salsa. And, of course, lots and lots of jelly beans and Easter M&M's to keep the party rolling!

We actually got around to playing Bunco:)

Wren was the first "Big Bunco" winner allowing her the honor of wearing the Big Bunco Bunny Ears! Amy W. proved victorious, however, with the most Big Bunco's at the end of the night! Congrats to Angie and Wendy who also took home prizes.

And last but not least, the best part of the night...Chicks with chocolate!!

Cheers!!

Family Fun

Thursday morning, we piled in the car to get the oil changed before our weekend trip. I enjoyed my Starbucks while Kathryn and Walker enjoyed breakfast!
With the car serviced and ready to go, we headed to Dauphin Island for a family get together with the Tews!

Walker and Kathryn LOVE playing with the rocks.

The girl cousins (l-r: Kathryn, Macie, Brianna, Emma Katherine, and Kelsey)
Walker and the girls:)

The whole gang! Boys included!

Everyone was so busy chasing little ones around, we didn't have many opportunities for picture taking. I was able to snap this photo of my cousin Evan, his wife Sherrie and sweet Emma Katherine.

And here's my Kathryn right after finishing her cupcake. Don't you just love the chocolate mustache?!?

My cousin's wife, Hilaree, made these adorable sunflower cupcakes. They were so cute, I almost hated to eat them. Until I did eat them and couldn't stop! They were delicious. The center of the flower is an oreo and the cute little ladybug is an M & M! If you live in the Mobile/Eastern Shore area and are interested in these fun cupcakes or other confections, let me know. Hilaree also makes cakes and other yummies too!

Boy, were we tired after all of the day's festivities! But what a wonderful way to spend the weekend--beautiful weather, fun fellowship and delicious food!

Just Because

Because I would hate for you to think I prefer one big box store over another, here are my picks from Target!

Option #1: Sunny Seersucker

(Blue & White Striped Skirt)

Option #2: Cute Coral
Option #3: Spring into Green

So, which would you pick??? And while we are at it, who do you think wins with overall cute clothes selection? Wal Mart or Target?