Princess Cookies....

PRINCESS COOKIES & OUR FAMILY FUNDAY DINNER
Princess cookies make anything feel fancier. And it made our Sunday "dinner feast", at my mom's house feel extra fun!
It's little thing in life that make memories....things like homemade cookies, shaped like high heels or castles, make a fun memory. And sure, baking cookies with your kids, may not be the most time efficient way to bake cookies, but the fun, love and learning that takes place is worth it taking 5-8 times longer! ha ha ha

I don't have my mom's sugar cookie recipe, that's she's used for years, with me- maybe I can get it from her and post it later, but I can tell you how to make this yummy Princess Cookie Frosting!

WHAT YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR PRINCESS BAKERY:

Your favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe
Cookie Cutter-
Wilton "princess cookie" cutters ( these came from Walmart- a crown, high heel or glass slipper and ofcourse a castle, you can probably get them anywhere they sell Wilton cake and cookie stuff!)
Optional- White sugar sprinkles

LAVENDER VANILLA ICING RECIPE:

(we use the organic everything, cause that's how we roll)
2 Tablespoons  REAL BUTTER (not margarine)
2 Tablespoons Whole Milk (we use the organic, cause that's how we roll, or drink)
2 Cups Powdered Sugar
Dash of real vanilla extract (no imitation vanilla, real vanilla extract- the imitation tastes gross)
Drop of Wilton's lavender food coloring
(add more powdered sugar or more milk to get desired consistency- should spread on cookie easily without dripping or being too runny)

PINK AS A PRINCESS STRAWBERRY ICING:

same as above, except instead of Vanilla Extract
Dash of Wilton Strawberry Food Flavoring
Drop of Wilton's Rose Food Coloring

*The table was decorated with:
my jar of "plastic diamonds" (I got at Michael's), sprinkled everywhere...
*Glass "fancy glasses" to drink our water from (they are just wine glasses from the dollar store, but the kids think they are so fun to drink from)
*These cute flower ball candle holders (from Michael's too), and a safety candle, which is fake but flickers like it real- can you say: "fan-say"!

Love is always in the details. It's the little things that show your love sometimes...like having dinner with "fancy glasses", or things like making princess cookies. Which by the way, Blakey loved...he was our royal prince, who had his fake sword ready to "bee-tect" us. Even Jordan had fun and loved the cookies!

Have fun pouring some love into some little details today-
How can you jazz up your dinner table to have more fun? Dollar Store "fancy" Glasses?!?
A fun table decoration.
Listen to fun music while you cook and eat dinner.

Have fun today and have even more fun doing fun things to make more memorable moments in life, your kandee

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Kidspiration: Pop of Color Kids Style

My little fashionista and "fashionisto"....

and their love of colorful things, is not a trend, but just the way we dress! ha ha ha ha

Alani loved these green jeans at Target...so they came home with us.

Her boots are from Old Navy.

I can't remember where her jacket is from, probably Target! ha ha ha

Hot pink "ray ban-esque" shades, $5 from the Melrose Trading Post.

 Blaker loves his Batman hat...
1 guess where his shirt and jeans are from...ha ha ha ha
and
his turquoise Vans...which he picked out, even though I tried to encourage the slip-on version, but he wanted the turquoise ones...which did not come in the slip-on version....

and this is after we've double-knotted those turquoise shoes of, ready to take him on great adventures...

turquoise shoes and green jeans, kandee and her colorful posse

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little lady in a leopard jacket..

 everything is cuter when it's small...including little leopard print faux fur jackets....

this little baby leopard jacket, has been just hanging in her in lil' armoir, waiting to fit....

and this moment had to be captured on film, or well memory card...

I couldn't find where I put her little "cat eye" sunglasses to go with this....

and her 50's baby glam look would've been complete...

well, only if she didn't remove sunglasses faster than she removes hats...

PS. which should stand for "post shopping".....this jacket is from Target, but like a year ago.

leopard print love, kandee

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Look's who passed the 13 month mark!?

My precious lil' love bug is walking...but still prefers to hold onto my finger as she toodles around.

 And you can see her two bottom teeth...her top teeth are coming in- and teething means, not too much sleep and just not fun-ness for baby at all....we've stocked up on Hyland's Teething tablets and Camilia Teething Drops.

She is just a bundle of smiles.
She recently learned to give you "five".
Blow kisses.
She's been waiving bye-bye for a while now.
She says: "wha-iz-zit?" for "what is it?"...
and my favorite is when she raises her hands in the air for...."what happened?".....

She's just been 13 months of joy...and I just want to imprint every smile, wink, and precious moment into my brain...for always...because these baby months are just flying by so fast.....
"toothy" smile, kandee and cupcake

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Sharpies, A Gang In My House and Tattoos

 Here's what my friday night was like and photos of what's on my kitchen counter:
 I thought it would be funny to just take pictures of what's on my kitchen counter, on a friday night.
1. The Sharpie pen set I bought at Michael's, because I thought it essential, that I own this vast array of Sharpie hues.

 2. These just jumped out at me and said, "Take us home pleeeeeease!", so I did and they are still on my counter.

 3. Target bag, ofcourse....you think I'd have this Target logo tattooed on me since I go there so much. But we did have to go buy a birthday present to take with her to a b-day festivity she's been invited to tomorrow.

*sweet side note: Blakey had said how he wanted to go to the party too. So when I called to RSVP, and was on the phone with the b-day girl's mama, Alani said, "I want to talk to her", after I told Alani, I wasn't talking to her friend, it was just her mom, she still said, "I know"- 

Once on the phone, she asks, "Can my brother come to the party? He really wants to come"....

my heart melts. My little sweetheart, looking out for her brother. She broke the new to Blake that it will already be too crowded...he was not happy hearing that. So we promised to do something fun while Alani is at her "girly" party. But she sang Blake 2 lullabies at bedtime and told him a story.

 3. I've eaten 2 english muffins with this Strawberry "fruit spread", I call it jelly or jam, since trying to type my blogs. hee hee hee

 4. There is a gang problem in my kitchen....that new memory card gang is hitting the counters again. And the king pin of the gang, the Targus card reader. Everyday their hustlin' images and video clips!

 5. This is my resident kitchen "lip balm", my Coconut Body Shop Lip Butter- not to be confused with the lip balm by my bed, they are totally different. I have "lip balm" tubes and jars everywhere!

6. And there's some Nutella on the counter....not sure why it's out. Jordan made a request for me to buy him some more to put on toast.

And last but not least, some random bits of my night:
1. I gave Blakey, Alani and Elyse (pronouced elle-eese, because some peeps have been wonderin') a bath. After giving them all baths with the bathroom heater on, so they stay nice and toasty- I had a strawberry red face from being so hot in there, was slightly sweaty, and my hair got all "steam curled". Nothing like freshly washed, fluffy haired, and yummy smelling babies in matching, fresh and clean, yummy smelling jammies. Ahhhh, my night was complete- tummies were full of yummy dinner, they all sparkled and shined, and were ready for bed.

2. I watched this tattoo artist competition show, called something like, INK MASTER, (i think) on the Spike channel, which I never watch, but this show looked really interesting as I scrolled through the guide, while I tried to get little teething lady, back to sleep. It was pretty cool to see their art skills, blending shading, line drawing. Tattoo artist have always amazed me with their skill. That's as wild as my night got!

And this is how I spend my friday nights- typing my bloggy blogs...
huge hugs and giant tubs of nutella, your kandee

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Our Favorite Baby Food- non babies love it too!

These are some of our "must-have" baby-toddler snacks we take with us everywhere- except for the Plum Mish Mash- we though she liked it-

 but got a big "yucky face" (everyone has their own tastebuds- and I'm sure someone likes this flavor!).

When we are going out to do errands or for the day we always take:
Happy Baby Organic Puffs
(all the flavors are delicious- in the large can shown- we have Sweet Potato, and in the ziplock baggy, that are more pinky, those are the Very Berry ones)
Happy Baby Mango (this is our favorite- Blakey will drink one down in no time too! I even drank the rest of one she didn't want- and thought this is a great alternative to "candy bar craving!")

Diet idea anyone?!?- stave off a sweet craving with Mango Baby Puree! ha ha ha ha

Happy Baby Mango & Spinach

We like to take a bananas with us, or avocados too, but sometimes they are not as travel friendly- squished bananas are not fun to clean up!

When we fly:

I just pack the more "liquid" baby food packs in the suitcase and carry on the dry "puffs"!

When we flew last week, after we landed we had busted out our "puffs" and another set of parents with a baby, said, "oh, our baby love Puffs- that's what she calls all snack!" ha ha ha ha

BONUS love of the HAPPY BABY, or any of the baby purees that come in packaging like that- you don't need a spoon really! Baby can just sip it out like a straw.

We love these! Oh, we get them at Whole Foods or Target, too. And if you've ever played that awful game where you have to taste baby foods at baby showers- you know how gross, old baby food flavors can be!  But these ones are so good, I would actually eat them myself! ha ha ha

Wouldn't that be funny if we started seeing women with Happy Baby Mango Purees in their purses, just to sip down for that afternoon sweet-tooth-gimme-something-sweet-or-else-craving! ha ha ha Hey it's just mango, and better than a donut! ha ha ha It could happen!

purse full of puffs, kandee

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Sleepwalking....before and after:

BEFORE:
I walk and she sleeps....so together we are team "sleepwalk"! ha ha

I try whenever I know it's around her nap time, to be able to put her in her carrier (here I'm using the Ergo carrier).

I love the Ergo carrier because it's super fast and easy to put on, it's super comfy to wear, you don't get all hot from all the fabric of other carriers, and it has a little "sleepy shade hood", that you pull over to keep the sun out of their face.

I think it's funny when I wear her on the back, instead of the front (sometimes she like to see out more, like when she's in the back), and people must think I am just wearing a weird backpack because they'll say: "oh, I didn't even see you had a baby in their!"...

ha ha ha

So our favorite thing is our version of "sleepwalking"- I walk and get some exercise, while she gets a cozy nap.

Every time I' carrying her like this, I think of all the mama's who've been carrying their babies like this for years, in other countries, getting things done while cozying, heart to heart with their baby...
AFTER:

No more sleeping, but awake, recharged and ready to walk!

backpacks full of hugs, your kandee

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