Oh, February...You Were Fun!

I feel tired.

We've been busy!

The biggest, most important events of the past couple weeks have been the birthdays of my two favorite little girls in the world!

In an effort not to bore you with rambling words describing each and every detail, I've decided to do a picture monologue. I hope you enjoy!!

The stars of the show!

And, their little cake-topper, candle holder girls.
I got down with my crafty self and was thrilled with the outcome!




To avoid a competition of any sort - each girl had their very own mini cake.
Bigger than a cupcake, but not too big.


Here's Brynn's cake.

And, Elsie's cake.

And the guests had cupcakes.

I had some help with the M&M's on top from my little friends and there were a few casualties in the process. We had just enough for each one of our guests...thank goodness!

Ready for some singing!

The bike was a HUGE hit!

Balancing act!

(on so many levels!!)

The day was a huge success and the girls loved their bikes.

It was just a family get together, but we have come to realize that our family is actually getting pretty big - it's awesome! The menu of the day was the girls choice:

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Caesar Salad

Garlic Bread

Fancy Nancy's Raspberry Lemonade - the recipe did come from one of her books :o)

Speaking of good food (you know it's one of my favorite topics) I got a chance to watch Giada (my favorite Food Network chef) the other day and she prepared a dish that looked amazing!

Eggs Florentine

Now the big trick to these eggs, is your ability to poach an egg; something I've never even tried and was completely intimidated by...until...I found these little kitchen bad boys!

Poach Pods!

Ah-maz-ing!

They work like a charm and can be found at any specialty kitchen store, for under $10.

Thanks to the pods, I was able to try Giada's special dish.

It was a HUGE success!

Q loved it.

We actually ate it for dinner, with a little turkey sausage on the side and it was totally wonderful.

Here's my feeble attempt to photograph my creation - I hope it looks good enough to try...if you're an eggy, you'll love them!

Thank you Giada! Click here and enjoy!