A Princess Kind of Day!

For Addi's birthday her Nonnie and PawPaw got her tickets to go see Disney Princesses on Ice. For a little girl who thinks she is a princess, can name every princess, the movie they are in, who their prince is and what color dress they wear-well, this made this "princess" on cloud nine. As the weeks got closer, she kept asking how much longer. So 10 days before the show we made a paper chain to help count down the days.

Pawpaw decided that Addi would have more fun by making it a "girls day" if Addi took a friend and he didn't go. (I don't think he was too upset at not going :) ) So Addi asked Larkin to go and the excitement between those two on the way to Lexington was contagious. Nonnie and I couldn't help to not get excited either!

Princess Addilyn and Princess Larkin excited before going into the show!

Excited with their Mickey and Ariel snow cones!

Tinkerbell

Ariel-Addi's favorite. She couldn't wait till Ariel came on. Larkin cheesing it up for the camera (I love this pic!)

Two very worn out little girls. I hope they had a blast and will remember the memories they made that day!

Happy Shamrock Day!

Addilyn had been looking forward to Thursday, March 17 since the week before. She called it Happy Shamrock Day and I'm guessing she got this from school. Whatever she wanted to call it, I didn't care-I was just excited she was excited about it. So I took to planning a day filled with "green" things.

Growing up, my mom ALWAYS made green pancakes on St. Patrick's Day. No matter if that day fell on a school morning or the weekend, you could always count on green pancakes for breakfast. So I thought, why not carry on the tradition? So, while Addi watched TV before breakfast, I worked on her green breakfast. I sat her at the bar with her eyes closed and snapped this picture as she opened her eyes! She was impressed with her green pancakes and green milk and didn't leave a crumb!

I snapped this picture the night before of my 2 little leprechauns in their green pj's.

Reid's 1st St. Patrick's Day!

Addilyn the colorful leprechaun!

Making green jello!

Lunch-looks a little gross to me, but she loved it!

And we ended the day with nothing other than a green supper! Grilled chicken (not green!), green beans, green mac n cheese (which looked a little moldy, but tasted good) and of course green jello!

Addi also made some green watergate salad for her Nonnie and Pawpaw to share in the spirit with them! We had cookies to decorate with green sprinkles and icing for her Nai Nai and Poppy, but they were out of town.

Addilyn also played with green play doh all day (she wouldn't play with any other color) and colored many leprechauns, pots of gold and shamrocks. (once again, the only crayon she used was green!) Can't wait till next year! Maybe Reid can join in the fun a little more!

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2011!

What's For Dinner

So last Wednesday for Ash Wednesday Addi and I made homemade cheese ravioli. She had a blast and it was super easy to make. She loves helping Mommy in the kitchen. It turned out to be a pretty tasty dish so I thought I'd share.

Golden Brown Ravioli with Tomato and Basil

2T whole milk

1 egg

3/4 c Italian bread crumbs

1/2 tsp salt (optional)

1/2 pkg cheese ravioli (I used the refrigerated Bertolli brand)

3 c vegetable oil for frying

1T grated parmesean cheese

16oz Tomato and Basil sauce (I think mine was Bertolli again)

Combine milk and egg in small bowl. Place breadcrumbs and salt in another bowl. Dip ravioli in milk mixture and then coat with breadcrumbs.

In large saucepan heat sauce until bubbly and hot.

In large heavy pan, heat oil until ready to fry in.

Fry ravioli a few at a time on each side until golden. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with parmesean cheese and serve with pasta sauce over top.

We added some french bread to make our "meatless" Ash Wednesday meal complete!