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Happy Birthday, Madeline!

April 20, 2012 - By Jen

Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of Sweet Madeline.  She’s six years old now and turning into such a lovely little lady.  Here are the photos from Madeline’s special day:

 

First smile of the morning  (We had to wait a few minutes for this.  Even a birthday girl can wake up a tad grumpy.)

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The requested birthday breakfast–Monkey Bread

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One happy sister!

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Getting flowers from Daddy

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The cake Grandma made

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At the table for dinner.  The pizzas were still in the kitchen.  I made a pepperoni & ham pizza, a barbecued chicken pizza and a Mexican cornbread pizza.

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Grandma Mayes and the birthday girl

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Madeline & Mommy

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The cupcakes I made

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The Tinkerbell cake

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Blowing out the candles

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Madeline & Grandma & the Build-A-Bear “fox”

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Madeline’s new monkey and ballet skirt

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Can you count how many different outfits Madeline wore on her birthday?  Two additional outfits weren’t pictured:  a fancy dress-up dress and her pajamas.  Madeline loves to change clothes!

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First Haircuts

July 11, 2011 - By Jen

Madeline, now five years old, and Savannah, three, just had their first haircuts!  Here are some before, during and after photos:

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Molasses-on-Snow Candy

February 3, 2011 - By Jen

The fresh snow gave us the perfect opportunity to make a favorite treat of Mary and Laura Ingalls–molasses-on-snow candy.  Here’s how we made it:

1)  We mixed one cup molasses and one cup brown sugar in a large cast iron pot.  We then boiled it until the mixture reached the “hard crack” stage–300 degrees F.

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I didn’t get a picture of the mixture boiling, because my hands were full as I stirred constantly and held the thermometer.

2)  Kayla scooped fresh, clean snow in two 9 x 13 pans.  We then dribbled spoonfuls of syrup onto the snow.

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3)  Once the syrup was hard, we lifted it off the snow and set the candy on wax paper.

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4)  Time to eaat–if you dare!  We’re not huge fans of molasses around here, and it’s also slightly possible that the molasses mixture began to burn while I was cooking it (though I never let it get above 300 degrees).  The girls sort of liked it, but I tried it and thought it was horrible.  The smell drove Aaron nuts, but overall we had fun experiencing life as Mary and Laura did.

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Filed Under: Cooking, Kayla, Madeline

Lumpy the Snowwoman

December 10, 2010 - By Jen

The girls were thrilled this morning when they inspected last night’s snowfall and found it was packing snow!  Together we created this beautiful snowwoman and named her Lumpy.

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Filed Under: Kayla, Madeline, Savannah

All Bundled Up for Winter

December 7, 2010 - By Jen

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Filed Under: Kayla, Madeline, Savannah

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