Lunch on the Road

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Location:N Glenstone Ave,Springfield,United States

On the Road Again

And traveling with your pet snail, Gary, is the only way to go!



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Location:Sam Rayburn Fwy,Sherman,United States

Rainbow Party

 
 
 
 


Today was our playgroup's 2nd anniversary so we celebrated with a rainbow themed birthday party. I made those rainbow cookie pops and a rainbow cake and had a magic rainbow drink station. The cake was 6 layers with each layer being a different color of the rainbow. It was frosted in white vanilla frosting and then I used Skittles to make a rainbow on top and of course, marshmallows for clouds! The drink station was a huge hit with the kids! I found the KoolAid that is flavored but clear and made a couple of gallons of it. I then split it into my clear pitchers and used food coloring to dye them the primary colors- red, yellow and blue. The kids had a great time mixing their drinks to be their favorite colors. I made a lot of purple! But there were requests for green, orange, red, yellow, blue and a few mixed them all!! Fun!

Our friends also helped by bringing snack foods in the colors of the rainbow: strawberries, watermelon, Tang, bananas, pineapple, green Fruit roll ups, blue tortilla chips, and purple jelly on pb&j sandwiches. We also had rainbow goldfish crackers, figs, and any number of other things that I am sure I am forgetting.

We strung Froot Loops on string to make necklaces, had a pinata, and a bunch of little goodie bag treats including bubbles and sunglasses. All the kids also had leis if they wanted them.

I am exhausted from the heat and carrying all of the party stuff and setting it up, but it was worth it! The kids had a blast!

 
 
 

Rainbow Cookie Pops

3/4 c butter softened
3 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 tea vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tea baking powder
2 & 3/4 cup flour
Multicolor paste or gel food coloring

Cream together butter, sugar and cream cheese until smooth and add vanilla and egg. Add baking powder and gradually add flour. Separate dough into the sections for each color desired. Mix color thoroughly and wrap each section in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Take thumb sized pieces of colored dough, roll into ball and the roll out into a snake. Coil and insert stick. Bake at 350* F for 10 to 12 minutes.


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Beauty and the Beast- Vive Les Arts

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

Tonight Ian and I went to see Vive Les Arts production of Beauty and the Beast. It was fantastic! The sets were awesome, the cast was awesome, and the show as a whole was awesome. They even had it rigged for characters to fly around the stage! Pretty awesome! LOL. Ian really enjoyed the show this time, but was especially attentive because he had a red rose that lit up and the audience was told to wave the rose to help revive Beast and change him back into the Prince at the proper time. There was a lot of rose waving, some smoke, some flying and a Prince emerged! Have I said Awesome??? hee hee. Ian was one of a very few boys that I noticed walking through the character line afterwards. He was noticed by several characters who took the time to say hello to him and offered to let us take a photo with them. Ian LOVED that! Even Belle stopped Beast to have him be in the photo with her and Ian. How sweet! Knitter's theatrical daughters were in the show, too! They were townspeople and then reappeared in the dinner line as the Salt Shaker and a Fork and I think a tablecloth though I stand to be corrected. They were all sorts of wonderful to Ian after the show as always. When I asked Ian about his favorite part of the evening, he said it was meeting the kids after the show! That's a huge compliment considering how much he liked that silly red rose!! So if you live in the Killeen area and you get a chance, go see Beauty and the Beast at Vive Les Arts! You won't be disappointed!

Wordless Wednesday

 

Sesame Street Live-- USO

 

Saturday we took the kids to see the Sesame Street Live Show sponsored by the USO at Ft Hood. The boys had a grand time! Ian and Aaron both danced up a storm and really enjoyed the show. They were given Elmo spinners and wore their USO bandanas on their heads. It was a really nice time and we were so thankful that the USO brought the show at no cost to us.