January Favorite Pics

Looking over another month of pictures, I had a few favorites to share. I lucked out and caught some pretty good light even though it is Winter and the sky can be a bit dreary.

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There was a snow storm moving in on New Year’s eve, and the sky was beautifully lit.

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I took this one of Agnes while we were waiting for Thade to get out of school.

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One day the weather was absolutely amazing, and warm, so Agnes and I headed to the park to take some photos.

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I loved this one of Thade, it was his birthday and he was a little excited about his presents.

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Dylan was also pretty excited to see Thade open birthday presents too.

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A snowy scene from downtown.

I’ll have more photos on the way this February.

Feb 4

January’s Tasty Treats

I was in the kitchen a bit in January, mostly making savory dishes, but I did get in a few sweets. At end of the month it was Thade’s birthday, so that kept the kitchen hopping.

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For our belated Christmas celebrations I made a few batches of cookies.

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To kick off the “year of the pie” I tried out a new crust recipe, and made a Cherry Pie.

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My hubby needed cookies for work, so I made a batch of Cakerdoodles. I might have kept a dozen home for the kiddos and me too.

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Thade wanted Cake Pops for treats at school. I made a batch of Chocolate ones, and they were pretty tasty. I still have a batch frozen in the freezer just in case there is a Cake Pop emergency over here.

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For Thade’s Harry Potter themed birthday party I served a lot of different treats, and had a lot of foodie-crafts for the kiddos to make too. We made magical pretzel wands, and they were delicious.

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I also served Chex Mix, but I called it Hagrid’s Hasty Mix to keep with the party theme. I’ll be making this for the Super Bowl too, I guess I’ll have to come up with a Green Bay Packers name for the Chex Mix then.

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Now this last one isn’t handmade, but it is tasty and fun. I set up a Professor Snape’s Magical Potion station at the party, and all of the kiddos made magical potions to take home. It was a lot of fun, and I had enough cauldrons for the kids to take home extras.

I have already been busy in the kitchen this first week of February. Being snowed in has left me a lot of time to spend cooking in the kitchen. I hope to have lots of tasty pictures up soon.

Feb 3

The Cat Has the Right Idea

The weather has been awful, and we have been stuck indoors since Monday. I’m glad to have the snow days though, I’m an awful snow driver. While the kiddos and I are having a bit of the old cabin fever, my cat seems to be handling Winter better than any of us.

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A nap looks like a pretty good plan to me too.

In case you are wondering, he is curled up in a plush fleece Green Bay Packers blanket, lying in the sunlight, right in front of one of our floor vents, blocking all of the warm air for the foyer. Pretty posh life the little indoor kitty is living.

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So cute, but I am bit jealous of his ability to nap whenever he wants to. I’m going to go and pet his furry tummy and wake him up.

Feb 2

Still Snowed In

The snow finally stopped, and the winds picked up and made some pretty big snow drifts. School was canceled again today, and I don’t think that it will be open tomorrow either. Tonight they are calling for wind chills in the -20’s. It is going to be really cold. Here are some of my pictures from yesterday.

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