Friday, February 12, 2010

Daddy's girl

Tonight Miss O and Mr. Wonderful had the annual father/daughter dance at her school. I treated her to having her hair done in an up do for the occasion and she even got her nails painted with hearts! My mom and dad came over to see them off and hang out with Mr. B and I and have pizza while they were gone! Miss O got a special - GIANT bear (one of the ones I will never buy for her at the store!!!) from her Daddy and was thrilled. It was adorable! I am still "waiting up" for them!

Daddy even had a bow tie that matched Miss O's dress!

Ready to go!!

The whole family - including Mr. Bear! Don't mind the lack of makeup!!!

Mr. B wanted in on the action with the bear! This could be a problem...

What a special night for a special girl! I hope that when she gets big she can look back and see how much her Daddy loves her and remember sharing this time with him!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Let peace begin with me...

Last week Miss O had an open house at her school. The classes all showed off their projects and it was so cute! The first grade theme was peace. During the week they did things like write a letter to the president expressing their wishes for peace and did a number of projects in the same theme. She was so proud of her work!

One of the projects asked how you could make peace at home. Her answer was "getting ready in the morning and stop fighting with my brother". I had to laugh because "fighting" with Mr. B is pretty much one sided at this point, and getting ready and to school on time is a daily struggle so she hit that right on the head!

I am always amazed at how much they are learning at her school both academically and socially. I was so proud of my big first grader!

In other news...tonight I made "The Mushroom Soup" from the Tasty Kitchen. It was to die for! I highly recommend it!! The "blizzard" we were supposed to get today turned out to be a dud. Call me crazy but I was a little disappointed as I was looking forward to the snow...and maybe a snow day tomorrow! Somehow the snow makes everything more fun...at least for a native New Englander like me!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

A New Look...food...and more!

Thanks to Sarah and Lyndsay over at Beautify My Blog I have a new look!
I love the design and am thrilled with the final product.

I have been MIA from blogging for a bit...our house was struck with the dreaded rota virus and I was the only one left standing once it made it's way through...unfortunately, I can not say the same for my Pottery Barn duvet. Uggh. We are back to normal now with the exception of a couple of colds and a sore throat. What can I say? It's winter!

We are gearing up for the Superbowl this weekend and I am slightly obsessed with what to make...which is funny because in actuality we are having friends over earlier in the day but not, most likely, for the actual game since we have little ones and it doesn't start until 6:30! Maybe I am just looking for an excuse to cook...or maybe I didn't eat enough for lunch today...anywhoo...so far on the menu I have the following:

The Pioneer Woman's drip beef...YUM!
Pizza Bites from Annie's eats! Need I say more?
Oreo Truffles...ooohh la la
Maybe a couple of...flirtinis...my favorite!

We have a fun filled weekend planned with two birthday parties and the big game.

Miss O and I will also be doing some of this over the weekend with our friends at the junior league:



Does anyone want to guess what it is?