Showing posts with label pics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pics. Show all posts

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Wordless Weekend

We got back from our trip to New Orleans in just enough time to play in the 7 or 8 inches of fresh snow. Mommy doesn't own a snow suit, so she was the designated photographer. The girls shoveled, made snow angels, and tried to bury Daddy in the snow.




Izzy was very excited to make her first snow angel.


In some spots, the snow was really deep!!

Thank goodness Daddy knows how to work the snowblower! Hooray!



Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween at Abby & Izzy's House

Mommy Ladybug with Izzy/Tinkerbell and Abby/Snow White. Getting ready to leave for the Halloween Party.

Daddy hopped into this photo, but he did not dress up. He did, however, don some festively colored duds.

Arriving at the party with my mom (in the back in glasses) and Hubby's mom.


Decorating baby pumpkins....

This year Abby (oops, I mean Snow White) was brave enough to get her face painted!

Decorating cookies with frosting and sprinkles (let the sugar begin!).

Abby was being a little hag. She was kinda cranky until the very end of the party.

Izzy (I mean Tinkerbell), however, had a BLAST, did lots of booty shaking, and was all smiles all night.

Mommy and her goofy girls eating dinner. Preceded and followed by candy. And more candy.

Mommy and Izzy, who is salivating over the cookie she decorated.

Izzy with Abby just behind her and Daddy...doing the Limbo! It was a hit!

Izzy dragging Daddy under the Limbo stick again.

Izzy & Daddy on their final Limbo run. Mommy wasn't limber enough to participate after the first two circles.





We had a great Halloween & hope you did, too! Thanks for checking out our pictures!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Wordless Wednesday


Abby trying on my Fuggs. Fuggs = Fake Uggs, in case you didn't know.

Izzy's moved on to my new red pumps. Wonder if I'll ever wear them again?



All pajammied up and trying on all of mommy's shoes. This can keep us occupied for at least 15 minutes. Sweet!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Just call me....Amazon Woman.

Hubby gets on my case when I refer to myself as "Amazon Woman," but I can't help it. I look at pictures of myself and I look so large. I can't stand it. I don't know that losing any weight would necessarily make me feel any smaller. These are some photos from the wedding we went to last weekend---and exactly the kind of photos I'm talking about. And please note that my stockings were actually a nude color, but they were sort of effervescent or something, so they look kinda bad paired with my black dress and red shoes. Incidentally, I normally would have worn black pumps; but a few of my friends who consider me quite the conservative suggested red would be really fun. Since I've never before bought or owned red shoes, I decided to go out on a limb; I happened to find a reasonably priced pair at Filene's Basement near our hotel in DC. Not sure if I'll ever wear them again, but....anyway, without further adieu.... AMAZON WOMAN with Mindy & Christine! (and as if any clarification was needed, I'm the one on the right)

Friday, September 4, 2009

My 33rd Birthday---My First From-Scratch Cake

Getting all set up with ingredients, tools, etc.
Working on the batter, adding the vanilla extract.

Fortunately I had a little helper named Abby.

Pulling them out of the oven. I think I overcooked them a tad. Could've been more moist.
Starting the chocolate frosting--damn, have forgotten how to flip/turn the pics.
Frosting the cake with homemade chocolate butter cream, yum yum!

Carefully inverting the second layer


Sadly I do not own a cake stand. Need to add this to my list. Plastic flowered tray instead.

Little helpers like to lick the frosting off the mixer attachments.




Izzy LOVED the cake. It was okay. I honestly felt like the boxed stuff is better. Of course this was just my first attempt, so who knows...I think I screwed up a few things, like using salted butter instead of unsalted, and failing to sift the dry ingredients beforehand. Live and learn, I guess. But it still felt really good to prove to myself that I CAN actually make a REAL cake that doesn't come out of a Betty Crocker box. That's a decent accomplishment for my 33rd year.
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