First Birthday Photo Shoot

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My daughter turned 1 a couple weeks ago.  I did a photo shoot of her in my little studio with her own cake.  I found the hat for 50 cents at Babies R Us and am so glad I did!  Surprisingly she didn't really eat too much of the cake, she was distracted by all the stickiness on her hands.  She did enjoy destroying the cake though.

 

 

Dr. Seuss Cookies

Pin It I have been craving sugar cookies lately....so I decided since today is Dr. Seuss day, that I should make some Dr. Seuss themed sugar cookies :)  I didn't have a ton of time to make them, so they aren't the prettiest, but here they are - a green egg, Gat in the hat's hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2.

The green yolk on the cookies is colored white chocolate.  Here's the recipe for the cookies and frosting.

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sour cream
3 eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla
1 TBSP soda
4 tsp. Baking powder
6 -7 cups flour

Cream together sugar, butter, and sour cream.  Beat in eggs.  Add vanilla.  Mix in soda, baking
powder, and flour until dough is just able to be rolled out.  Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness.
Use desired cookie cutter shapes.  Bake at 350 for 7 minutes.

Frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup margarine, softened
2 or so tsp milk

Mix well.  Add less milk for thicker frosting.  Add more milk for a thinner glaze.

Easy Potato Cheese Soup

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This is a fast, easy and delicious soup.  I hope you enjoy it :)

Ingredients:
4-5 medium potatoes, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
2 cans of chicken broth
8 0z Velveeta cheese, chopped
salt
pepper

Directions:
Bring potatoes, onion, chicken broth and a pinch of salt and pepper to a boil. Cover and cook until potatoes are tender (about 10 minutes). Put most of the potato mixture in the blender - leaving about 1/3 of the potatoes in the pot if you want some chunks in your soup. Blend the potato mixture until smooth (I add all of the liquid to the blender). Return mixture to the pot. Add the Velveeta cheese to the soup. Stir until completely melted. You may need to add a little bit of water or milk to the soup to make it the consistency you would like it.  I prefer it on the thicker side.  Top soup with a bit of grated cheddar cheese and bacon bits.

Adult Sweater Turned Into A Kids Sweater

Pin It I've been holding on to an American Eagle sweater of mine for a long time even though it shrunk and was way too small for me.  I've nearly thrown it out many times, but just didn't.  Well today was the day that I finally found something to do with my sweater.  I fixed it up so it would fit my daughter.  I must say, she looks much better than me in it :)

Here is the sweater before I cut it up.

 I cut off the sleeves and cut the f front and back apart.  I didn't want to have the AE symbol on the sweater or the big tag in the back.  I cut me made up pattern, shortened and thinned out the sleeves and sewed away.

Here is the finished product.

 And from the back.  She LOVES watching the washing machine.

Sweater Dress

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My husband recently cleaned out his closet and was about to toss this sweater when I stopped him.  I was so excited to make a sweater dress for my daughter!  I will admit, this sweater was a little challenging to sew just because even if you sew in a straight line, sometimes it looks misshapen, but I love how the dress turned out!

Here is the sweater before I cut it up.

 I cut off the sleeves.

 Using another dress as a reference, I cut the remaining pieces - not shown in this picture is the bottom part of the dress - sorry!

 I sewed a brown ribbon around the dress.  I sewed a couple little pleats on the front and added a zipper to the back so the neck could be like a turtle neck.  Here is the finished product.  Now she just needs a headband to match :)

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Virginia Trip

Pin It Well my trip to Virginia was great - other than the flying part.  We had some mechanical issues and ended up struck in Phoenix for night and my daughter was horrible on most of the flights.  I've got to say.....flying with a screaming baby has got to be one of the most stressful things for a parent ever!

Here are some pictures from our trip to Virginia:

 We went to Colonial Williamsburg while we were out there.  I would definitely recommend going, however, it does involve a lot of walking and it's about $20/person.  This is a cool bridge we walking under on our way to Colonial Williamsburg.

 Colonial Williamsburg: The Governor's House

 The Governor's Garden/Yard

Colonial Williamsburg: The Capital Building

 University of Virginia's Business School.  Isn't the campus beautiful???

 We also went to Monticello - Thomas Jefferson's House.  This is the view he had from his garden area.

 The house

  My daughter walking around Monticello.

Heading to Virginia

Pin It I'm heading out to Virginia for a couple of days.  My husband is interviewing at University of Virginia for their MBA program.  My one year old daughter will be joining us and is sick with a cold, so I really hope the flight goes well.  I'll do some more posting when I get back.  Have a great week!