Best Easter eggs

This calendar week nosotros painted our Easter eggs.  I was trying to figure out the best means to proceed lilliputian fingers from getting also messy, as well as these bamboo skewers proved to hold upwards the perfect solution.

Hope y'all all had a prissy Easter weekend!

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Best Easter eggs

This calendar week nosotros painted our Easter eggs.  I was trying to figure out the best means to proceed lilliputian fingers from getting also messy, as well as these bamboo skewers proved to hold upwards the perfect solution.

Hope y'all all had a prissy Easter weekend!

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Best Easter eggs

This calendar week nosotros painted our Easter eggs.  I was trying to figure out the best means to proceed lilliputian fingers from getting also messy, as well as these bamboo skewers proved to hold upwards the perfect solution.

Hope y'all all had a prissy Easter weekend!

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Best Cinnamon Apple Cake

For Will's birthday I made a Cinnamon Apple Cake.  I'm non a huge lover of cakes, simply amongst whole wheat flour in addition to four entire apples inward this cake, I can't plow it down.  And it is oh hence yummy!  I idea I would portion the recipe.

This is a cake that the kids dearest to assistance with.  My sis got us this apple peeler a few years ago, in addition to it has operate 1 of my favorite kitchen tools.

After I pose the apples on, the kids tin laissez passer notice grind it through themselves.  

And it makes eating the apples hence fun!  You terminate upward amongst a really long string of apple tree peel, in addition to a slinky of perfectly sliced apples.  Then all I accept to practise is die the slices up.

Cinnamon Apple Cake

Ingredients:

two cups white sugar

two cups whole wheat flour

three tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

two tsp. baking soda

two eggs

1 loving cup oil

1/4 loving cup orangish juice

four cups apples, peeled, cored in addition to finely chopped (about four apples)

Cream cheese frosting (whip together):

1/4 loving cup butter at room temperature

five oz. cream cheese at room temperature

1 loving cup powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter in addition to flour a 13x9 dish.  Combine dry out ingredients in addition to laid aside.  Whip eggs until frothy, well-nigh three to four minutes hence add together crude in addition to orangish juice in addition to mix thoroughly.  Add dry out ingredients in addition to trounce amongst whip at depression speed until thoroughly combined.  Fold inward apples in addition to pour into prepared pan.  Bake for 1 hour, roofing amongst aluminum foil the lastly twenty minutes hence the transcend doesn't teach likewise brown.  Cool completely, hence frost.

And here's Will going at it.  He used his pollex in addition to index finger to pinch off tiny pieces, taking well-nigh thirty minutes or hence to finally consume the whole thing.  But he loved every bite!

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Best Cinnamon Apple Cake

For Will's birthday I made a Cinnamon Apple Cake.  I'm non a huge lover of cakes, simply amongst whole wheat flour in addition to four entire apples inward this cake, I can't plow it down.  And it is oh hence yummy!  I idea I would portion the recipe.

This is a cake that the kids dearest to assistance with.  My sis got us this apple peeler a few years ago, in addition to it has operate 1 of my favorite kitchen tools.

After I pose the apples on, the kids tin laissez passer notice grind it through themselves.  

And it makes eating the apples hence fun!  You terminate upward amongst a really long string of apple tree peel, in addition to a slinky of perfectly sliced apples.  Then all I accept to practise is die the slices up.

Cinnamon Apple Cake

Ingredients:

two cups white sugar

two cups whole wheat flour

three tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

two tsp. baking soda

two eggs

1 loving cup oil

1/4 loving cup orangish juice

four cups apples, peeled, cored in addition to finely chopped (about four apples)

Cream cheese frosting (whip together):

1/4 loving cup butter at room temperature

five oz. cream cheese at room temperature

1 loving cup powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter in addition to flour a 13x9 dish.  Combine dry out ingredients in addition to laid aside.  Whip eggs until frothy, well-nigh three to four minutes hence add together crude in addition to orangish juice in addition to mix thoroughly.  Add dry out ingredients in addition to trounce amongst whip at depression speed until thoroughly combined.  Fold inward apples in addition to pour into prepared pan.  Bake for 1 hour, roofing amongst aluminum foil the lastly twenty minutes hence the transcend doesn't teach likewise brown.  Cool completely, hence frost.

And here's Will going at it.  He used his pollex in addition to index finger to pinch off tiny pieces, taking well-nigh thirty minutes or hence to finally consume the whole thing.  But he loved every bite!

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Best Cinnamon Apple Cake

For Will's birthday I made a Cinnamon Apple Cake.  I'm non a huge lover of cakes, simply amongst whole wheat flour in addition to four entire apples inward this cake, I can't plow it down.  And it is oh hence yummy!  I idea I would portion the recipe.

This is a cake that the kids dearest to assistance with.  My sis got us this apple peeler a few years ago, in addition to it has operate 1 of my favorite kitchen tools.

After I pose the apples on, the kids tin laissez passer notice grind it through themselves.  

And it makes eating the apples hence fun!  You terminate upward amongst a really long string of apple tree peel, in addition to a slinky of perfectly sliced apples.  Then all I accept to practise is die the slices up.

Cinnamon Apple Cake

Ingredients:

two cups white sugar

two cups whole wheat flour

three tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

two tsp. baking soda

two eggs

1 loving cup oil

1/4 loving cup orangish juice

four cups apples, peeled, cored in addition to finely chopped (about four apples)

Cream cheese frosting (whip together):

1/4 loving cup butter at room temperature

five oz. cream cheese at room temperature

1 loving cup powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter in addition to flour a 13x9 dish.  Combine dry out ingredients in addition to laid aside.  Whip eggs until frothy, well-nigh three to four minutes hence add together crude in addition to orangish juice in addition to mix thoroughly.  Add dry out ingredients in addition to trounce amongst whip at depression speed until thoroughly combined.  Fold inward apples in addition to pour into prepared pan.  Bake for 1 hour, roofing amongst aluminum foil the lastly twenty minutes hence the transcend doesn't teach likewise brown.  Cool completely, hence frost.

And here's Will going at it.  He used his pollex in addition to index finger to pinch off tiny pieces, taking well-nigh thirty minutes or hence to finally consume the whole thing.  But he loved every bite!

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Best Easter baskets in addition to egg hunts

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich weeks ago, a friend referred me to this cloth Easter Basket Tutorial yesteryear Sew Lux Fabric.  I idea it would last fun to convey baskets the kids could role yr afterward year, as well as hence I got to work.  Here's my version of them.  They don't expect anything similar the ones inwards the tutorial.  I didn't convey lining, batting, or interfacing, exactly I did convey vinyl as well as bias tape.  So I went alongside what I had.  (Try non to expect equally good closely at/judge my sewing... sometimes yous convey to become for quantity over quality.)

I used white t-shirt transfer paper to position the names on the fabric.

Sabbatum it's supposed to last 52 as well as partly sunny.  52 degrees!!  The kids haven't been wearing jackets when it hits 40, as well as hence 52 mightiness telephone phone for shorts.  Definitely outdoor Easter egg hunt weather.  And this yr we're going to endeavour something a piffling fleck different.  Each of the kids volition last assigned 1 coloring of egg that he tin laissez passer on notice find.  That agency nosotros tin laissez passer on notice enshroud each coloring inwards age-appropriate locations, as well as when they're done finding their ain eggs they tin laissez passer on notice help each other.  Hopefully doing it this agency volition notwithstanding last fun exactly a piffling less competitive.  We'll see.

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Best Easter baskets in addition to egg hunts

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich weeks ago, a friend referred me to this cloth Easter Basket Tutorial yesteryear Sew Lux Fabric.  I idea it would last fun to convey baskets the kids could role yr afterward year, as well as hence I got to work.  Here's my version of them.  They don't expect anything similar the ones inwards the tutorial.  I didn't convey lining, batting, or interfacing, exactly I did convey vinyl as well as bias tape.  So I went alongside what I had.  (Try non to expect equally good closely at/judge my sewing... sometimes yous convey to become for quantity over quality.)

I used white t-shirt transfer paper to position the names on the fabric.

Sabbatum it's supposed to last 52 as well as partly sunny.  52 degrees!!  The kids haven't been wearing jackets when it hits 40, as well as hence 52 mightiness telephone phone for shorts.  Definitely outdoor Easter egg hunt weather.  And this yr we're going to endeavour something a piffling fleck different.  Each of the kids volition last assigned 1 coloring of egg that he tin laissez passer on notice find.  That agency nosotros tin laissez passer on notice enshroud each coloring inwards age-appropriate locations, as well as when they're done finding their ain eggs they tin laissez passer on notice help each other.  Hopefully doing it this agency volition notwithstanding last fun exactly a piffling less competitive.  We'll see.

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Best Easter baskets in addition to egg hunts

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich weeks ago, a friend referred me to this cloth Easter Basket Tutorial yesteryear Sew Lux Fabric.  I idea it would last fun to convey baskets the kids could role yr afterward year, as well as hence I got to work.  Here's my version of them.  They don't expect anything similar the ones inwards the tutorial.  I didn't convey lining, batting, or interfacing, exactly I did convey vinyl as well as bias tape.  So I went alongside what I had.  (Try non to expect equally good closely at/judge my sewing... sometimes yous convey to become for quantity over quality.)

I used white t-shirt transfer paper to position the names on the fabric.

Sabbatum it's supposed to last 52 as well as partly sunny.  52 degrees!!  The kids haven't been wearing jackets when it hits 40, as well as hence 52 mightiness telephone phone for shorts.  Definitely outdoor Easter egg hunt weather.  And this yr we're going to endeavour something a piffling fleck different.  Each of the kids volition last assigned 1 coloring of egg that he tin laissez passer on notice find.  That agency nosotros tin laissez passer on notice enshroud each coloring inwards age-appropriate locations, as well as when they're done finding their ain eggs they tin laissez passer on notice help each other.  Hopefully doing it this agency volition notwithstanding last fun exactly a piffling less competitive.  We'll see.

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Best Birthday crown

Fri was Will's birthday.  1 twelvemonth old!  I tin sack hardly believe it.  We didn't practice anything also grand or glorious apart from the traditional introduce opening in addition to cake gorging.  But nosotros did brand him a crown.  I actually similar the persuasion of helping the kids brand gifts for each other.  It helps them mean value close the person, in addition to is fun to scout how excited they larn when they laissez passer on the homemade gift.

For this crown, I sewed white cloth onto to a greater extent than or less vinyl in addition to sewed velcro at either end.  Then I had the kids purpose cloth pigment to decorate it.  I decided to larn amongst something a niggling longer lasting than but paper.

And here's the birthday man child inwards all his glory!  It looks similar he's super excited to live wearing his crown, right?

Well, truth live told, I mean value it stayed on his caput for a full of three seconds earlier he constitute it, pulled it off in addition to dropped it on the floor.

 

We did this close twenty times in addition to then I could endeavor to larn a motion-picture present of the beautiful crown, amongst pinkish hearts in addition to all.  I gauge if zilch else this crown gave us a expert game to play.  He sure liked it (the game).  The velcro makes the crown adjustable, in addition to then mayhap we'll relieve it for adjacent year.  I'm but sure he's going to beloved it.

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Best Birthday crown

Fri was Will's birthday.  1 twelvemonth old!  I tin sack hardly believe it.  We didn't practice anything also grand or glorious apart from the traditional introduce opening in addition to cake gorging.  But nosotros did brand him a crown.  I actually similar the persuasion of helping the kids brand gifts for each other.  It helps them mean value close the person, in addition to is fun to scout how excited they larn when they laissez passer on the homemade gift.

For this crown, I sewed white cloth onto to a greater extent than or less vinyl in addition to sewed velcro at either end.  Then I had the kids purpose cloth pigment to decorate it.  I decided to larn amongst something a niggling longer lasting than but paper.

And here's the birthday man child inwards all his glory!  It looks similar he's super excited to live wearing his crown, right?

Well, truth live told, I mean value it stayed on his caput for a full of three seconds earlier he constitute it, pulled it off in addition to dropped it on the floor.

 

We did this close twenty times in addition to then I could endeavor to larn a motion-picture present of the beautiful crown, amongst pinkish hearts in addition to all.  I gauge if zilch else this crown gave us a expert game to play.  He sure liked it (the game).  The velcro makes the crown adjustable, in addition to then mayhap we'll relieve it for adjacent year.  I'm but sure he's going to beloved it.

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Best Birthday crown

Fri was Will's birthday.  1 twelvemonth old!  I tin sack hardly believe it.  We didn't practice anything also grand or glorious apart from the traditional introduce opening in addition to cake gorging.  But nosotros did brand him a crown.  I actually similar the persuasion of helping the kids brand gifts for each other.  It helps them mean value close the person, in addition to is fun to scout how excited they larn when they laissez passer on the homemade gift.

For this crown, I sewed white cloth onto to a greater extent than or less vinyl in addition to sewed velcro at either end.  Then I had the kids purpose cloth pigment to decorate it.  I decided to larn amongst something a niggling longer lasting than but paper.

And here's the birthday man child inwards all his glory!  It looks similar he's super excited to live wearing his crown, right?

Well, truth live told, I mean value it stayed on his caput for a full of three seconds earlier he constitute it, pulled it off in addition to dropped it on the floor.

 

We did this close twenty times in addition to then I could endeavor to larn a motion-picture present of the beautiful crown, amongst pinkish hearts in addition to all.  I gauge if zilch else this crown gave us a expert game to play.  He sure liked it (the game).  The velcro makes the crown adjustable, in addition to then mayhap we'll relieve it for adjacent year.  I'm but sure he's going to beloved it.

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Best Essential Swimwear giveaway!

Today I'm excited to convey you lot a giveaway from Essential Swimwear!  If you lot haven't establish that perfect novel adjust for Spring break, here's your chance.

Essential Swimwear is generously giving away a $50 gift certificate to position towards a adjust of your choice!

To enter, only move out a comment on this transportation service (one entry per person, please).
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

You tin view Essential Swimwear online or follow them on Facebook for the latest deals too promotions.

My talented sis Brittney started this companionship inwards 2008.  After beingness frustrated alongside expensive prices, incorrect fits too the hassle of searching online for hours, she decided to experiment alongside making her ain swimsuits.  After a lot of lawsuit too error, she was lastly able to run upwards swimsuits that were comfortable, fashionable too flattering too began making them for friends too family.  Word spread quickly, too she began selling hand-made women's swimsuits to to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than people.  After ii years of personally plumbing fixtures hundreds of women, she took the cognition she gained too began designing swimsuits that could live manufactured to continue upwards alongside the require too growth quality.

Here's a lilliputian chip to a greater extent than most Essential Swimwear, inwards their ain words:

At Essential Swimwear, our destination is to practise beautiful, elegant too affordable swimwear for women of all shapes too sizes.  We believe it's to a greater extent than classy too appealing to live modestly covered than unnecessarily provocative.  Women should experience empowered too confident inwards their swimwear, whether they're laying out yesteryear the pool, chasing kids to a greater extent than or less the splash park, surfing at the body of body of water or swimming at the local rec center.

Our vintage-inspired shapes paired alongside modern prints too solids practise one-of-a-kind looks that operate for every torso type.  With an emphasis on fantabulous lineament of materials too construction, nosotros are confident your Essential Swimwear adjust volition live ane you'll choose inwards your wardrobe for years.

This giveaway ends sun at midnight.  Winner volition live announced Mon morning.  Good luck!

The winner of this giveaway is Jill Lau!  She said, "Your sis does an amazing job!"
Enjoy your novel suit!

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