Halloween Treats {One Healthy, One Sweet}

I always love using a Holiday as an excuse to send a little treat to the school for the girls to share with their friends.

This year was no different. A's teacher preferred a healthy treat, and D's teacher is very easy going so we choose a sweet treat.

Both of these are very simple and since I totally procrastinated, I did them Halloween morning (as in this morning) to take to the classes later in the day.

Healthy "Halloween" themed treats can be a little more difficult. But I remembered that last year I saw a photo of someone who drew little "Jack-o-Lantern" faces on "cutie oranges". So I bought myself some cuties (this morning!) and got to work!

Note: Cold cuties are hard to draw on. Make sure yours are room temperature.

The sweet treat I have done before. (See here.) But I am finding that at Halloween it is getting much harder to find Halloween Peeps. And since I was a major procrastinator, I improvised and used ghost shaped marshmallows. (Which I had to go drive to Target and pick up today.) Perfect. There were no cute bag tags this year, but at least they got a cute little "Have a Spooktacular Halloween" note with them.

There you have it folks. Even if you waited until the last minute, you can still whip up a cute Halloween Treat for the class.

Happy Birthday, Twinsies - Cake Smash!

For the twins I really wanted to do some cake smash photos. I went back in forth of - inside, outside, high chairs, blanket. I finally decided to start with sewing a fabric pennant banner. Once that was done I decided that I really love the line of willow trees in the front of our property, so I set up a little area there and went to work.

I have to say it was so much fun. The twins had a blast. And I have a collection of wonderful photos to remember their very first birthday.

Ta-Da! We love cake!!!

Happy First Birthday, Twinsies!

One Year....365 Days....Happy Birthday, Averie & Emilie.

One Year. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days.

Who knew that it would go so fast. I always find that the first year with a new baby goes by quickly, but this year it went by even more quickly. I think it was because there were two of you. Two of you to keep us busy. Two of you to love. Two of you to watch reach milestones. If one of you weren't doing something, the other was. There was always someone to watch.

For lots of families with twins (or triplets, quads, etc) there is the ultimate goal of surviving the first year. I am proud to say that not only did we survive our first year with twins, but we ROCKED it. You blended into our family perfectly.  You two sure are a lot of work, but every day for the last year has been so worth seeing your smiling faces in the morning.

Averie you are our sweet little bird. You have grown from a itty bitty 5lbs 6oz bundle to an almost walking, talking and screeching little baby. You love to crawl around the house and get into every cupboard, drawer, box and bin of toys that you can. You are our little tornado and while you might be the smaller in size, you make up for in determination. And when you want something a certain way, you are sure to let us know. You are slow to give us a smile, but when you do you're whole face lights up. Can't get better than that! I can't wait to see what sort of mischief you will get into in the coming years.

Emilie you are the sweetest and most smiley little girl. Your smiles come easily and you are happiest when you alongside your sister. You have a very laid back and easygoing personality. You are the baby that smiles at strangers and giggles all of the time. You love to play pat-a-cake and give high-fives.

Averie : 8 teeth, standing without assistance, favorite food: bananas, egg "cupcakes", words you say: hi, mama, da-da, ni-nite, bye-bye
Emilie: 10 teeth, cruising the furniture, favorite food: bananas, turkey & spinach meatballs, words you say: mama, dada, bye-bye, tickle-tickle, mum mum, ni-nite

My look how you have grown over the past year!

 

It's been a wonderful year of making memories with you and I can't wait to see what the next year brings. Thank you for choosing us to be your family. We are so blessed to have you in our lives. 

Love you to the moon and back.

Mama