Gone Froggin'

With all the rain we have had an influx of frogs down on the land. These are pics of me and Mary and D frog hunting. G prefered to stay at the house with Kiki.

This is right after I snatched up a big ole frog.

Here he is.

Tucker, as regal as ever.

The 3rd Birthday

Georgia, the morning of her birthday and yes she still sleeps in a crib. She likes it and doesn't know any thing else.

We let her open her present form us as soon as she got up and she was so excited.

We went to the park and played.

We went to playgroup and ate cookies with Eowyn.

She wore her sunglasses on the way home.

That evening we had a party at Mary's house out on the deck.

Her she is with her Mary so excited.

You can tell by the pictures that she is having a hard time containing her excitement.

Opening presents.

Me multi tasking: eating pizza and lighting the candles. We are lucky I wasn't nursing Darby at the same time.

Georgia is such a fun and care-free little girl. I look forward to everyday with her the moment I wake up in the morning. She is such a sweet sister and loving little person and I hope she just gets more fun as she grows.

The Food

Those of you who know me know I love to cook and unlike most cooks I also love to bake. Since the first of the year my baking hat has been on the hook so I can get back down to my fighting weight but Georgia's birthday was the perfect excuse to do some baking. First I had to make a cake so that I could make and ice cream cake (which will be explained later). This is the cake I made the weekend before G's birthday. Chocolate with butter cream icing covered in sprinkles.

This is the ice cream cake I made which entailed taking the above cake and smashing it into a 1/2 gallon of softened vanilla ice cream, laying it on an Oreo crust in a spring form pan and refreezing for a few days. Right before serving I iced it with Cool Whip.

These are the cookies G helped me make for playgroup. I iced them after she went to bed because I am a little too meticulous to have a toddler help me ice cookies. Plus she eats too much icing.

These are the cupcakes I made for G's class. The little ones for the kids and the big ones for the teachers.

So after my birthday and making my own cake, D's birthday and making her cake and all that I did for G's birthday I have baking out of my system for while. Only my Dad's birthday is Monday...