Our precious Zach turned "6" at the end of April! What a good boy!!!! He is growing up so much!!!
He LOVES to celebrate...with sharing about 48 cakes for the day, treat bags for his class, a special sign, pin to wear, Chuck-E-Cheese was his choice with special friends to share the time & the first T-ball practice of the season...his uniform # this year...NUMBER 6! What a special day that he loved & he appreciated so much!
Here's Zach with part of his team...the Ironbirds...he's already got a home run...I missed it because I was at BJ's game...kinda how our spring is going to look with the boys in different leagues.
BJ went up to the next league & is enjoying his season with a bunch of nice buddies from school!
BJ's class hosted a "Poetry Cafe"...it was just darling...we were "waited" on, ordered our "poem", and then our waiter came and read us the poem we selected...it was delicious!
We had such a fun visit with Uncle Kent & Aunt Joann...they got in on "our lives"...picking the boys up from school, baseball games, local food, Farmer's Market...
Look at this precious outfit from them to Ellyana...she "stole the show" in it...
Here we are (minus BJ) at Coney Island! We all had so much fun being together!
And just for the record, we brought a whole new meaning to "firing up lunch" for the church on Mother's Day. The kids enjoy helping make Mindy Rolls...BJ's special job of dipping them in lots of butter...the butter went over in the pan (yes, I crammed in way too many) while baking them Sunday morning at church...smoke billowed out...set off the smoke alarms that were connected to the fire station that brought in 2 big fire trucks to the church...just as people were beginning to arrive for the morning. Thankfully, nothing was harmed, not even the rolls. And well, I think everyone got a really good laugh for the day...Happy Mother's Day!
Here's the recipe if you are looking for something fun to include your kids with...each kid has a station & we work like an assembly line...just for the record...you can not fit a double batch on 1 cookie sheet.
RECIPE TITLE: MINDY GREAT ROLLS
INGREDIENTS
1 ½ loaves of white bread
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 cup sugar
2 sticks melted butter (our more if your kid let's them "soak")
Cinnamon sugar mix: 2 cups sugar
2 ½ tsp. cinnamon
METHOD
Trim the crusts off bread and slightly flatten each slice with rolling pin. Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla and sugar with mixer until well blended. Spread each slice of bread with cream cheese mixture and roll tightly. Roll each piece of bread in butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, then place seam side down in jelly roll pan. You may refrigerate overnight or bake immediately. If frozen, thaw before baking. Before baking, cut each piece in half to form rolls. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
INGREDIENTS
1 ½ loaves of white bread
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 cup sugar
2 sticks melted butter (our more if your kid let's them "soak")
Cinnamon sugar mix: 2 cups sugar
2 ½ tsp. cinnamon
METHOD
Trim the crusts off bread and slightly flatten each slice with rolling pin. Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla and sugar with mixer until well blended. Spread each slice of bread with cream cheese mixture and roll tightly. Roll each piece of bread in butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, then place seam side down in jelly roll pan. You may refrigerate overnight or bake immediately. If frozen, thaw before baking. Before baking, cut each piece in half to form rolls. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
ENJOY!
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