R Is For Rabbit

Snow is still on the ground

 but I am bringing out the

 Easter Bunnies!

R Is For Rabbit!

My favorite decorations 

are the ones my kids made

 with their tiny little hands

long long ago!

This one was made 12 years ago!

He is missing an ear 

which makes him 

all the more cuter!

Look at the red marker scribble

 where she tried to write an R 

with her chubby little fingers!

This guy looks like a cross

 between a rabid dog 

and

 an angry rabbit!

Still very cute!

Their tails are still intact!

Well kind of!

Here is a perky little rabbit!

It reads....I am some-bunny!

This little guy is about 

10 years old!

He has a back side too!

Lots of glitter!

Important!

Here is your more modern

and 

hip

bunny set!

She is checking 

him out for sure!

So hop on over to the craft box and let your babies get to work!

They will create keepsakes for a lifetime!

Makes A Mama Proud!

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Kendall Payne - I Will Show You Love

I Am On Your Side. To my husband and my children I say, "I am on your side!" ALWAYS!

Spring Is Coming?

Although Spring is NOT

just around the corner yet for the folks of

Colorado

Mama Holli's Backyard

 It might be SPRINGY where you live!

Let's say for instance

CALIFORNIA!

Mama Julie's Backyard!

Both equally beautiful but one is WARMER than the other!

So a Mama can DREAM

can't she!

And

DREAMING

SHE WILL DO!

Let's talk Farmer's Markets

FRESH PRODUCE

People Wearing SHORTS!

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

WONDERFUL

FOOD VENDORS

Little Italy Market

in San Diego

AND

MOST 

IMPORTANT

SUNSHINE

LOTS

AND

LOTS

OF

SUNSHINE

So if you are a Mama who is lucky enough to have

a warm patio to soak in some good old Vitamin D,

then you best take advantage of it!

Yellow Cupcakes

Mama Holli's

Little Baby Girl # 2

LOVES

to

BAKE

She has determined

that 

YELLOW

will be the cupcake

 color of the week!

AND

I 

LIKE 

IT!

PERKY

PERFECT

YELLOW

(Did you see how I made the words

brighter and brighter?)

Mama Holli 

is

Rockin

and 

Rollin

Today

BABY

Recipe For Yellow Cupcakes

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt 

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups canola oil
2 1/2 cups grated carrots
Frosting

2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 stick salted butter, room temperature
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
yellow sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add eggs and vegetable oil. Using a hand mixer, blend until combined. Fold in carrots.

Pour into cupcake liners in your muffin pan.  Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan, place on wire rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.

Prepare frosting by blending all frosting ingredients with a hand mixer until smooth and creamy.  Spread generous amount on each cupcake and top with yellow sprinkles.

A
FEW
YELLOW
PHOTOGRAPHS
FOR
YOUR
ENJOYMENT

Have 

a

Bright

Bright

BRIGHT

SUNSHINEY

DAY!

(There I go with the shades of YELLOW again!)

SO SMART!

(Is Sunshiney a word?)

Go HERE

Mama Loves Jewelry

Mama Lori had a party with some

of her friends!

Mama Holli was late

and

could not make the date!

So I am bringing the party

to

Me

Myself

and 

I

and 

YOU!

LESLIE LEWIS DESIGNS

HANDMADE JEWELRY USING THE WIDE WORLD OF GEMSTONES, SILVER, VERMEIL, SWAROVSKIS AND VINTAGE BEADS.

I hope you loved that

virtual party!

I 

DID!

So go HERE to check out

more beautiful designs 

from 

Mama Leslie!

What A Candle Can Do

One 

Single Lit Candle

Can Change One's

Mood 

Instantly!

It Can Take You Down

A

New Path

Even

Calm Your

Spirit

The scent can bring back

a memory or feeling

The Light can make

one 

Happy and Cheerful

It can make one

sad or melancholy

The LIGHT

creates

CHANGE

So Go Ahead

and 

LIGHT

the candle!

YES, the fancy, expensive one

given to you as a gift!

The one you have

been saving for a special occasion!

Erma Bombeck once wrote an article named,

If I Had My Life To Live Over,

where she states various things she would have done differently.

One of her regrets,

"I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage."

We Get It Don't We?

So do it today!

Burn it!

Enjoy it!

Love it!

Consume it!

Use it all up!

Take it all in!

Don't wait for the perfect day!

For

TODAY

IS 

PERFECT!
(paintings by Baby Girl#1)

This Little Piggy Went To Market!

I have to confess

 I LOVE BACON

Pretty Much

ANYTHING

with

BACON!

OINK OINK!

The Big Bad Wolf 

Likes Bacon Too!

So This Recipe Is For 

All The Bacon Lovers

Out There!

Little Piggy Appetizer 

3/4 cup grated Romano or Parmesan Cheese

One Sleeve of Rectangular Club Crackers (Waverly Wafers is what I use)

1 pound sliced bacon (cut in half)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Place about 1 teaspoon of the cheese on each cracker and wrap the bacon around it.  Stack a broiler rack on top of a cookie sheet to catch juices from bacon.  Place the wrapped cracker on the broiler rack seam down.  Bake for 2 hours.  No need to flip crackers.  Serve hot or at room temperature.

I know what you are thinking!  No they are not soggy!  They actually crisp up really nice! These are such a hit with the menfolk!

I made a batch of these and they were gone in 5 minutes flat! 

NO LIE! 

MAMA

DOES NOT LIE!

Piggies in a row

Ready to go in the oven!

Piggies 

All

Done!

Ready To Be Eaten!

Check Out These

Piggies from
The Graphics Fairy!

Pig Family

In the Snow

Pig Pets

Pig and a Gig

Poor Pig

RUN

Angry Pig

VERY ANGRY

PIG

Pig Delivering Mail

Looks Difficult!

He is Stressed!

Have a Great Day!

PIG OUT!

Two Sisters And A Cake

When they were younger

a 

Saturday

 might have been spent

playing paper dolls 

Go HERE To

Enlarge

and

Print

Now The Paper Dolls

are

Stored at the top of the closet

in a shoe box.

In place of paper dolls we

have baking pans and decorating tools!

Now This 

Is 

What

Two Sisters

Do For Fun

on 

a

Saturday

WOW!!

Mama Holli

Was

So

Impressed!

I came home to find

this wonderful cake!

They made and decorated

all by themselves!

TOGETHER!

NO FIGHTING!

AMAZING!

Not only was it beautiful

but it tasted oh so good!

My 12 year old 

wanted to layer not one but 2 kinds 

of frosting in the middle!

The result.....

Wonderfully Sweet!

So when  you mamas get sad because 

your baby mamas

decide to put away these

Go HERE to play!

Not to worry because

you may come home to find 

this

 

It's All Good!

In more ways than one!

Thank you to The Graphics Fairy
for the paper dolls!