Photo Friday

For firework watching I finally made a dessert with the chocolate bowls I scored at World Market.

I filled them all with french vanilla pudding, topping half with raspberries and chocolate shavings and half with s'mores (graham cracker crumbs, marshmallows and chocolate shaving). Brian, Paul and Kate were fans, Ashton not so much.

Props to Brian for figuring out how to eat them without the cup breaking into pieces - the best approach is to just nibble around the edges.

Bonus photo - fireworks were a success, all fingers and toes intact.

Photo Friday

Kate offered Candy Cane Cupcake Christmas a friend which he quickly cuddled up with.

Photo Friday

Today for photo Friday here's a picture of Kate's ballet debut at the North Carolina dance theater. We are so lucky to be surrounded by such a large fan base a.k.a. family for such a small performance in length but big in accomplishment for Kate.

Photo Friday!

New feature for my blog begins today - "Photo Friday". Every Friday I'll try to add a little visual interest to the collection. Here is the first one:

Art in Progress

Notice how Ashton is thinking hard and focused (you can tell by his tongue) and Kate is carefully contemplation her art and gaining perspective. My little Rembrandts!

And here is my 2nd entry:

Cat Up a Tree
This was so odd to us, seeing Candy Cane climbing a tree and being so far up. You see, Buddy Cat is not very cat-like and Candy Cane is all-cat. Buddy's never climbed a tree (and after his broken leg I don't blame him) and so the children found it odd to be told cats do this all the time.