Wyatt's Baptism

Turning 8 is a pretty big deal in our family. It's the year you can get baptized in our church. Wyatt chose to do that and we had a great day!

He's so cute in his white jumpsuit!

My mom, dad and sister came into town for the occasion. I am so thankful for all their help!

 We had photos taken of Wyatt to use for his invite,  for this welcome table and..

for the dessert table. Wyatt wanted to do a chocolate fountain and have cinnamon rolls since it was mid-morning. We tried to cover up most of the kitchen by using this chalk board as a backdrop. I found the "It's great to be 8" banner here

Fruit for the chocolate fountain

Angel food cake, pretzels, peanut butter rice crispies, wafer cookie, marshmallows, potato chips and cinnamon bears (not pictured but one of the favorites) for the fountain.

Here is the recipe I used for the peanut butter rice crispies

1 cup sugar

1 cup light Karo syrup

bring to a boil, then add:

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup salted peanuts (or just use crunchy peanut butter and make it a heaping cup full)

Pour this over 3 cups rice crispies and stir

Spread in 9x13 buttered pan 

I usually add this topping if I'm not dipping them in a chocolate fountain:

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips-combined and melted in microwave and spread over the crispies

My mom added these to the mix. She used this as part of her talk before Wyatt was baptized. They were so delicious dipped in chocolate.

My mom was amazing and made all the cinnamon rolls and muffins.

Cinnamon Rolls:

1/2 cup warm water, 2 Tbsp sugar, and 1 Tbsp yeast. Mix and set aside.

In another bowl, mix vanilla pudding mix (3.5 oz) as directed, then add 1/2 cup butter melted, 2 eggs, 1 tsp. salt. Blend and add yeast mixture. Stir in 6-7 cups flour.

Knead for 4 minutes in mixer. Let rise to double size, punch down, roll out.

Spread butter, 2 cups brown sugar and 4 tsp. or more cinnamon on rolls.

Roll tightly and cut with floss. Rise double the size.

Bake 350 degrees 15-20 minutes.

Frosting:

8 oz. cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp milk

She also made muffins and lemon bars.

Wyatt loved it!

Wyatt was so excited that Mr. Estrada came to support him. He was the first one on his list of people to invite and was thrilled that he actually showed up.

 Wyatt also wanted to invite his Kinder teacher, Mrs. Gurule. When Wyatt invited his whole class I told him not to get too excited because I didn't know if anyone could come. We were so happy that his teachers came. a few of his classmates and our neighbors. What a special day for Wyatt!

Happy 8th Birthday Wyatt!

My mom, dad, and sister came into town this weekend for Wyatt's birthday and baptism. My sister helped me put a little party together for Wyatt. When I say help I mean she pretty much did it all. 

You may remember seeing some of these same superhero decorations from Memphis' party. I'm so glad she kept her stuff.

Wyatt wanted another donut cake. Easy enough. My sister had these fun cupcake toppers we used. I made the simple ''Wyatt" banner with my cricut.

I tried to make an 8 with the white powder donuts. Did you get that?

This dude looks like he's ready for the party!

And party we did: we ate tons of fruit snacks,

and donuts (we had to fight Hulk to get to them,)

we made superhero masks (I love how they all look so serious and superhero-ish,)

My sister made another one of her fabulous pinatas,

Joker's got nothin' on this Hulk,

we put them through superhero training,

and they each got a fun take home bag, thanks to my sister. With all the fun superhero stuff she included a necklace and bracelet that she made for each of them. 

Here's my superhero family (well some of them.) Thanks for all your help mom, dad and Bree!

Here's my superhero sister! Yes she's amazing and yes everyone needs a sister like her.

Lincoln's Birthday weekend

Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet baby Lincoln! He is having so much fun celebrating his birthday weekend in Disneyland with cousins but he is exhausted. He just woke up from a nap and wasn't in the mood to smile

He doesn't care about his candles either. He has to hurry and eat his cake before his cousins eat it all first. 

Now the smile comes out but the beach tends to do that to you!

We are also celebrating Lisa's birthday and Valentines Day! A friend of mine made these fun Mickey Mouse suckers for the occasion.

So fun!

Another smile but Mickey Mouse will do that to you too!

We made these for Lucys class snack when we got home.

We melted Rolo's on a pretzel on low heat in the oven for a few minutes and then topped with a regular M&M for the head and mini M&M's for the ears. Work hard before the Rolo sets up. I usually leave the pan in the oven while I add them.

Happy Birthday my little minion!

Valentine Snack Mix

Lucy's class snack for February

Valentine snack mix: pretzels, berry Cheerios, craisins, teddy grahams, and M&M's.