PKK: Sugar Cookies

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. One day as she meandered through the enchanted forest, Princess Kaitlyn met a rabbit named Soupeylop. Soupeylop had silvery, purple fur and sparkled in the sunlight. Soupeylop invited Princess Kaitlyn to her den, but Princess Kaitlyn did not fit. She was too big!


Soupeylop took Princess Kaitlyn to a wishing tree in the middle of the enchanted forest. This tree looked like an icicle as is glistened white in the sunlight and sparkled in every direction.


Princess Kaitlyn wished to be the size of a rabbit (temporarily of course), so she could visit with Soupeylop in her den. The wishing tree dropped a leaf onto Princess Kaitlyn's head and instantly she shrunk to Soupeylop's size. The two of them ran back to Soupeylop's den to play.

Princess Kaitlyn crawled through tunnels and caverns underground with Soupeylop, dug holes in the dirt, and dined on carrots and lettuce in Soupeylop's den.

After their nutritious meal, Princess Kaitlyn offered to show Soupeylop how to make sugar cookies.


Side note: Princess Madelyn waiting patiently at the castle for her big sister to come home (actually, she hung out in the Bjorn while mommy and Kaitlyn made the cookie dough).
The two of them made a huge mess in the kitchen with flour showers, sugars mounds and vanilla rivers, but in the end, the cookies turned out great (raw and baked - heehee)!

Soon it was time for Princess Kaitlyn to return to her little girl size and head back to the castle. She sampled the cookie dough one last time before heading back to the castle. After all, her cousins would be coming to visit soon to decorate cookies for real!

The End!



Madelyn is sitting!!! Isn't she cute!!! :-)

PKK: Smoothie

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground.

Insert story here (Kaitlyn will remind me and I'll post it. We've been a little busy.)...

Princess Kaitlyn decided to make smoothies for her mommy and daddy.

First, Princess Kaitlyn decided to slice the banana, and
put the slices in a blender.
Next, she added a cup of fresh blueberries.
After adding the blueberries, she adding a few ounces of raspberry yogurt, followed by three quarters of a cup of vanilla yogurt.
Princess Kaitlyn giggled at the gooey, not-so appetizing mixture in the blender. Then she hit the puree button! Oh, the magic...

Princess Kaitlyn stirred her smoothie concoction and performed a taste test. She gave it her customary thumbs up.

Princess Kaitlyn enjoyed the fruits of her labor. It was a very delicious smoothie. She enjoyed some for lunch along with a special treat of french toast sticks. What a lucky girl!!


Ciao!

Thanksgiving Weekend Fun

Here are photos from Thanksgiving weekend...

Pa Harry giving Madelyn a bottle...


Daddy and Madelyn the night before Thanksgiving...


Madelyn starting eating some rice cereal one week ago. It's messy, but fun!

Gamma Linda used to make these cinnamon and sugar rolls with leftover pie crust. Here was my attempt at making them. They weren't quite as good as hers, but they still disappeared.
Homemade pumpkin pie - crust and all. Some drama in the preparation of this pie, but all turned out well.
Daddy putting the turkey in the oven...or taking it out...

A large carved turkey...

Our feast...
Daddy, Kaitlyn, Pa Harry and (Madelyn and Mommy - not visible)...
Happy Thanksgiving!!



Now that turkey day is over, our house moved into X-mas decorating mode. We bought the tree, hung the lights and the holiday season is in full swing!


This is Kaitlyn with her and Madelyn's tree. She can play with it as much as she wants - just not the big tree!!

PKK: Gingerbread House

Princess Kaitlyn opted for something a little different this week. Instead of our usual kitchen activity, Princess Kaitlyn and her Pa decorated a gingerbread house. Granted, mommy and Pa and had ice the house back together as it had some significant structural damage when we opened the box. Kaitlyn taste tested the decor as we fixed it.







Mommy has limited photos because our camera battery is dying and the camera charger disappeared with mommy's purse. Oh well!

More Madelyn Talking...

Here is some more video of Madelyn talking and playing. She's so funny!!

PKK: Fruit Fencing

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. One day as she wondered around the enchanted forest, she came upon a fox. "Coah, my friendly fox, what are you doing?" Princess Kaitlyn asked. Coah explained that she wanted to have a fruit fencing match, but didn't have anyone to fence with.

Princess Kaitlyn was intrigued by this game and offered to play with Coah. They used wood sticks as 'swords' and filled them with fruit. Each time Princess Kaitlyn or Coah landed a 'hit' with their fruit filled sword, the striker got to eat her opponent's piece of fruit. Whoever finished with fruit left on her sword, won the game.

Princess Kaitlyn and Coah giggled as they fenced and gleefully ate each other's delicious strawberries, bananas, kiwis, blueberries and pears. They did not actually keep score as to who won the most fencing matches and just enjoy the fun contest.


Fruit Sword Ingredients

• Bananas
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Kiwi (tried it, but not a big hit)
• Pears (a bigger hit with mommy)
• Pineapple chunks
• Wood skewers
  

Instructions

Have an adult cut up the fruit in most cases. Princess Kaitlyn used her special, safe knife to cut up the banana since it is soft enough to slice with 'her' knife.

Arrange fruit on plate for Princess Kaitlyn (or your kids) to put on skewers.

Show Princess Kaitlyn (or your kiddos) how to put fruit on the skewers and let them have at it. Taste testing in between is allowable. :-)


Princess Kaitlyn's blueberry sword - this was her favorite!All of Princess Kaitlyn and Coah's fruit swords.



Princess Kaitlyn happily ate her fruit swords for lunch. Believe it or not, she really did eat all of those blueberries and strawberries in this photo!


Side note: we made a dipping sauce for the fruit skewers with maple syrup, butter, cinnamon and allspice, but Princess Kaitlyn didn't want it. I love that she just wanted to eat the fruit!

PKK: Cheerio Necklaces

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. It was a horribly rainy day at Princess Kaitlyn's castle and she was getting bored. She whistled at the window a sad song because she so desperately wanted to play outside and visit her friends in the enchanted forest.

Luckily for Princess Kaitlyn, the boisterous butterflies heard her whistling and fluttered up to the castle - getting soaked in the process. They burst through the castle window and sang a sweet song to Princess Kaitlyn. As they sang, they flew to the pantry and found some licorice strings and cheerios. The butterflies explained to Princess Kaitlyn that on rainy days, she'll just have to make her own fun out using things inside the castle.

So, for the next several hours, Princess Kaitlyn and the boisterous butterflies made necklaces, bracelets, webs, ropes, and braids out of cheerios and licorice pieces. A boring, rainy afternoon, turned into a fun and silly day for Princess Kaitlyn.



While Princess Kaitlyn had fun with the butterflies, in reality, mommy admits that this PKK flopped a bit. The cheerio holes were a little too small to fit over the pull-n-peel licorice rope. I couldn't find the old school licorice strings. Next time I need to use a cereal with bigger holes or smaller edible string.