Back From Vacay!

We went to Branson with my Mom and her hubby...the six of us rode in my Tuppermobile, stayed in the same AWESOME cabin, went to shows, shopped and more! Here are a few of the highlights:

The cabin we stayed at has it's own website --> http://www.comptoncovelogcabin.com/ . It's fully loaded, beautifully decorated and easy to find. Air conditioning, washer and dryer,even a dishwasher in the fully stocked kitchen! 3 bedrooms meant one for the parents, one for us and one for the girls. Seriously, I could LIVE in that cabin - it was that nice!

We went to the Shepard of the Hills and rode the tower as well as seeing the Son's of the Pioneer's Dinner show...this was not country music, it was Western music - think of Roy Rodgers, etc.The dinner had Brisket, chicken, whistle berries (baked beans), corn on the cob, fire roasted potatoes, rolls and apple cobbler along with as much tea, sweet tea or lemonade that you could drink!The music was AMAZING -- all the old classics like Tumbleweed, etc.

We ate at the Branson Cafe-- yummy food, great pie and look at the mini dogs for the kids - they even had mini buns!

Here the girls are all packed and ready to go...the long car ride back to Wisconsin.

Beach Party!

Tomorrow is the beach party at Sarah's Preschool. Since we are the "snack helpers we will be there for all of the fun! We can only have healthy treats so what we made this afternoon will get passed out as the kids are leaving. What they WILL eat for snack is a "fish pond" that involves blue cream cheese and pretzels along with their grape juice ($1 a bottle from Copp's yesterday!). We even have Hawaiian leis for them to wear as it is a tad too chilly yet to dress for a day at the beach.

We took a spice cake mix and turned it into 24 cupcakes. While they were cooling, I made a simple glaze (2 cups powdered sugar and 1/4 cup milk) to act like our glue. My beautiful assistant dipped the cooled cupcakes into the glue and then pressed them into the graham cracker crumbs. Now they looked like a sandy beach! All we needed to do was top them off with the cute paper parasols that you find in the blended fruity drinks and Ta-dah! You have beach party cupcakes! (and one very happy little girl).

I did place them inside an additional cupcake liner for presentation and then, for transport there is nothing better than the Tupperware Rectangle Cake Taker that doubles as a cupcake carrier!

Until next time -- create your own family memories!