Simplici-TEA!!

The simplest of things are often the best of things.

We have had a lot of great adventures lately.

Life has been busy but very entertaining!

Today we had a chance to sit and relax.

I surprised Sophia with a quick little

"tea party" while we watched a movie and

snuggled on the couch this afternoon. 

Simple Act.

Big Impact.

And that is what the good times are all about. 

Have a joyful week. 

Heaven through the eyes of an 8yr old girl......

Last night we had a fun family

movie night which involved snuggles on the couch.

As we started to clean up dinner, my daughter

noticed the sunset out of our patio window. 

She ran over and got her ipad to take

a photo....she was so inspired. 

I asked her to send me the photo and this is

what she sent me (her dad and others).............

Glorious Heaven.

  

We are definitely doing

  something right.......

Heaven is Glorious indeed, Sophia.
It is a place of NEW, not ENDS.
A place of Wonder, Magic and New LIFE! 

      And YOU are my HEAVEN on EARTH.  

         (I think that iPad just paid for itself!!)        

 

Phases of the Moon ~ Pie Crust Cookies

Sophia is learning Astronomy as part of their

final Science unit this year!

I love Astronomy!

To help her learn the phases of the moon,

we took left over pie crust (from the Patriotic Pie Crust Stars)
and made these pie crust cookies in the form

of each moon phase....how fun!

I took a round cookie cutter and let her cut out each

shape to match the diagram we used as a guide below. 

We used an Oreo cookie for the "New Moon"

(Sophia's Idea..good one too!!)

We had a great time.

When baking, we brushed the pie crust with

milk and topped with white sanding sugar to make it stand out.

LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK!

Next, we made "planet cookies" which I will share 

soon...those turned out AWESOME too!  Thanks!!

Sharing with:

Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons - Friday Craft and Food Linky 

CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO:

Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday  Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts  Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYTastetastic Thursday Sweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAYPinterest Party Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative 

I love you dearly too.....

Nice way to start a weekend....

I love you dearly, Sophia.

Teacher Appreciation Ideas

Teacher Appreciation Ideas

May7th - May 11th 

We are lucky that Sophia attends a 

wonderful school and so far, her teachers

have been OUTSTANDING! 

Here are some of the ideas I put

together for Teacher Appreciation Week with

links to the original credit and printable if applicable. 

Monday:

A Teacher like YOU is worth 

her weight in GOLD

I made my own printable for this. (I miss Picnik)

That I put with: 

You were MINT to TEACH!

Cute printable over a box of Altoids. 

Genius.

I am also going to put this printable on some

York Peppermint Patties to put in the teachers lounge.

You can find the printable @ Nothing but Country Here! 

 Tuesday:

Thank you for helping Sophia BLOOM!

Find the cute printable at Skip to my Lou HERE!

Wednesday:

You make the best teacher because you are well

aware that the difference between ordinary and

extraordinary is that little EXTRA!

Thursday:

Here is the SCOOP, Teachers ROCK!

I put together an ice cream basket with

an ice cream scoop, fun dishes, sprinkles and chocolate syrup!

The fun printable can be found by clicking HERE! 

 Friday:

"Olive" that YOU were my Teacher this year! 

This is what I made for Sophia's Teacher

last year. I used the printable from Skip to my Lou above.

I made cupcakes with cookie toppers! 

A big THANK YOU to all the wonderful

educators out there!! 

Sharing with: 

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday

Martha's Favorite TeaCup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups 

Tabletop Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Pink Saturday

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays 
Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons - Friday Craft and Food Linky 

CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO:

Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday  Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts  Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYTastetastic Thursday Sweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAYPinterest Party Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative 

Tea Party Tuesday ~ Chocolate Bibles

Happy Tea Party Tuesday!

On April 15th, Sophia received her First Communion

and I thought I would share the fun! 

I kept the event very simple,

which was great and relaxing. 

My GREAT parents!

My parents drove up from Nebraska for the

weekend which was WONDERFUL!

My in-laws also made the day special!

My great in-laws!

After mass we came back to our house for 

some tea, lemonade and opened gifts. 

My Dad gave Sophia a Rosary from the Vatican, 

blessed by the Pope (or as Sophia would say...the real Pope!)

I made the little chocolate mini candy-bar

 bibles from an idea that was inspired  Here at Tip Junkie.

Then we went out to a lovely dinner & 

returned to our house for desserts.

Sophia requested the Ice Cream Cupcakes

from Coldstone Creamery!!!

So I was able to purchase those and adorn them

with a little bit of fondant flair. 

It was a wonderful day to celebrate.

Hope you have a fantastic week.  

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday

Martha's Favorite TeaCup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups 

Tabletop Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Pink Saturday

Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays
Crazy for Crust 

Memories of Tea Time

I have quite a few fabulous recipes and photos to share 

for Tea Party Tuesday waiting in the 

archives of my computer. 

But this week, that is where they are going to stay. 

I have just been a little more sentimental than 
my normal "cry at the Hallmark commercial"
sentimental these days. When editing some photos
for a tea time dessert, I found myself going thru and 
looking at all the tea time photos of Sophia Rose. 

I forgot how often we had "tea" when she was
real little. Those memories flooded me with emotion.


I collected some of my favorites for today. There were hundreds!

Here is a trip down memory lane for Tea Party Tuesday.

I guess this post is more for me that you so I hope you don't mind!

It all started here...

At one week old I was so scared to leave the house with 
her!! My mom came up for a visit from Nebraska and forced
me out of the house. The only place I would take her was
the Mad Hatter Tea Room. It was a place of peace for me then
and continues to be a place of joy now.

The very first place I changed her diaper outside of the 
house was in the bathroom at the Mad Hatter!

How about a Tea Party with Big Bird? 

Big Bird was messy so he needed a bib
with his teacup and sweets! 

A Diva in Tea Training.

I was always ready for a game of 
pretty dress up and would stop anything
I was doing for an impromptu Tea Party.
The girl in back was a sweet neighbor girl, Libby.
She LOVED to come over for tea with Sophia and I.  

Look at the little Birthday Princess here!
The following are pictures of the party we had when she was 4.

Her Dad and I served these lovely girls.
"Tea", Pink Butterfly Bologna Sandwiches, Fruit and Carrots

Here was the Teapot Cake I made.

Man oh man oh man have I come a long way...
I laughed SO HARD at
the construction paper spout and handle. I was so afraid of
fondant back then.  In all honesty, I was so proud!


Here is my sweet husband James all decked
out in his tuxedo, serving his princess!  

She has a few things to smile about!

Tea with our Nana Jan is some of the 
best memories ever. 

My lovely likes cream with her tea!

Tea time does not have to be fancy all of the time.
Nutella on toast with a fancy powdered sugar stencil and 
watermelon in a pretty cup with your favorite tea can really
be just what you need to start the day!

There is NO reason you can't take your 
Tea Party outside with a fun story cubes game!
 

GORGEOUS!
 

Look Mom..I set up a tea table for YOU!

One of our MANY visits to the Mad Hatter.
I had SOOOOO many photos of us there! 

Quiche is another favorite
at our house. 

More tea time memories with Nana!!

This past summer I took these photos. We
are having "Tea under a Tree" in our front yard.

 I collect things.....

I collect tea cups

I collect tea pots

I collect recipes for tea parties

I collect ideas for fun desserts 

But my real motivation for all of this is to 

collect the one thing that is most precious to me.

Memories. 

Sharing with some special people:

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday

Martha's Favorite TeaCup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations
Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups 

Tabletop Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Pink Saturday

Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays