Sweet cookies!

Today I set the table with some very special guests in mind.



I brought out my newest Christmas tree plates....


Red goblets for the "big" girls....(my daughter and me)


Santa cups for the "little ladies - (our twin grandgirls)


Our centerpiece with Santa and three cups....



....of Christmas tree.



An overview of the luncheon table. I think this is the first time the girls have eaten at the dining room table. We had the kitchen table all set up for the after lunch activities.



They were so cute and excited about our "ladies luncheon".



Some "tree" sandwiches. Olive/cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches.



Lunch is served....



....we had sandwiches, Christmas jello salad, pasta salad and chips. And the girls had their first taste of "Christmas milk" (egg nog) which they both loved as much as their mother did as a little girl.



After lunch it was time to get down to the business of....



...baking cookies!



Getting everything ready to roll out the dough, cut and....



decorate with sprinkles.....



.....and more sprinkles!



We made several batches of sugar cookies....



....and molasses cookies. This worked out just about perfect for a three year old attention span.



After the cookies were done the work station was a mess....




....but these two sweet cookies were happy to each have a full cookie tin to take home and share with Daddy....and a few to leave out for a special visitor on Christmas Eve too!
Wishing you sweet times with your family this Christmas season.

See ya!

Halloween Fun

It's so fun to have Halloween with the grandtwins around. Saturday night we invited them over for a festive supper.


A few treats at their places.


A fun book for Halloween bedtime reading.



The girls dressed for the season...we had a fun supper with mummy dogs and brunswick stew. I didn't get any pictures of the food (as usual).


A few decorations for the season.



Skull under glass.


Did you know that you could catch ghosts with candy corn?



A vintage looking postcard.


A frightful crew on the sideboard.


Guarding the Halloween treats.




The girls all dressed for Halloween fun -- loved the Ghost Princess and Pumpkin Princess costumes our daughter made for these two precious cuties.

Hope all your goblins were were good ones! Wishing you all treats and no tricks!

See ya!

I'm sharing this with Marty's Fall cloche party and Tabletop Tuesday.

Fall Festival with the Grands

We had a perfect Autumn weekend here in the Mid-Atlantic -- just right for our annual Fall Festival at Church. The twins had so much fun.


Big grins all around.


Pumpkin painting was a blast -- they also got their faces painted and made a few crafts.




We ate chili and hot dogs and went on a fun after dark hayride....






....and made a few new "friends" as well!

Hope you're enjoying this delightful fall weather....looking forward to the trees bursting forth in their grand autumn colors.

See ya

On the River

We've had fun enjoying Mr. Mid-Atlantic's new (to us) boat this summer. A couple of weeks ago we took our daughter and her family out for a Saturday afternoon of fun. He keeps it at a "boatel" about an hour from here. He calls up and they put it in the water for us. Usually it's already in when we get there, but we got there before that this time so this shows them placing it in the water.




Captain Mid-Atlantic fuels her up and.....



.....we're off! Mom has one twin.




And dad has the other.



Kendall has her chance at steering.



An osprey nest along the way.



Keelyn takes her turn.




Hope you're finding a way to stay cool in all this heat. We're actually invited to an outdoor wedding today....I might melt! (I'm sure to be wishing for river breezes). So how are you keeping cool?

See ya!

Two girls turning two with two parties!

On August the 7th our twin grandgirls Kendall and Keelyn turned two. After a wonderful birthday dinner prepared by our DD Katy, the girls enjoyed some banana pudding. And then it was on to the must fun event of....



....opening gifts!




They each got plenty of birthday loot.



New wheels from Mom and Dad.



Babies and strollers from Nana and Papa Daddy.



Then on Sunday it was Birthday Party #2 at Nana's and Papa Daddy's house. I couldn't believe that I spent most of the afternoon preparing and baking a lemonade cake that didn't rise! (I think the baking powder was old). Anyway, luckily we're very close to the store and a fresh banana cake saved the day!



Centerpiece of birthday fairies.



Pink lemonade.




My sister brought me this beautiful quilted runner for tablescaping -- does she know me or what!




More gifts to open.




Then time for cake and ice cream!




A little help with blowing out the candles from Mom and Dad.




No help needed with figuring out what to do with the cupcakes and sherbet though!



Then an evening spent dancing off the "sugar high".




New wheels, lot's of presents, cake and ice cream and dancing the night away with your BFF....sounds like the perfect birthday for a gal of any age...don't you agree?
Happy Birthday to our K-girls.... we love you!