Wild Rumpus

In honor of Maurice Sendak who passed away in May, we had a wild rumpus at our house.  There was breakfast cake, chicken soup with rice and lots of fun.  RIP Sendak.

4 Month Cherub!

I took this lovely little girl's newborn portraits just 4 months ago!  I can't believe how time flies.  She has the biggest blue eyes you have ever seen and a sweet personality.  She is such a cherub!

Sweet 6 month follow up

Here is the beautiful mama with her beautiful girl.

Look at that mischief!

I can really see her dad in the photo.  She looks right through you!

 What a cutie!

 ... and what a personality!

I love this baby.  She is super sweet and super social.  Her big smiles and outgoing personality made the session so fun!

Teacher Appreciation

I spent the weekend putting up some strawberry fruit spread.  Here's how I made it:

1 box low sugar pectin
8 cups of chopped and mashed strawberries
4 cups of sugar

Put fruit and pectin in large stock pot on stove over medium-high.  Bring to a boil while stirring.  Add sugar all at once and return to a boil while stirring that cannot be stirred down.  Boil for 3 minutes.  Ladle into jars.

yields 8 pints

tastes delicious and has much less sugar than jam.  jam usually has about 5 cups of fruit to 8 1/2 cups of sugar.

Then I attached cute little tags with ribbon.  I hope the teachers know it's a token of how much they are appreciated and enjoy it!