Friday, February 9, 2007

wasted time, tea party & chocolate

ok, all, i just spent about an hour trying to get access to my blog. it turns out the "account creation process" didn't complete and i had to do it over again. i also found out today that there are replies written on the blog itself (yes, i'll admit to this - in writing nonetheless). thanks to all of you for your comments. it's great to hear from all of you. i'm such a greenie at all of this, but hopefully i'll figure it out sooner than later!

i'm so wiped out from trying to get on my blog that i don't feel like saying much anymore! tomorrow gracie is having a tea party with a few of her friends. her grandparents gave her a nice tea set from China for christmas and so we're having a party to break it in. should be fun.

evan likes his naps again. lately he keeps kicking his (straightened) legs up while he's in a sitting position. he does it which such energy and enthusiasm that he scoots back and forth. it's especially fun to watch him do it while he's in the tub. we'll have to think of a name for it. any suggestions?

i spent the day with a good friend. we made chocolate pretzels and lori's chocolate mice (i'll put basic recipe at bottom - they're very cute). we'll be eating some tomorrow at the tea party and the rest will wait until valentines day. jake is all better and his appetite is returning more and more each day. we are well at the hinckley home!


if you're interested, here's how to make chocolate mice:
*dip maraschino cherry with stems (or bing cherries) in chocoate (melted) holding it by the stem.
*push a chocolate kiss on front and put on wax paper
*put sliced almonds for ears in between kiss and cherry
*make two eyes on kiss with pink frosting tube

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quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."