Happy Birthday Elphaba!

Elphaba turned a year old on February 19, 2011. We are so happy to have her in our lives.

She has been so much fun, driven us a little crazy, but overall has been a great addition to our lives. So, yes, I'm fully aware that I'm a little nuts, but we had to celebrate Elphie's Birthday.

We started by putting the birthday girl crown on her, yes she let's me do it.
This was one of her birthday presents, something to entertain her.
Her Birthday Cake, it is a dog bone, with bacon sprinkles.
We let Elphie open her present, she had fun, and got a new frisbee, her skills are amazing.
She enjoyed her birthday cake and knew just what to do.
Since, Elphie had her birthday cake, we needed treats for the rest of us, so I made "doggy droppings"
We had a great time remembering fun moments from throughout the year...

Our little Elf
Elphaba in all of her bewitching glory.

She love's her taquitos, we think they look like cigars.
She was so tiny, she fit in Katelyn's purse.
She likes toys a whole lot.
Her first day home.

Elphaba Lucille's Stats:

At One Year

64.4 lbs (and is hopefully full grown)

2 1/2 feet tall

3 1/2 feet long

Elphie loves playing frisbee, eating, and jumping.

Her favorite tricks are rolling over, and high five.

We are happy to have her, and so glad we won our little girl.

Fun and Food

I love Cupcakes! They make me so very happy. But, because I am trying to make everything very healthy, it meant no more cupcakes, until... Hungry Girl came along and has some fantastic recipes. This is a fun one, frosted apple pie cupcakes. Frosting

1 cup cool whip, thawed

3 tbsp. fat free cream cheese, room temp

1/2 tbsp sugar free, fat free vanilla instant pudding

3/4 t sp. cinnamon

1 no-calorie sweetener packet

Cupcakes

2 cups yellow cake mix

2 cups peeled and chopped Fuji apples

1/2 cup sugar free applesauce

1/4 cup fat free sour cream

1 tbsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

Directions:

Preheat to 350

Combine all frosting ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate until cupcakes are ready to be frosted.

Combine all of the cupcake ingredients and mix until blended.

Line a 12 cup muffin pan with baking cups and spray. Evenly distribute the mixture. (I actually got about 16 cupcakes out of this and they were filled very full).

Bake for about 15 minutes and check. Let cool and then frost and enjoy.

Heres the damage: 1 cupcake, 155 calories, 2.5 grams of fat.

It was a great Sunday "cheat" day snack.

Our ward has a monthly dinner group for the girls, and we are lucky to have the head chef for Petroleum Club in our ward, and so we were invited to go. This is an amazing place, first of all for the great views, and of course the delectable food, and that night the great company.
View of Bakersfield, from the top.
So, we sat in the elevator for a long time without moving, but we had fun.
Joy showing us how special we are to go to the members only spot.

Rice a Roni

The San Fransisco Treat!

I'm headed there today to go to the California Head Start Association Conference. I'm taking 6 parents and then tomorrow I will be presenting a workshop.

Enjoy your week.