Reed Ranch- Cute & Tasty

It has been a month since my last blog and so much has happened. Well not too much. The girls and I went to CT to see my parents. They had a great time at Grandma Taylors. Then they took the ferry to LI and spent the night at Grandpaps place. They had a blast there too. In CT we went to the Peabody Museum and saw the dinosaurs. We went to the beach and collected shells. They really liked it. And I got to go to one of my Favorite Pizza places.

We counted the days down until Addisson's birthday. She was beside herself all week. She was turning 5. Yippee. At age 5 she said she would wipe her own butt. We were all excited about that one. Friday I baked 3 cakes to make her birthday cake with. She wanted a Castle Cake. It turned out pretty well. It took most of Saturday to put it together. Asa made the frosting and the design and I put it together.

Sunday was the big day. It was her party. I had made paper chains and hung them in the door ways around the house. She really liked waking up to those. Her party was at the local bowling alley. Theresa Bowl. It had snowed most of Saturday so when we got there it was difficult to get into the parking lot because it hadnt been plowed yet. Several of the people invited to the party were unable to get out of their drive ways to make it to the party. We would have been one of them if it werent for our neighbor who has blessed us with snow removal. Thank you, John. It means more than you know. The party was a hit. Once back at home Addisson opened her presents from the family and was just going a mile a minute. Just like the whole week. We had food left over from the party our neighbors the Smiths came over for dinner. It was a very nice birthday.

Addisson on Monday was a bit cranky. She was having the Birthday Blues. So much to look forward to and now it was over.

A funny thing happened about a week or so ago. Grandma went to lay in her bed to rest and adjusted her pillow to find there was a slice of cooked bacon under it. She was stunned, as was I. The girls were outside so we couldnt ask who had done it. We were both laughing for a while. It gave new meaning to Breakfast in bed. It turned out to be Addisson. She wanted to save it for later and didnt know where to put is so she just stuck it there. I asked her why she didnt ask for a baggie and she said "Oh I didnt think of that, That would have been a good idea".