Thanksgiving Treat

After seeing a Brie recipe on Pinterest, I decided that was one thing I'd bring to the Thanksgiving table. I love Brie & mix that with cranberries, sounds PERFECT for Thanksgiving. I used a pastry puff, whole cranberries cranberry sauce, brown sugar and an 8oz Brie. One thing I'd change is using dried cranberries instead of sauce. The Brie was a bit soupy when broken into.

Here's how to make this scrumptious appetizer:
Ingredients:
8oz Brie
1/4 cup Dried Cranberries (rehydrated by setting them in a bowl of water for 1-2 min)
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
Pastry Puff

Egg-white wash
1 egg - egg white
1 Tbsp water

Directions
*Preheat oven to 350
*Grease baking sheet
*Lay pastry puff flat on baking sheet
*Put Brie in the center of the pastry puff, remove the wax layer on the top
*Put re-hydrated cranberries & brown sugar on top of Brie
*Fold corners of pastry puffs towards the center (make it look "pretty")
*If wanted put an egg white wash on the pastry puff before putting the entire thing in the oven for 30 min.  The pastry puff should be browned.

Frame Wall

I've been wanting to make a collage of frames above our couch in the living room.  The frames were laid out on the floor for weeks, so one day, I decided, I'm just going to put them up.  Brian is usually better at all this than I am, but he was busy.

Laying out the frames on the floor first is a great idea.  This way, you can see spacing and rearrange before your put holes in the wall.  Check out the finished product!  I can still add to it and change out the photos if I want.  Adding to the collage is in the plan, too.  I'd love the whole wall to be covered with pictures of family and friends.

Of course, now I see that some of the frames are just slightly off...sorry!

Weekend Fun

This is about a week old, but I'm still going to blog about it. 
The weekend before Halloween, Katie (and I) threw a costume party for her friends.  We met up at a park and got our blanket out to play on.  Slowly a few of Katie's baby friends showed up.  It was so fun to see the babies dressed up.  The think the mommies had fun chatting watching our little ones play together.  A few snacks (baby carrots with hummus and some amazing brownies that Danielle brought) to keep the mommies satisfied while the babies played.  It was a perfect afternoon for it.  The weather was perfect, not too hot, but not freezing, so the babies could wear their costumes while mommies didn't have to worry about their temps.

I made each child a special favor.  I found these pumpkin cups & used a permanent marker to write each child's name on the cup.  Super easy, cute & a keepsake of these babies first Halloween.

Brian's fun that weekend was taking down the shower doors & putting up a curtain.  I'm so glad he did!  Bath time with Katie is so much easier & more enjoyable for us all.  Many thanks to my father-in-law for all the hard work he did helping Brian take the doors down and re-grout/caulk the tub!