Let the celebrations begin

Maisie’s sixth birthday is Monday.  How she can be turning six already is beyond me as it feels like it was just a few months ago when we first laid eyes on our cue ball cutie and then had her placed in our arms as a scared little 14-month old.  The years have seemed to fly and Maisie is the light of our lives…but she’s growing up too quickly!  I know that I can’t stop time and I do love watching her grow up but I sometimes wish that I could keep her my little Maisie Miao Miao forever.  

Since I can’t stop time and birthdays happen, we celebrate!  To include all her friends we have a number of celebrations planned.  Today was Maisie’s first little party and this one was with her USA Level 3 gymnastics teammates.  Maisie requested, and we made, vanilla cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with hot pink decorating sugar sprinkles.  During snack time Maisie’s teammates sang happy birthday to her and then they all enjoyed the cupcakes.  Not one single picture of the cupcakes but that’s okay as they’ll be making an appearance again at her next party tomorrow morning.

My sweet Maisie loves the chalk bowl and I swear that she bathes in it at every practice.

Maisie with some of her teammates before the cupcakes.

Silliness with her friends.  

It was a fun and quick little party to mark Maisie’s birthday and for her to celebrate and share with her teammates.

Well it’s not cupcakes but it is a new recipe over on Cook Lisa Cook.  If you’ve ever enjoyed the creamy and slightly sweet coleslaw at KFC you’ll love this Copycat “KFC” Coleslaw.  Just click on the picture to be taken to the recipe.

Other recent recipes posted on Cook Lisa Cook: Mango Lassi, Stir-Fried Asparagus with Water Chestnuts, Ginger & Cashews, Curried Roast Chicken Pieces with Spicy Sweet Potato & Carrots, Grilled Corn & Bacon Pudding, Oriental Chicken Salad, Potato Salad with Bacon, Coffee Crusted Steak, Home Style Chicken Curry, Watermelon Frosty,  Mango Gazpacho, Toll House Double Stuff Oreo Brownies, Long Beans with Walnuts, Blacksmith Pizza, Rhubarb Crisp, Laksa, Math Book No Bake Cookies, Aloo Gobi, Mint Lassi, Red Curry Chicken, Lamb Curry, Grilled Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Dressing, Baked Egg Cups Two Ways, Thai Peanut Salad, Holy Guacamole, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Wallaby Darned, Piggy-Out Cookies, Wicked Good New England Lobster Roll, Long Beans with Garlic, Super Simple Summer Shrimp Salsa Salad, Grandma’s Teriyaki Steak, Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho, Red Chinese Long Beans with Peppers & Red Curry, 24-Layer Crêpe Cake Fig & Watermelon Salad, Grilled Chèvre & Fig Panini, Spicy Asian Cucumber Salad, Grilled Prawns, Spicy Brown Sugar Bacon, Kicked Up Piggy-Out Cookies, Pesto Pita Pizza, Cilantro Lime Chicken, Nutella Crêpes, Mango, Lime & Chile Spiced Ice Box Pie, Roast Beef & Garlic Herb Cheese Sandwich, Layered Crespelle with Bolognese, Fresh Mozzarella & Basil, Jamaican Jerk Meat Pies, Nutella No Bake Cookies, Velvety Mac & Cheese, Welsh Cakes, Tom Yam Ghoong (Spicy Shrimp Soup), Lime Jewels, Southwest Pasta Salad, Walnut Roca Squares, Uncle Bubba’s Shrimp & Grits, Chocolate Chip Gingersnaps and Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.

Enjoy!