A happy place

Don't you wish you could live inside a picture sometimes? Just jump in. I bought this marvelous piece of art because it spoke to me. I was mesmerized  by it. Made me feel like I was right there, standing between the Paris buildings looking up in awe. It does not fit in my house, it's enormous. But hey, sometimes you just gotta step out. Throw practicality out of the window. It lights me up and takes me to a happy place :) where is your happy place?

Fruit pizza

What better dessert then a fruit Pizza for Easter Lunch. It's always a big hit and the creativity set in as I cut up the fruit. Easy recipe.

                                    Fruit Pizza

Cookie dough mix.                            Strawberry's                        

8 oz cream cheese.                           Blueberrys

Cool whip                                          Mangrin oranges 

3/4 c. Sugar                                      Kiwi or green grapes

Make cookie mix. Press into pizza pan and bake. Let cool down. Mix cream cheese, cool whip and sugar. Chill. Smooth cream over large cookie and place your cut up fruit on top. And Viola!

Keeping it Simple

I am not a fan of the big poofy church dresses we used to wear when we were growing up. I convinced my mimi to go simple with the Easter dress this year.

Though I did agree to the $3 bonnet Milly picked up at Target and she simply fell in love with the pink dollar gloves. Why not, I thought. It brought back the childhood memories of or Easter bonnets and gloves we wore as children.

I so want to give her the sweet childhood I had. The tea parties, making tents in the living room, riding our bikes, blowing bubbles, going camping, playing jacks and pick up sticks, laughing till our bellies hurt. All the simple joys in life. It is so hard to not get caught up in the "Lets sign up for everything-Rush here and there-society we live in. I would like her to grow up with an appreciation of the simple, the pure, the good.