Happy Mardi Gras~

Happy Mardi Gras~

We celerate Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday as a way to clean out the cuberts of all the sugar and baked goods in preparation for Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent!

You can read more about The Season of Lent here!

These pictures are of the youth breakfast that I helped cook at in the wee hours of Saturday morning {6am}! My  older kiddos whom this whole thing was for would NOT get up. (they got home late the night before from a snowboard trip with my sister.) I had offered to cook and was looking forward to going! So, I packed up  my 2 girls and headed off.  It was so early I don't think the birds were even awake!  The menu was, sausage, pancakes and eggs.  I was the offical pancake flipper. My girls stayed right by my side the whole time while I stood by the large grill flipping hotcakes. Jackie and Olivia loved the hats and horns!

Yes, I was tired after having to get up so early, and had to take a nap when I got home.....and forgot my 10yr old son had a basketball game. Nick reminded me 10 mintutes before his game was to start! EEKKK!  We kicked it into high gear and made it there by 1pm. ( it was a blessing that their game and pratice time started late due to a game already going on the court!)

Today I have MOPS and its our tables turn to cook. I'm making (its in the oven now) Cheesey Hashbrown Casserole and a Sweet and Savory Breakfast Casserole that has apples and maple-sausage.

 (if I like the sweet and savory one, I will post the recipe...this is my first time making it! So we'll see)

Well I better scoot~ I have to get ready to go!

Blessings and Love,

Georgiann

And The Greatest Of These Is Love.....

I just wanted to post a few pictures of our Valentines dinner! I did end up bidding and winning a few of the auction items! {I will post those items in a few days!} There was some things I really liked but the bids got high.

Well I here the little one crying....she still has a cold!

Blessings,

Georgiann

Choco-latte~

Happy Valentine's Day!

May your day be filled with LOVE~PEACE~ and JOY!


Warmly,
Georgiann

Making Valentines~

Blessings and Love,
Georgiann

Sweet Love~

these photos are from last year~

The Valentine tradition here at The Bluebird Cottage (our house) has been one of family love!
We always spend our Valentines day together. I set the table with a white table cloth and put some bright primroses down the center. It gives the feeling that spring is almost here!
 Some of my young ones love to help me make chocolate covered strawberries and pizza dough. Everyone loves the "make your own" pizza station I set up in the kitchen. {there have been a few times I bought heart shaped take and bake pizzas from Papa Murphy.}
 Hubby and I look forward to feasting on steak make on the barbie, baked potato and salad (if the kiddos what steak to we make a few extras.) as our special treat!
Our children feel special when we get the nice stemware out and make "fluffy" drinks. I usually make some sort of red or pink drink ie: watermelon Itatlian cream sodas or strawberry milkshakes with whipcream and sprinkles!

Each place setting gets a small box of chocolates.....the kiddos really look forward to a day of special things.

This year will be a bit different because, Sunday February 14th  my oldest sons baseball team is having a spaggetti dinner fundraiser. I will be making a plate of chocolate dippped strawberries and a basket of scones with jar of raspberry jam for the dessert auction. I will also be making some blueberry scones topped with white chocolate for the buy it now table.

There will also be a ton of silent auction baskets to bid on. Our family is donating a movie basket
{2 movies,3 bags of popcorn, 3 boxes of candy and a few cans of pop.}
Money has been tight around here, so I will have to use self-controll when it comes to deciding to even make a bid!

The most importants things will still be the same no matter what we have to eat or where we celebrate!

We are family, we love each other, and we will be together.

How do you spend Valentines day?
Do you have certain traditions you do every year?
Do you have a certain meal you like to cook up for the occation?

Peace,Love and Joy,
Georgiann