Yum.

I am 100% ready for spring. I'm ready for the park. I'm ready for bike rides. I'm ready to toss these hooligans out into the yard. Let's do this.

But, since we live in Colorado and it's gonna snow like 6 more times...I am perfecting the art of snow cream. Last blizzard was like a 2 footer and I made delicious minty green snow cream snowballs dusted with green sanding sugar.

And here's a first (and probably last). I offer you...the recipe:
Mix (til it seems right, tasting often) the following:
snow,
milk,
sugar,
vanilla extract,
and a skosh of mint extract
The sanding sugar was green so that's what changed the color. I scooped them with my tablespoon measuring spoon and put them in my sweet little majolica bowls purchased on the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

Take that winter.

Bon Voyage

Forgive me the Lazy Blogger post. 

Zeal has been keeping me up late into the night and waking me early with ideas and excitement.

More on this another day...don't you worry.  

In other news...

The Lovely Hazel Mae enjoyed her first rice cereal the other day.

And I do believe she liked it.

 This girl was born to eat.

 She knew just what to do with the mushy good stuff.

 And she had a good time doing it.

In other, ridiculously exciting news...

Hazel and I are flying out this morning to LadyFest 2012. LadyFest is an annual tradition wherein I meet a bevy of lovely lady friends, most of whom I have known and loved for at least 10 years, some more than 20, in some clandestine location for days of lounging, crafting, laughing and catching up. This year we will rendezvous in a charming cabin in the smokey mountains in the shadows of Dollywood. Be jealous.

Today she is 5 months old and is embarking on her 9th flight. Quite the jet setter. 

I am so excited. LadyFest awaits!