Dora's Castle Cake

Here is our second recipe out of the Dora and Diego cookbook. The girls decided to make a brown castle since we all like chocolate frosting better. The girls had fun putting the sprinkles on the towers, putting on the doors and windows, and placing the jelly bean trim.

Cousins!

Here are some fun group pics of the cousins!

The first is at Dee's home and the rest are from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

Funtastic Fun in Denver!

After Iowa we drove to Denver, CO, to visit our Nonnie and my sister, Dee, and her family. One day Nonnie took us to Fantastic Fun! It's an indoor amusement park with a flat fee, so you can ride any of the rides as many times as you want! We all had a really fun time. We rode the hot air balloon ferris wheel, the whip (the girl's favorite ride), the tea cups (Nonnie almost got sick from spinning!), the train, they jumped in the bouncy house and the ball pit, they climbed on a giant teddy bear, and slid down a slide. We took a lunch break at Sonic in the middle of the day, then returned for some more fun! Reagan was able to ride everything and I think her favorite ride was the whip too! She also loved the ball pit and didn't want to get out

Reagan did not like the giant bear...obviously.

Iowa Friends!

To start our Spring Break, we drove to Iowa to visit our dear friends! They live in a super small town called State Center, which is...wait for it...smack dab in the middle of the state! The girls had fun playing with their friends and I had fun hanging out with my girlfriend! It was SUPER windy while we were there, so we stayed cozy inside.

We also did this fun craft project while we were together. It's made from a wreath form and coffee filters!

Diego's Meatball Mountain Range

We found a Dora and Diego cookbook at the library and the girls have been excited to make lots of the recipes. Our first recipe was Diego's Meatball Mountain Range. Kathryn helped me make the meatballs, then we made spaghetti and assembled it all to look like a mountain. Then the girls both helped me place the broccoli around to be the trees!

Even Reagan enjoyed it! Or she just liked the feeling of rubbing it on her entire face!

DaddyMac'll Make Ya Jump Jump!

The girls were invited to the mall by their friend to celebrate her birthday.

They had a fairy photo shoot, jumped on the trampoline, and ate ice cream. Happy Birthday Maura!