The Calendar Kids Recipes Part 2

Here are the recipes I made from July to December from ‘The Calendar Kids’ series.

The recipe is actually for watermelon popsicles, but we like our watermelon the old-fashioned way, especially in the summer.
The recipe was for a pencil waffle to celebrate the start of school. I incorporated the idea for winter, so this is our winter version. Complete with snowflake, Christmas tree, snowman, and candy canes.
The recipe was for applesauce. My daughter loved mashing this lol.
The recipe this month was pumpkin muffins. These were delicious.
Last but not least, December’s recipe was for reindeer cookies, using your favorite cookie recipe. They turned out so cute! We loved this.

Overall, the book series was very cute and the recipes were a lot of fun.

The Calendar Kids Recipes Part 1

It’s that time of year when I like to take an inventory of all the fun stuff I did. A few things I  enjoyed were reading and cooking with my daughter. In ‘The Calendar Kids’ series, I got to do both. There are 12 books, one for each month, and each book focuses on one kid (named after the month) as they explore seasons, holidays, and memorable moments with friends and family. Each book has a cooking recipe that is tied to the story, and it’s been fun reading the book each month and trying all the recipes. 

The recipe was actually a snowman pancake recipe, but we made hearts instead.
February was chocolate-covered strawberries. I admit it’s not our finest work lol, but it was yummy.
This month, the recipe was a rainbow donut. We did munchkins instead.
April we did dirt pudding! It was so good.
May’s recipe was a Cinco de Mayo salsa. Which was yummy.
June’s recipe was Dad’s famous burger recipe. I made them mini burgers to make it easier for my daughter to eat.

More to come in part two.

My time on the Disney Wish

I can’t believe it’s already the middle of November. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it. I’m grateful for so much this year. In August, I went on my first Disney cruise. It was magical 💕. It was extra special because I was with some of my family members. Disney cruises are on another level.

The level of personalization and care…

Fun on the boat…

Excursions…

The Disney magic…

Would love to do another one. I have to start saving NOW 😜.

Masquerade

I can’t believe Halloween is tomorrow. I feel like I breezed through October! I did start the month right with a fun date night. We ate at Paris Bar inside the Le Meridian Hotel on 57th street and attended the immersive Phantom of the Opera experience, Masquerade.

We had a blast! The food before the show was amazing and I loved the immersive experience.

Celebrating Jane Austin at the Morgan Library & Museum

I visited the Morgan Library & Museum to see the Jane Austin exhibit before it closed. It was packed and crowded, but doing something different with my family was great. The day’s highlights included afternoon tea at the cafe and enjoying the small garden.

New Orleans this past February

We got to spend some quality time in New Orleans before and after our cruise in February. Most of the time was spent walking around and/or eating (which is not a bad thing 😜). This was also not my first time in New Orleans; it will not be the last. Next time, I want to take a Ghost or Voodoo tour and enjoy more nighttime stuff.

Celebrating Epiphany

I’m celebrating Epiphany with my family this weekend by enjoying a galette des rois , aka King Cake. A trinket is hidden within the cake, and whoever finds it becomes King or Queen for the day.

First galette des rois of the weekend.
My husband got the crown today!

Update:

The second galette des rois got devoured before I got a chance to take a picture.

My brother-in-law got the crown for a second year in a row.