Disney Cinderella is a good princess movie to start with because it has so many fun characters for littles. Storm likes watching the mice and cat in this one.
Cinderella is kind and gentle to all creatures, even to her family who treats her unfairly. She greets them all in the morning and does what they command her to do with a kind heart. She also loves all of the animals in her home and has made them her friends.
Storm is also very friendly. Whenever we are out at about; she will wave at people and try to talk with old men for some reason! She likes to hold our cats, and we are teaching her how to have gentle touches.
We found her dress at a consignment shop and I bought the gloves, headband, and necklace to go with it. She wore her white pearl earrings and I put her hair up in a bun with a bun shaper. I used white and light blue sheet as the background and floor. I put the homemade cardboard stone wall that we used in our X-Men Trunk-or-Treat as part of the background as well. Then I used our ivy planter for decorations. The clock in the background was given to me on Facebook. I sprayed the pumpkins silver and found some ivy to go with them. AND… she loves her star wand! Bippity Boppity Boo!
1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Below she is Cinderella 1 year apart in each photo…
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We went to the backyard forest for these pictures. These three girls are cousins; we decided to take the pictures for as a Christmas gift for the grandparents.
We did get a couple smiles from the tiny one.
The picnic table was a fun addition to our photoshoot.
Little Miss Storm wasn’t interested in cooperating with her smiles today.
The Little One has been watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs lately, so I decided to have a German Snow White themed dinner for family movie night!
Appetizer: Bavarian Pretzels
Dough Ingredients:
3 tea Instant dry yeast
1 ½ Cup Warm Water (100-110 degrees)
2 TBS granulated sugar
4 Cup all-purpose flour
1 tea salt
Crust Ingredients:
1 Cup water
2 tea baking soda
Coarse Sea Salt
¼ Cup Butter
Instructions:
Combine yeast and warm water and sugar.
Add in flour and salt (knead or use mixer).
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a tea towel, and place in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven 425, grease baking sheet.
Divide dough into 8 equal parts. Roll each part into 24 inch rope to form the pretzel.
In a shallow bowl, combine the water and baking soda. Submerge each pretzel in water and place on the baking sheet.
Sprinkle with sea salt and let sit for 10 minutes.
Bake for 12 minutes then brush with melted butter.
Serve with cheese sauce.
Entrée: Gulaschsuppe (soup)
Ingredients:
2 T. olive oil
2 onions, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1.5 lb beef, cubed into bite sized pieces
2 T. balsamic vinegar
2/3 cup red wine vinegar
6 med thin skinned potatoes, peeled and cubed into bite sized pieces
32 oz beef broth
Water
3 bay leaves
1 T. paprika
6 oz. tomato paste
Instructions:
Cook onion, carrots, celery and garlic in olive oil until the onion is caramelized.
Scrape pot and add beef, browning well.
Scrape the pot again and add the wine and balsamic vinegar, let it simmer on low until the wine has almost entirely evaporated.
Add broth, bay leaves and paprika, and let simmer for about an hour to tenderize the beef.
Add potato cubes and enough water to cover plus about 1 inch above, and bring to boil.
When potatoes are tender, add tomato paste, lower to a simmer and let cook for about another 15 minutes.
1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9inch square baking pan.
2. To make the dough, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Cut 3 tablespoons of butter into small pieces.
3. Use your hands to knead the butter and flour together.
4. Stir in the milk.
5. Flour a surface and knead the dough until it holds together and dust the top with flour. Roll out into a 12 inch square.
6. Cut the dough into four equal squares and place two quarters of apple in each square.
7. Place 1 quarter tablespoon butter one quarter in each square.
8. In a small bowl, mix together 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Spoon equal amounts of mixture in each square.
9. Gather three corners of dumpling together and pinch together. Put all four in the baking dish an inch apart.
10. Combine hot water, the remaining brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of butter, melted. Stir and pour over the dumplings in the pan.
11. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
12. Spoon more syrup over the top, and serve warm.
Vegi: Crispy Potato Bake
Ingredients:
6 russet potatoes, thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
2 Tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 teaspoons rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
¼ cup real bacon bits
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Use a mandolin or sharp knife to make thin, equal slices of your potatoes and onions – about 1/8″ thick is ideal.
Grease a round casserole dish.
Use a spiral pattern , arrange the sliced potatoes in your baking dish.
Insert the sliced onions an equal distance apart amongst the sliced potatoes.
Place the butter in a microwave-safe dish and microwave for 330 seconds until completely melted. Stir in the olive oil and then pour the mixture over the casserole.
Sprinkle on your seasoning and bacon bits.
Cover with tinfoil and bake for 45 minutes.
Remove the tinfoil and continue baking for 15 minutes to crisp up the potatoes and bacon.
Preheat oven to 425°. Line pie plate with one pie crust and set aside. Pour lemon juice over diced apples and stir to prevent browning.
In a medium saucepan, bring cranberries, one cup of apples, sugar, water, and pie spice to a boil over medium heat. Then lower heat and simmer 10-15 minutes.
Remove from heat and add remaining apples. Let filling cool while preparing the crust.
Lay second pie crust on working area. Using a picture reference and a knife, free hand the Poison Apple face to the pie crust. Paint the crust with egg wash.
Turn pie filling into pastry lines pie plate and then carefully place crust on top. Fold and pinch pie crusts together. Cover edges with aluminum foil or pie crust protector shield.
Bake for 30 minutes, remove crust shield and bake for additional 15 minutes.
Drink: Evil Queen’s Punch
Ingredients:
2 envelopes lemon-lime Kool-Aid
10 cups water
2 cups sugar
46 ounce can of pineapple juice
1 quart lime sherbet
2 liters lemon-lime soda
Instructions:
Combine the Kool-Aid, sugar, water, and pineapple juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
When ready to serve, scoop lime sherbet into a punch bowl.
Pour the kool-aid and juice combo over the Sherbet. Follow this up with lemon-lime soda.
Haystacks (10 oz.Chow Mein noodles mixed with melted 1 cup chocolate and 1 cups butterscotch chips)
Activities:
Wooden Farm
Farm Puzzles
Stickers
Beanie Baby Farm Animals
Farm Sensory Tub
Farm Animal Movement Cards
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Barn Number Match
Paper Plate Tractor
Sorting Farm Foods
Farm Sensory TubFarm Sensory TubFarm PuzzleFarm PuzzlesFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmWooden FarmFarm Animal Beanie BabiesPaper Plate TractorPaper Plate TractorBarn Number MatchBarn Number MatchSorting Farm Foods
Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a fun movie for her, the Dwarfs are her favorite. Who’s the fairest of them all?
Snow White is trusting of everyone and can see the good in anyone. She moves into the cottage believing that whoever lives in the house will let her live with them. She also trusts that the old witch is a kind old lady too, and kindly helps her.
Storm is also very friendly and trusting of everyone. She will wave at everyone while we are out and about. And she willing goes to family members that she barely knows when we are at family functions.
We took these picture in our back yard again this year. She wore a Snow White dress that a friend had given to her. Her shoes are the red sparkle flats and her red earrings are from a multi color pack. The red bow in her hair came from a colorful pack of bow that I had bought when she was a baby as well. This oval gold mirror I also found at a resale store several years ago.
Isaiah 1:18 “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson”
Below she is Snow White 1 year apart in each photo…
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Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is fun because of the 3 good fairies. They make the movie fun, and Storm likes to rewatch their songs.
Princess Aurora is full of the grace and beauty that the fairies blessed her with. She also loves her aunts and desires to have a romantic love as well. She unknowingly meets the prince and falls in love with him. In the end it is his kiss that breaks the spell of her deep sleep.
Storm doesn’t red, let alone sleep. She is awake for hours in the middle of each night, and can go go go all day long. She is definitely learning what love is and tries to give us toddler kisses often.
We went to our local Rose Garden to take her pictures again this year. She wanted to touch all of the roses, but we were at a public rose garden so I tried to keep her from grabbing them. One of the gardeners cut a rose just for her to match her dress and brought it over to give to her.
We bought her this new Sleeping Beauty dress on Amazon, and we love it. It came with a crown and necklace too. I curled her hair before we left the house, and it was gorgeous. Lastly we put in the gold and pink earrings that I had bought a few years ago for these photoshoots. Then she just held the single red rose too.
Psalm 4:8 “In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety”.
Below she is Sleeping Beauty 1 year apart in each photo…
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I tried my very best to give her a zigzag lightning bolt part in her pigtails! She is also wearing her lightning bolt earrings that we got for our X-Men Family Halloween Dress up.
Storm Decorations
I used pool noodles to make a rainbow. White pom-poms for the clouds, then I cut out lightning bolts for the clouds. A cloud table cloth for the background. Then I used a black umbrella with paper rain drops hung with fishing wire.
I used the “Xavier’s School” that I made for our X-men Family dress up last Halloween. Then I printed out X-Men Storm posters and made some “X” symbols with paper.
Crepe paper rainbow with white pom pom clouds. I put in the extra lightning bolts and rain drops that I had.
Cloud and lightning bold balloons.
TWO nado… I hung gray crepe paper from the ceiling fan and then turned it on medium.
Storm Food
We had lots of Storm themed foods!
We had “Rain Water”, “Mini Marshmallow Hailstones”, “Nacho Bugle Tornados”, “Cheetos Lightning Bolts”, and “Cotton Candy Sunset Clouds”!
Rainbow Flavored Drinks
Fruit dip is made with cream cheese and marshmallow cream.
Pizza is made with pepperoni, olives, and cheddar to create and “X” symbol.
Storm Cake
I followed the directions on the white cake box then covered it in my buttercream and then marshmallow fondant. Last I used black buttercream to spell her name and make cracks with the lightning bolt.
Buttercream Icing
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)
Directions:
Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
Ingredients:
16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
3 TBSP water
2 lbs Powdered Sugar (4 cups)
Crisco
Directions:
Grease a large glass bowl with Crisco.
Pour in the marshmallows and water; then microwave at 30- second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Place the rest of the powdered sugar in a large bowl of a standing mixer.
Grease the paddle attachment with Crisco and pour in the melted marshmallows on top of the powdered sugar.
Beat until a dough form; there will be a lot of loose bits and sugar in the bottom of the bowl.
Grease a clean work surface with Crisco and dump out the fondant and all the loose bits. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and knead the mixture together, just like kneading bread, for about 5 minutes until smooth.
Grease hands again as needed. As the fondant becomes smoother, use the reserved powdered sugar to coat the surface to keep it from sticking.
Once smooth, you can divide and color the fondant. While working with one piece, cover the remaining fondant with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
When you have your colors finished coat the fondant in a light layer or Crisco; wrap in plastic wrap and place in a large baggie for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Store at room temperature for several months. To us it, dust the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out to 1/8 of an inch.
