Adoption Day!

This past Thursday was Adoption Day!  If you remember, my son married his sweetheart who has a little girl.  My son had plans of adopting her, and the process is finally completed! 

We didn't need a piece of paper to make her "ours" but my son is officially the Daddy of this beautiful 2 year old. 

He is such an awesome Daddy!

Oh, how they adore each other!

And we do too!

We had a fun "Adoption Day" party at the park afterwards...

with pink cupcakes, no less! 

We just wish Pa could have been at the celebration too!

What a great day!

Blessings from a Blessed Gramma,

PINK Saturday!

Last week was my first pink post in quite sometime.  Oh how I've missed you all and your super fun pink posts!  Life's just been a bit busy!  Anyway, I was a little late to the party though, and only had a couple of visitors.  Since so many didn't get to visit last week's pink post, I'm going to share it again because it was such a FUN one!  So click the pink link below to go there. 

ENJOY!

Pretty Pink Tea Party

My sweet little granddaughter LOVES the princesses, so two of their friends bought her the same precious princess tea party sets!  So, they decided to keep one at their home, and bring one to our house.  That way she can enjoy tea parties with Gramma and Pa with her special princesses too!

This set is the cutest thing!  

The pretty princesses adorn this sweet baby pink, hot pink, pearl, and baby blue tea set.  I tell ya, it is TOO cute!

Well, I've seen the Elf on the Shelf wreak havoc in people's homes over the Christmas holiday, but little did I know that the princesses were going to throw a party in Kennedy's room here at Gramma and Pa's!

Take a look who was in attendance!

The Storybook Dolls arrived together.

They were in their prettiest dresses and finest hats!

Bella Rose was looking oh-so-fabulous!

The two velvet bunnies were so thrilled to be invited!

Even Maggie got in on the fun....hey...why didn't she let me in on the secret???  I LOVE parties!!!

AND the honored guest, Minnie Mouse!!!  She even announced her courtship with none other than that lovable purple dinosaur himself...

BARNEY!  However he didn't stay for the party.

Everyone ate...

and sipped tea, and had a GREAT time!

Now this is when I came in to discover the party in progress!

Hmmm...What exactly did those princesses put in the tea???  LOL

Happy Pink Saturday everyone.  I'm a bit late to the party, but I am proud to be back with you ladies!  Don't forget to go visit more pink posts at Beverly's!

Pink Saturday Blessings!

Waving from Our Back Porch,

It's A Slumber Party!

Phyllis from For The Love of Vintage is celebrating her birthday with a slumber party.  I LOVED slumber parties as a child!  Our group of girlies would each take a turn to have us all over.  We giggled, ate, told ghost stories, ate, talked about boys, ate, played games, ate...you get the picture.  I have such fond memories of each of these sweet childhood friends, their homes, and families!

That is why I was so tickled when Phyllis invited us to her slumber party.  She asked to see all of our vintage sleepwear, quilts, vintage linens, and such.  So here we go...

Here are some of my quilts in my antique pie safe.  I just love quilts, and admire the work, love, and time that goes into each one.  Not to mention how comfy cozy they are on a cold night, or when you're feeling under the weather!

Here is a quilt with my sweet dolly, Dottie.  She isn't vintage, but vintage-inspired instead.  None-the-less, she is a sweet lil friend!

These are my favorite vintage pillowcases.  You know how I love birds, so when I saw these, I squealed and snatched them right up.  I feel a pillow fight coming on!!

These are baby blankets that belonged to my hubby and our babies.  I hope to have grandbabies some day that will get to use them as well.  

At bedtime, we all need something to cuddle, boys and girls alike.  This is one of my childhood babydolls.  She is wearing my hubby's baby bonnet and outfit, and my baby shoes.  I was a good mommy to this little one. 

This is my dolly again with my baby rattle and bunny.  Yep, I loved bunnies back then too!  :)

The puppy on the left belongs to my hubby.  The one on the right is our oldest son's "BarkBark".  

This is the original Barney from "Barney and The Backyard Gang" videos, which starred Sandy Duncan.  This Barney belongs to our youngest son from back in the 80's.  We took Barney to bed each night, and everywhere else!

You gotta have some games at a slumber party.  We always loved to play Charades, Twister, and Truth-or-Dare.  This vintage game belonged to my hubby's parents.  It is the original Password.  

Hey, have a seat on the bed.  Let me style your hair with my pink sponge rollers!

You have to have some goodies at the party.  Popcorn is a must but you need something sweet too.  This is potato candy.  Yes, it is made from potato!  Trust me, it is gooooood!!  And easy.  

*Choose a very small potato and bake.

*Peel and smash in a bowl.

*Start adding powdered sugar, and knead.  It will be reaaallllyyy juicy at first!!

*Keep adding powered sugar and kneading until you have a soft dough.

*Place on powdered sugar dusted wax paper.  Roll out with rolling pin until about 1/8" inch thick (I'm guessing here).  

*Spread peanut butter over the dough until covered.  

*Begin to roll in a jellyroll fashion.  

*I usually trim the ends off as they are ugly (lol)  Then cut in  1/2" slices.

*Serve and Enjoy!!

Well, I hope you enjoyed my goodies that I had to share for the Slumber Party.

Happy Birthday Phyllis!  I hope you enjoyed the Slumber Party.  I know I sure did!!

Be sure to stop by Phyllis' blog and check out everyone else that came to the Slumber Party!

Back Porch Blessings,

Rebecca