Arizona is absolutely where I should be this time of year. The earth is radiating heat. You can feel the warmth through your shoes. You can feel the sunshine on your face. The cacti are blooming; the birds are chirping; the rabbits are scurrying; the quail are racing across the street. Oh! And the golf balls are once again missing the fairway and finding their way into our yard.
In honor of the season - and since Lexi and Emma were leaving to spend Spring Break with their Dad - we decided to have a Peeps Party. For days we gathered our supplies: Peeps and more Peeps: yellow, hot pink, light pink, yellow, purple, and blue Peeps. We visited Lowes and gathered our favorite spring-color paint chips. We found speckled jelly beans at Target; push-pop forms at Michael's. We traced and cut and arranged.
Emma created this pretty little centerpiece for our Peeps Party.
Lexi cut the bunny Peeps from paint chips, strung them on a pink ribbon and hung them across the window. Rick got in on the action by helping us get just the right shade of green for the pudding layers in the push pops. He especially enjoyed the chocolate-covered pretzel nests.
Jaclyn joined the fun from St. Louis, by contributing this racecar Peep idea.
Did I mention that I don't like Peeps? But Marisa does! She took home dozens of leftover Peeps. I have it on good authority they're hidden within easy reach in case hunger strikes at midnight. She'll be on a sugar-high for weeks.
So there you have it. Spring and my new blog have arrived. Let's see where they take us.
2 comments:
Congratulations on starting your blog. I hope you will enjoy sharing about the things you love.
Thanks Betsy, I've been a fan of yours for years! Wish you were in AZ following the Arias trial; the talking heads have made such a mess of it!
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