Merry Christmas!

Knock, Knock

Who's there?

Owls.

Owls who?

That's right - Owls Hooo!

Thanksgiving At Sea World

That's right.  Sea World is a GREAT place to spend Thanksgiving in Texas!

Coincidentally, it is also a great place to lose a tooth!

Toothless! {-One Tooth Less-}

Check out the little cheerleader.

 Our Hotel Was FaBuLoUs.

 Here they are waiting for the shuttle service to take us to the park!

 Feeding The Dolphins.

 Feeding The Lorikeets.

 

We got to see ALL the shows.

 

THIS one was Ambree's FAVORITE!  (She was mesmerized.)

Watching the shows with their new special toys.

 Aquariums.

Shamu Ride

Can you believe Caden wanted to do this?!

Much to my SURPRISE, this part was BACKWARDS!

SO SCARY - BUT SOOOO STINKIN' FUN!

I'm sad this picture is blurry.

Ambree enjoyed her popcorn while we took turns riding the 'Journey To Atlantis'.

 

 NEEDLESS TO SAY - WE HAD A BLAST!

I didn't want to leave, and I can't wait to go back ;)

Sugar and Spice...

...and everything nice!

One of the BEST things about having my girl is that she has beautiful hair I get to experiment on:

Also - she likes to help me with laundry.  (And you didn't think Texas had mountains...)

Stinkers

  My little stinkers keep me quite entertained.

 Look at this beautiful face with my lipstick cleverly smeared all over it.

 HERE - She has Diaper Rash Cream on her face.  She's such a hoot.  Any time she finds lotion, creams, make-up, etc, she has to put it all over her face.  And it always happens in a matter of SECONDS... usually just when it gets eerily quiet around here...

Oh so cute.

But have no fear, my little hero side-kick is here!  Protecting our home and family from all the evils in the world is serious business!  Just look at that face so full of focus and sincerity!

And - He Is SUCH a Handsome Little BOY! I LOVE HIM!

I don't remember if I already added this picture somewhere... but when I asked this crazy little boy what he wanted to eat, he replied, "A LITTLE GIRL."  Boy was he surprised when that was exactly what he got.

 Can you see why I adore her so much??

I could spend all day just looking at their pictures and never get bored, but alas - back to REALITY!

My Kinda Heaven

 CREAM PUFFS ~ A.K.A. Little Puffs Of Heaven!

Yep, I made cream puffs and they are quite possibly the best things in the entire world!

 (Thank you Brianne M. B. for the recipe and suggestion.)  

It was pretty easy and SCRUMP-didily-yum-TIOUS!

1 c. water
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 c. flour
4 eggs

Heat water and butter to rolling boil in sauce pan. Stir in flour all at once. Stir vigorously over low heat until the mixture leaves the pan and forms into a ball. Remove from heat. Beat eggs in one at a time. Beat mixture until smooth and velvety. Shape into 12 fingers 4" long and 1" wide. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or so until golden brown. Cool.

Filling:
1 large package vanilla instant pudding
1 package Dream Whip

Prepare pudding and Dream Whip as directed. Fold Dream Whip into pudding. Carefully cut off the tops of the pastry and remove the soft centers. Fill with pudding and replace tops. Frost with chocolate frosting. 

{*Note - I used Lemon Pudding and no Dream Whip for the filling and they were still fabulous.}