פורים שמח!

Happy Purim!  Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates a time when the Jews of Persia were saved from a plot to exterminate them.  The story is described in the Book of Esther which is read on the holiday.  It is a celebration filled with food, merriment, costumes, and the sending out of gifts.  My Sweet Eddie and I had our own little Purim celebration. We ate lots of cookies, as we do.

Esther 

Our beautiful Queen to the Persian King, Esther informed him of the plot against the Jews and persuaded him to spare them.
Thanks to Art by Dena for the inspiration

A crown for the Queen

Masks for the party

 Grager

Noisemakers are used to drawn out the name of the villain Haman (Boo!)

Hamantaschen 

Triangular filled cookies are a traditional part of the celebration.

We made some filled with lemon curd and chocolate.

What is a party without a clown juggling cookies. I think he is cute while Eddie says creepy. :-/

And what do you do when your super hot husband realizes he is a master Challah bread baker? 

You have him make you some every week and you take lots of photos. :)

Bread by Ed is amazing!

Happy Purim!

Happy Birthday, Mom

My Mom shares a birthday with Elvis, David Bowie, Stephen Hawkins and many other lovely people.  It is a special day and she is a special lady. She has a lot to celebrate this year with the arrival of two grandbabies! She is over the moon with happiness and has fallen perfectly into her role as Bubby. 

To wish my mom a happy birthday, I made her some cupcakes and a fun little assortment of cookies that represent some things about her and what she likes.

Sweets for my Sweet Mom

 Happy Birthday, Barbie! You are so beautiful and bright.

You are a lover of bacon, you could eat it day and night.

You have a little bird named Monty, who sings his song for you

And you are the best Bubby to not just one baby, but two!

So enjoy a birthday cupcake! It's a chocolate covered cherry treat.

Happy Happy Birthday, Mom, you are so loving, kind, and sweet!

Baby, it's cold outside!

Even as the polar vortex winds its way back north, it is still in the single digit temperatures in these parts. It is winter in New England! When venturing outside, every inch of skin must be covered. I have a large puffy coat that we call big blue. I look like Violet Beauregarde, but it keeps me toasty. The frigid temps keep us inside mostly, but we have a nice view of snow piles in our parking lot, an abundance of fancy hot chocolate, and a new on demand movie channel to catch up on all the films we meant to watch.  It is freezing outside but happy and warm in our home. A good way to keep our house warm is to constantly make cookies, which I am always up for. I am especially happy to make cookies for one of my first and dearest work friends as he, his wife, and their daughter welcome their new little one at the end of the month. Congratulations to the Lesser Family! I can't wait to meet their snow baby!

The baby's gender will be revealed when he/she is born, so I used the crisp, gender neutral colors of winter for these sweet baby shower cookies.

Skiing Snowmen Onesies

 Happy Snowman Face Onesies

 Snowflake Onesies

Baby Bibs

 Baby Rattles

 Tiny Baby Carriages

Tiny Baby Onesies

Baby Bottle

 Snowflake Babies 

(Creepy or Sweet, I am still not sure)

 And some  Happy Snowmen for this joyous occasion

A sweet, happy, loving family is about to get a little sweeter. 

Stay warm, give more hugs. :)

Happy Halloween!

The day has arrived, we made it! It is the big night in Salem. Thousands of people will descend on our fair city to fill the streets with costumes, reverie, and excitement . It really is quite the event.  Sweet Eddie and I have our costumes ready and we can't wait!

Welcome to the Witch City!

The Witches are ready to cast a spell

And Candy Corn is happy, can't you tell?

The Spiders in their webs are starting to crawl

While the Mummy is there to creep on us all.

The Pumpkin is carved and out on display

And the Bat is in flight and eager to play.

The moon glows brightly over a spooky tree

And Zombies are hungry to eat you and me!

As the Ghosties float by so tranquil and serene,

 I wish you all a truly Happy Halloween!