My old blog TheMommyTimes.com has been reborn as www.PagingSupermom.com. The inspiration for the change from “The Mommy Times” came as I discovered that I have this sort of Supermom ideal that I seem to measure myself against. (Probably not the healthiest habit, I know.) Something will happen, and it will make me feel like a Supermom, and then something else will happen and it will definitely NOT be one of my “Supermom Moments.”
As I was explaining all this to my friend Aimee, she thought this idea of “Supermom Moments” would be a fun theme for a blog. She has agreed to help me out and between the two of us we’ll be posting daily our musings on motherhood, photos from parties and other crafty undertakings. Be sure to check it out, and please help me spread the word!
Today I fell in love at first site. In love with this beautiful series of paintings focusing on women doing various domestic chores. I love all the details and especially the gorgeous vintage-style clothes that somehow seem to drip with glamor even though she’s sweeping?! It’s the kind of modest-yet-sexy clothes you only dream of finding nowadays. Although I have also recently stumbled upon this fun new line of dresses, but I digress.
In honor of domestication, I want to share my favorite (and of course easy!) pie recipe with you all.
Cloud-9 Pie
For the Crust:
1 package graham crackers
1/4 cup margarine
1/2 cup sugar
Crush up the graham crackers in a food processor then add the other ingredients. Mix well and then press into pie pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes. Or take the easy way out (I usually do!) and buy a pre-made graham cracker crust.
For the Filling:
1/2 pint whipping cream
8oz package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1-1/2 teaspoons natural vanilla
Whip the cream until it starts to form soft peaks. Add the remaining ingredients while continuing to mix. Mix well then fill into pie crust. Generally there is enough filling to make two flat-top pies or one fuller pie.
Refrigerate for a couple hours until set. Serve with blueberry, cherry or raspberry topping. Even a drizzle of chocolate syrup or just enjoy it with nothing else at all. Whichever way, this light, fluffy and heavenly pie will be gone in minutes. Enjoy!
I thought I was all caught up with our photos, but then I realized that I’d missed the photos from the month of April — all 1000+ of them. So I started going through them, deleting/editing, and I got all but our trip to California/Disneyland done. (yay!)
There was some super fun things, and since these are so far past I’m not sure if they’d show in the sidebar so here’s a little recap:
Piper’s Birthday & Easter Egg Dying. Piper’s birthday was the day before Easter this year so we combined her party with our egg dying festivities. Luckily she’s really into Hannah Montana so we did a farmer theme that tied right in with the egg dying. We had a great time!
Easter 2010. Easter was so much fun this year. It was also General Conference Sunday so we had Monkey Bread too! We also had two egg hunts — one in the morning and then a big hunt in the afternoon with the cousins.
Karaoke Dance Party. After Dana’s Surprise Baby Shower we had a sort of impromptu Karaoke Party. It was a blast! I think these pics of the girls all dressed up are my favorite in a while!
We hosted a “Movie Night Under the Stars” and showed one of my old favorites Charade, starring Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant. We used a projector to show the movie on our makeshift screen — a white sheet held onto the block wall with bricks.
Our lovely concession stand stocked with lots of old-fashioned, movie theater favorites.
We even had authentic paper straws thanks to my friend Aimee!
I think Junior Mints were the crowd favorite.
Our big screen.
The party favors — stamps. If you’ve seen the movie this will make perfect sense. If not, you really should see it. By far my favorite Hepburn film.
I woke up one morning to the girls joyfully squealing about a butterfly Daddy had caught. Heath brought it into our bedroom and it fluttered around our bed. Piper was brave enough to hold it although Attalie was sure to keep her distance. It was a really fun experience, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a butterfly quite so up close and personal. I’m glad I was able to capture this.
I just realized that I’d forgotten to make “public” all the photos from the baby shower I threw for Dana. It was a transportation them and a total surprise to Dana — we got her good! She thought we were having a small belated birthday party for Ryan. My friend Aimee and I went all out and it turned out fabulous. You’ve gotta check out all the pics here, and then these are a few of my favorites:
I borrowed the “Bump” sign from a local company.
Traffic cone luminaries.
We had road signs everywhere…
…yes, even in the bathroom!
Traffic Light Flair buttons were the fun party favors!
