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Girl-time has become such a precious part of my daughter's and my life. We have so many "just us" things we do . . . reading Tinkerbell novels, sipping
fraps, sweet night and morning cuddles, and
baking together. So, for Christmas I had an idea to find a sweet, personalized apron that she could wear when we do the baking thing.
I was so excited about finding this
CUTE apron, with the help of a
facebook friend. My mother's heart just
gushed. I ordered it and even found some
girly sprinkles and
dainty muffin cups to add to complete the gift.
I kind of had the feeling, though, that Shiloh might not be as thrilled about it as I was ~ at least not at first.
And . . . I was right.
Yep, Christmas morning after she opened the apron, she gave me that this-isn't-what-I-really-wanted look. I was prepared, so my feelings weren't hurt too much. I knew it would be a gift she'd grow to love. Toys may bring immediate, short-lived joy, but this apron would symbolize so much more and many memories would be made while wearing it!
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Okay, I think the face has changed just a tad!! Here is my HAPPY girl all decked out in her new, unstained apron ready to bake her heart out! See, sweet girl. Mama knew. :)
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Homemade chocolate cupcakes ~ YUM!
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Frosting and sprinkling means closer to EATING one!! But they're too pretty to eat!
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Squeezing and piping is HARDER than it looks, huh? Mama helped with that part.
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Darling little morsels on a special princess plate ~ just beautiful!!
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Just some added touches to make them even more special. ;)
Too, too fun. Love me some girl-time!!!!
1 comment:
I dropped by from the crew and ended up on this post. I gave a similar gift to my niece for Christmas this year. She loved it. :)
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Karen @ http://fruitofhands.blogspot.com/
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