November 3rd is Sandwich Day!

One of the greatest food-related innovations of all-time occurred -- according to legend -- when gambling enthusiast and Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, ordered his roast beef dinner be placed

between two slices of bread in 1762.

Ta-da! The sandwich was born!

Today we "celebrate" National Sandwich Day!

It doesn't matter what kind of sandwich you like...

Chicken Salad, PB & J, Ham & Cheese or even a Chocolate Sandwich!

No question about it, we all love sandwiches!

So today, bring a sample tray of your favorite sandwich

and we'll all celebrate together!

Space is limited, so please only RSVP for yourself.

Also, remember to bring your lil one's sippy cup.

Please list what kind of sandwich you will bring in the comments,

so we don't have duplicates.

Gingerbread Man Playdate

Run, Run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me...

I'm the Gingerbread Man!

The hostess will have the cookies made and ready to be decorated. Just bring a something you would like to add to your cookies. We will have extra for the kids to bring home and leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Some ideas for decorating:

M&M's

Reese pieces

Tube Frosting...PLEASE include the color in yor RSVP.

Red Hots

Wafers(Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry)

Licorice

This will be lots of fun! I hope you can come!

COOKIES FOR SANTA - Decorate Your Own Cookies

Let's decorate cookies for Santa! The hostess will provide the cookies, all you have to do is pick an item below to help with the decorating! All the kids can enjoy a cookie or for their snack and be able to bring home a couple to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. Before and after we can play!

Some ideas for decorating:

M&M's

Reese pieces

Tube Frosting...PLEASE include the color in your RSVP.

Red Hots

Wafers(Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry)

Licorice

Plastic baggies for taking home for Santa

This will be lots of fun! I hope you can come!

If making cookies is something you love to do, then this event is for YOU! You can make them or we can also purchase plain baked sugar cookies from the grocery store for the kids to decorate. 

Please contact our groups organizer to you pick the time and date that works best for your family...as well as how many children you would like to have over.

Hostess's are taken on a first come basis, Thank you in advance for opening your home to us to come and play!  



Lil Chef's baking Rainbow & Tie Dye Cupcakes!

These cupcakes take some time to put together, but they are Well Worth the effort! The more you have set up to go, the easier it is to have fun with your kids while baking.

Step 1:
Get all your ingredients and cookware together
Step 2:
Pre-measure your liquids for easy pouring by your child. I have my girls crack the eggs for me too. A girlfriend of mine has boy twins who is far more brave then I ever planned on being...she had me showing the girls how to crack eggs at 18months. Always have a wet rag nearby to clean up raw eggs on your childs hands or take them directly to the sink for washing.

Step 3:
Although not healthy, I do let my girls lick the beaters. You can squash any fears of salmonella by just using egg whites if you so choose.

Step 4:
Die your cake mix. Although I used White Cake mix, the batter is more of an off white. This does effect how you create vibrant colors. I followed the directions on the box of food coloring and it worked great. I was fearful the cupcakes would have that food dye flavor, but they didn't!


Step 5:
Line your muffin tins with the paper inserts. I decided against it for this batch and I didn't get the rainbow effect on the outside of the cupcake. With the paper inserts you can see the color layers, even the paper you peel off looks cool!

Step 6:
Begin layering your colors in reverse: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red. Keeping in mind you'll have 6 layers, try to keep them as thin as possible. I used a plastic spoon to help spread it out.

Step 7:
Cook as directed on the box. Let fully cool.

Step 8:
Using white cake frosting in separate bowls create as many colors as you'd like to offer your child to decorate with. Or you can use all white to signify a fluffy cloud.

Of course colors is what this is all about so I offered the twins 5 colors!

I cut one in half to show the effect.

For the left over batter I mixed them in the muffin tins to see if I could get a tie dye effect, I think they turned out great!

This is a time consuming baking craft, but I think it was well worth it and we had fun the entire time. Plus if you get bored layering it all, just mix them together and have tie dye cupcakes instead!