SPRINGposyShoozee

My friend Beth asked me to create a feminine sweet lil shozee for her cousin's new lil girl Sooo here is what I came up with hope you like it.

MASSA

S. Miguel (Sao Miguel), known as "The Green Island", is the largest and most populated island of the Azores as well as the home to the Presidency of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. S. Miguel island has a surface area of approximately 293 square miles (759 km2). S. Miguel's population is around 150.000 inhabitants. so essentially it fits into NEW YORK CITY TWICE

this Island was home to my parents and all their parents and so forth .......

it is amazing to me that this little island in the middle of the Atlantic has so much influence on how I live my holidays and in my cooking style MOST ordinary days.

Living in Colorado has been So wonderful and even though BOSTON calls to me in my dreams usually in the form of a loud Red socks fan Or a Giant cup of frozen Dells lemonade
it is always whispering in a thick south shore accent "Ahhh Come Awwn AwReady don'tCha wanna come home huh Huh?"

and I feel a bit of sadness. But If being away means being around the Rocky mountains ??? Then I am AwwwRIGHT Fah Now!

BUT the challenge here has been BAKING!! ahhh yes they do scare the tar out of though when you move here..."oh you gotta get use to things Never turning out right ...never rising etc......."

so your scared from the get go of how the heck you are going to make all your sea level yummies work UP HERE!!!!!! up in the clouds....the highest peaks the sky!!

AT GODS FEET!!!!! HOW WILL YOU MAKE BROWNIES WITH GODS TOES IN YOUR WAY!!!!!!!!!!

Geesh, its enough to make you pack it all in and head to safeway and NEVER think of even opening your oven unless your heating a frozen pizza or something....

SOOO baking Portuguese Easter Bread was a pipe dream it was just another page in my cookbook of my moms handed down recipes that would sit and wait till the day ....Well I move away OR they dig a tunnel underground Denver where weary moms who miss baking can sneak off to and bake.

I TOOK THAT ALTITUDE CHALLENGE!!!!

and by GOD I WON!!!!!!!!!

I carefully read the recipe prepared my ingredients and started at 9AM sharp! Saturday morning....And watched as they rose, and watched as they baked and there they were in all there sweet bread Goodness!!!! rising rising rising!!!!!!

Easter significance???? Coincidence??? I think NOT !!!

I feel very proud and terribly happy! from Azores to the US to my home in Highlands Ranch Colorado.....tradition lives on !!!

GOODgreatamazingsuperduperFriDAY

Good Friday....................REALLY .......GOOD????

I think its greatly understated...

AWESOME ....AMAZING........spectacular.......SUPER DUPER over the TOP......FRIDAY

yes much better.....

Portuguese traditions are so orthodox .....my dad came home from work at 12 noon so he could pray and he would fast at lunch and go to services at 3 pm

mom would too but she was not as devout as my father. later when I got older he would ask if I would refrain from wearing make up on Good friday I always did to make him happy and be respectful.

Easter WAS such an important holiday at our home, It was much more solenm then Christmas but much more important as a family to observe I STILL try very hard to
apply the traditions as best as I can.

tasty fish Dinner on friday, Prayers of meditation with family. and ready ourselves for Holy Saturday I am attempting to bake PORTUGUESE EASTER BREAD this year MASSA
attempting because I live at 6000 ft and its hard to bake sometimes at this altitude.

so I am praying for a good dough !!!

we'll see tomarrow !!!! and I will post photos!

today we painted eggs !! always fun !

and pretty

PintSizeDIVA

My gift to Izzy for her Big 6 was a day at the new lil girls spa SWEET AND SASSY

what a time we had it was worth spending a lil bit on my lil gal! she had a great HANNAH MONTANA time !!! everything in theplace has some kind of sparkle or glitter or jewel!!!! sequins, ribbons shiney happy gals all getting pretty!!! AS A PISCES I MUST TELL YOU THIS FISH WAS IN HEAVEN !!!!! SPARKLES EVERYWHERE!!!




she got her ears peirced as well ....very brave about 5 tears rolled down her lil cheeks .

she looks so sweet!


we headed to Barnes and Noble to look at books and have a snack ! what a great day

AndTHENsHeWAS6

well Izabel is 6 ...I was really Good,no crying no lamenting .I kept a stiff lip and made it through all the wonderful pink fluffy fun with grace and smiles....what a party it was pink and fluffy fizzy and Fun!! and mostly FANCY!!!!!



I made my famous Chicken salad sandwiches,ham sandwiches,strawberry rice chrispy treats and the cartoonish pink cake that was fudge and strawberry layers!!




the weather did a weird turn days prior snow , sleet and rain ....so hunting for eggs the day of the fancy party was NOT in the cards BUT hubby did good !! he hid them well in the basement all around the bar and play room the kids ran down the stairs and went bounding to fetch hand fulls of colored plastic eggs filled with goodies!





Happy Birthday to you!!!

BooBoo

oh I hate it when little boo boo's happen

they are so senceless.....

I read somewhere they are a warning , that your mind is not in the "NOW" and I must say I believe it.

I was wondering what I could use a soup can for ...

yes you read right....soup can .

only problem is it was one with a pull top...NOT one I used my handy dandy can opener that does not cut but actually Presses the lid open ...so I am a bit spoiled by saftey as it were.....

I held this can with my thumb and pointer and SLASHHHHHHHHH it slices my pointer finger right on the pad. Arghhhhhhhh!!!

funny thing is I found out the hard way THIS CAN would not be used for anything else except a filler for my rubbish can.........

well the week of preperation continues

yoga felt very good today........... I am so knotted up I feel like a tree root .

Izabel joined in today ...she really enjoys getting on the floor and stretching....the cat pose is her favorite.


she is so excited about her big day on saturday. I hope the weather is kind to us.

BUSYWEEK

Busy week.....my little girl turns 6 on saturday and ohhhh the fancy Party we have planned!! I really must admit its what I live for , ...my children are such a treat! I love them so much ! and Izabel is a ball of energy she never stops asking questions curious gal!

So this years Birthday's theme is FANCY NANCY!!

Fancy Nancy is a cute little irl who LOVES ALL THINGS FANCY!!! Izzy found the book at her school library and has taken out all they had which is 2 !!!
BUT they are enough to create FANCY thought in a little girls mind!

I LOVE the books and little nancy !

We oppted for a fancy color theme of muticolored pink Peony cake plates and bright Yellow lunch plates! pictures to come , tonight I am busy researching my next projects and taking some much needed me time.

I will be busy taking her Birthday pics tomorrow, but tonight I did finish her purse
for birthday and Easter services.