This weekend Liz and Ella were in town for Annabelle & Halle’s birthday party. Friday night Halle and Nikki came over for dinner and some quality hangout time. The girls also tried on their aprons I made them. Ella got a kitchen for Christmas, and both Halle & Annabelle got kitchens for their birthdays, so they all needed aprons A picture of Halle’s is coming soon.

I’m considering making a few more and putting them up on my new Etsy account (thanks for the encouragement Keri) I’ll be sure to post here when and if I make any to sell

Friday night / Saturday morning we made these. They were soooo good! We ended up making the dough and rolling the rolls Friday night, then refrigerating them overnight. Saturday we took them out and let them warm up and rise for an hour before baking them. The only changes we made to the recipe was to double the vanilla in the frosting, and baked at 350 for almost 45 minutes (might have been a little too long).

Saturday was party day. We were up bright and early enjoying our cinnabuns Ella had a blast on the playground, going down the slides. What’s really cool is that apparently when you reserve the pavillion at this park, they include free skate rental, and they have an outdoor skating rink! It was pretty neat to get a bunch of the adults in old school skates. I actually did it, and after about 8 times around, I realized how old and out of shape I was, my back was killing me from trying to keep my balance The party was a big success and you can check out some pictures here.

This morning we got Ella into the studio for a few shots before Liz and Ella headed home. I just had to share one of my favorites.