After School Special

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember those After School Specials?  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sure do!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, that was all before DVDs and </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">DVRs and Video Games.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We would come home and get a snack </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and watch the weekly After School Special.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, this After School Special is for Miss Beaux.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She comes home starving after school </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and she always makes a snack </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and watches a little TV before homework.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I thought I would plan a special <span style="font-size: large;">treat</span> for her </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a little time together baking afterwards.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She has a huge sweet tooth!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KLTFAufm6C8obRmzT4Kp1QRrtyyCaKDRLJenr6hUxMvmhjCzJ2x3hgsgCM2k_Vkz15yJO7icXLVXHLzReY58ZtWaEKjjGeZcXxQXZu_jYc08xpo5GKxORNu67CJu4-_3tu5LK_OijCE/s1600/IMG_6577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KLTFAufm6C8obRmzT4Kp1QRrtyyCaKDRLJenr6hUxMvmhjCzJ2x3hgsgCM2k_Vkz15yJO7icXLVXHLzReY58ZtWaEKjjGeZcXxQXZu_jYc08xpo5GKxORNu67CJu4-_3tu5LK_OijCE/s640/IMG_6577.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I fixed her up some hot chocolate <span style="font-size: large;">on the kitchen island </span>with </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">whipped cream and sprinkles.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cause everything tastes better with sprinkles right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitN49GTNK1PaCdQZHb9nma_Xei54OoDDrj2NwHRL-ziMpjdz5Q-jvSBv507woLp4c60IjaHIWe9NRjak8iL9HaRjcrjKW3ssSMuXRTidlm4NJztHI3z9BQSxPRvW8Xj1zTIucdhXnIx_g/s1600/IMG_6589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitN49GTNK1PaCdQZHb9nma_Xei54OoDDrj2NwHRL-ziMpjdz5Q-jvSBv507woLp4c60IjaHIWe9NRjak8iL9HaRjcrjKW3ssSMuXRTidlm4NJztHI3z9BQSxPRvW8Xj1zTIucdhXnIx_g/s640/IMG_6589.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found these cute snowman <span style="font-size: large;">mugs</span> last year </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">after Christmas for next to nothing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PgFCkmSZpM2ZozhaTVPRYD6X693wo6jwZy1knUi5NzmsYDxNdViU8RgWmV4mUAfLKB8dfUFGoV-_vwZDETNY9814H813eelhxUxA7O8xKMVuJSElGtXjT12Y4MLh8nDz_sfC3T80NSQ/s1600/IMG_6579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PgFCkmSZpM2ZozhaTVPRYD6X693wo6jwZy1knUi5NzmsYDxNdViU8RgWmV4mUAfLKB8dfUFGoV-_vwZDETNY9814H813eelhxUxA7O8xKMVuJSElGtXjT12Y4MLh8nDz_sfC3T80NSQ/s640/IMG_6579.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bright colorful Christmas plates </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with black and white checked napkins are so cheery.</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGMJZji50vl9Re425fMMUWwgUqPW1MkvqN2_hVG6xTidfoeukzrvdlTiDNTC2q7GwqkIPaTV3lpl9YZkmmHKKz7079ATHNc_soDB0g46BV31NXZAI0E1OAAbo0Pv3KGTyBCZCrbSeWsc/s1600/IMG_6591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGMJZji50vl9Re425fMMUWwgUqPW1MkvqN2_hVG6xTidfoeukzrvdlTiDNTC2q7GwqkIPaTV3lpl9YZkmmHKKz7079ATHNc_soDB0g46BV31NXZAI0E1OAAbo0Pv3KGTyBCZCrbSeWsc/s640/IMG_6591.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The place setting <span style="font-size: large;">rests on these adorable red snowflake placemats from P<span style="font-size: large;">ier 1<span style="font-size: large;">.  </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were so cute and inexpensi<span style="font-size: large;">ve </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">that they had to come home with me!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuB2KP9J4sFP6jQCxUweXCvF762wkYC1CqU_GiamJt1kOo6C-VSni6S0kTG9W_PbtUDFbBq9EygrL2tewVXr3TS78Xl8MCoAWJuNCCQnzSxc7-a8OFm-KE5HS_IEY6gKPzx2xfJc4bjk/s1600/IMG_6578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuB2KP9J4sFP6jQCxUweXCvF762wkYC1CqU_GiamJt1kOo6C-VSni6S0kTG9W_PbtUDFbBq9EygrL2tewVXr3TS78Xl8MCoAWJuNCCQnzSxc7-a8OFm-KE5HS_IEY6gKPzx2xfJc4bjk/s640/IMG_6578.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I tied up the clear resin silverware with red and white striped </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ribbon and a cute jingle bell.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpWMponkqGHHLHBVfB1oQ59hf7aZXhQgkSbXALoAbtdC-PMMC7_alxvIKOAUL3TYZ4oia7Ohd6S053z6Zi33L2f-18gccqot_3VpwUPpqFfQ3AkiFeFkY64JclI8aUgrG71ktsX4iTaY/s1600/IMG_6586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpWMponkqGHHLHBVfB1oQ59hf7aZXhQgkSbXALoAbtdC-PMMC7_alxvIKOAUL3TYZ4oia7Ohd6S053z6Zi33L2f-18gccqot_3VpwUPpqFfQ3AkiFeFkY64JclI8aUgrG71ktsX4iTaY/s640/IMG_6586.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A cookie cutter is used as a napkin ring for the black and white checked napkins.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlPpcleClAB30oN-z-URGd9vh4rxhLhtzCgo53Rb1mIoNy3J4rehIxSL5uiKGiiYgZ-OOXbTGxaaznCgD76GjrSy0rjYPCDYGGhhTAypLtvk5Syn0ci7g6vRnhiYp_ARYD20rTJCsTWA/s1600/IMG_6587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlPpcleClAB30oN-z-URGd9vh4rxhLhtzCgo53Rb1mIoNy3J4rehIxSL5uiKGiiYgZ-OOXbTGxaaznCgD76GjrSy0rjYPCDYGGhhTAypLtvk5Syn0ci7g6vRnhiYp_ARYD20rTJCsTWA/s640/IMG_6587.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A hint of the activities to come.</span></span></i></span>  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvDTCl8qDUn6549oki0YwqMDSqQvmBewxOu9Tfxwk5FkPcez0nX504l4DY2TAW3LNvz5FK7VnxeBcaaHhd74WTPBugzayfREbIdX3V-0LXkRh63Aan-3CfzOKfvFNNvJpPsybL0ua7WU/s1600/IMG_6585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvDTCl8qDUn6549oki0YwqMDSqQvmBewxOu9Tfxwk5FkPcez0nX504l4DY2TAW3LNvz5FK7VnxeBcaaHhd74WTPBugzayfREbIdX3V-0LXkRh63Aan-3CfzOKfvFNNvJpPsybL0ua7WU/s640/IMG_6585.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Holiday cookie cutters lay waiting in my </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crate and Barrel mixing bowls.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5CNgtfJ0gGr1u7IWHgMksqYur2E4YgdSkcuNvpJXeW1kEZnTH7clHoP0JAbRRF5rOya-YzsCRE0CmhK6nf0qe6_G0OQb_n7OPPNDoEiPmJZlmk47nJTn9fYWRbkxu6bsSyMOXHqZD8g/s1600/IMG_6584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5CNgtfJ0gGr1u7IWHgMksqYur2E4YgdSkcuNvpJXeW1kEZnTH7clHoP0JAbRRF5rOya-YzsCRE0CmhK6nf0qe6_G0OQb_n7OPPNDoEiPmJZlmk47nJTn9fYWRbkxu6bsSyMOXHqZD8g/s640/IMG_6584.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Along with colorful cupcake liners,</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox5TyZ2GxkPIBmZAEO9AQrb9k2-98-3U6OK3Rkp20ENu_4uVKMw5D87TSY6ecJ1i0-FW3iC4PuKNv2FJpk_YjM_q_LtUGd5RL54Uxr8BWAZKQ6RYBcLA6VyombLSSwjL4975vISenz0E/s1600/IMG_6583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox5TyZ2GxkPIBmZAEO9AQrb9k2-98-3U6OK3Rkp20ENu_4uVKMw5D87TSY6ecJ1i0-FW3iC4PuKNv2FJpk_YjM_q_LtUGd5RL54Uxr8BWAZKQ6RYBcLA6VyombLSSwjL4975vISenz0E/s640/IMG_6583.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the stinkin cutest cupcake picks ever!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can you see that I've been playing with Pic Monkey?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RWYbY1BQ5XYoi2NBSDZJCZtXpGXltsMNRaoB-XWwaohqG6u3HhA95L2ymygho2D0zL3HLFgN-gxOLaNlEDLlRMnqALpdYZXWRWvHa1KrSvZpGxaDJSZ1WKVqpNnm_7DYo1QZ76cFKyc/s1600/IMG_6590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RWYbY1BQ5XYoi2NBSDZJCZtXpGXltsMNRaoB-XWwaohqG6u3HhA95L2ymygho2D0zL3HLFgN-gxOLaNlEDLlRMnqALpdYZXWRWvHa1KrSvZpGxaDJSZ1WKVqpNnm_7DYo1QZ76cFKyc/s640/IMG_6590.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The cookie jar is waiting to be filled </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we had better get started.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love holiday baking!  </span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next T<span style="font-size: large;">ime,</span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sharing at:</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/">Cuisine Kathleen's-Let's Dish</a></span></i></span> </span> </span></span></i></span></div>

After School Special

Remember those After School Specials?   I sure do!   Of course, that was all before DVDs and  DVRs and Video Games.   We would come home and...

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