Happy Birthday Ria - You Are Such A Special Girl

Here is the earliest picture

of Ria I have scanned into my computer.

Look at those eyes!

This one is

 is not great-

not sure what camera it was taken with.

Look at those curly little piggy tails.

She was SUCH a sweet little girl.

.

That is SweetCheeks to the right as a baby

crawling around..

she looked up to her

big sissy-even then

.

You will notice that SweetCheeks is 

getting INTO the cabinet~

When she was three

she and her sister

were in a wedding that

was photographed for a

national bride magazine.

This is one of the pictures

that appeared in the spread.

Our little thumb-sucker...

Look at those eyes...

She has always been a little princess~

She loves everything and everyone!

I love her serious look.

She is growing up fast.

We are thrilled to have this 

sweet little girl in our lives.

She is one of 

Three Sisters Cookie Company

And all Three Sisters are as sweet as can be.

Summer or Winter

Yep-She is growing up fast!

She is our ballerina.

Beyond good for her age 

and dancing with girls

that are two and three years older

and doing solos.

She is just a slip of a girl-

teeny-tiny-a good wind would

blow her away-

(but we hope it won't!)

Don't grow up too fast, Ria!

We are missing our 

"little girl" 

already.

~HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY, MARIA~

Love you to the moon and back...

Nana

Sunset On The Bay and GOOD NEWS ABOUT SANDIE/CHATTY CRONE!

We have some of the most amazing sunsets

over the Bay in front of our house.

It can be dark and dreary for most of the day

and just before sunset it will clear

and we will get a sunset that ends like this.

The color is exactly as it appeared

straight from the camera.

It started like this...

The sun still just a bit above water level behind 

a bit of cloud cover.

Slowly the color deepened.

And the sky glowed brighter still.

Then the sky darkened and the glow began to fade.

Another beautiful day has ended.

And HERE is my WONDERFUL NEWS!

You all turned out to pray for Sandie the other day.

Here is the note I got from her daughter, Kelly, 

last night.

I can't thank everyone  enough for all your prayers for my mom.  The doctors said they finished early and that it went well.  The preliminary report suggests it had not spread to nodes!!  Final report in about 5 days.  They said she did great!!  Now to the healing process.....

PRAISE GOD

Thank you for all your prayers!!  Kelly

God bless you, Sandie,

I can't wait to see a post from you again!

Thank you EVERYONE 

for all the prayers and 

good thoughts sent her way.

See y'all later today.

I have the Sisters Three here 

for a couple of days.

My Three Little Cookie Makers!

They might make YOU a special treat 

if you are

very, very good!

Ha!  THAT is gonna be hard for some of you!

Guess I just might have to eat

YOUR share!;>)

Sweet Cheeks First Day At The Farmers Market

Several of you have asked to see the girls

Three Sisters Cookie Company's

little blurb on Fox 11's morning news.

Here is a link to it.

Girls on the News

Here they are in their aprons all ready to go!

You can take a peek if you want to see it.

It is a couple of minutes long after you

get through the stupid commercial .

I asked SweetCheeks (who usually talks a blue streak)

How come you didn't answer the reporter's question?

SC:  CUZ, Nana, She said what is Maria MAKING?

She wasn't MAKING anything she was DOING SOMETHING!

I didn't want to make her feel bad cuz she didn't know she

was DOING something and not MAKING SOMETHING!

Oh- Well, why didn't you answer her next question?

SC:  CUZ, Nana- I was still thinking about her last question.

Let me tell you-

Once she got "out on the street" she never quit talking

while handing out samples.

Here she is with her first customers.

Her other grandparentss~Gramma & Grampa G.

Here are a few more pictures of them

running their business.

How about another nice picture, Ria?

NICE!!! Every family needs a funny face.

Sweet little sisters!

Wait-What's this?

There is a lack of customers because of the rain,

It was colder than a witch in a well!

Whatcha doing, Sweet Cheeks?

Looking nice so somebuddy will buy some cookies!

(notice how great the gloves fit-snicker-snicker)

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Good job, SweetCheeks!

Nana?

Yes, honey?

Go around the side, Nana, cuz here comes

a REAL customer!

I rank right up there with day old french fries.

A Message From My Daughter -SweetCheeks Mom-To My Readers

My daughter, Tara, left this message for

ALL OF YOU!

I thought you would like to read it.

Thank you to all of the Nana Diana Followers out there!

You all have embraced our girls as you have read their

stories, laughed at the antics and pulled the tissues out

when they are sad. And now, you have shown them support 

by "liking" their Facebook page and encouraging them with 

sweet notes and words of praise! All of this, and they have 

never met you face to face.

Thank you for the joy you have continued to spread. I am 

glad Nana takes the time to write down all of these things 

and share these tales with you.

It's me- Nana- from here on out-

I am off to the farmer's market tonight to

take some pictures of them in action.

If you haven't visited their Facebook page yet,

and you can-please go and 

LIKE them-  I'll LOVE them and

you can LIKE them!

The link is HERE

I add my thanks to my daughter's...

Thank you for being so wonderful.

Ps.  If you are in our area the will be
on Channel  FOX 11 News
(#12 TimeWarner Cable)
this morning.
I think it's at 8:15 but not sure of the time.

Ready For Ruffles?

LOOK AT THIS!

Sweet Cheeks and Sisters needed some

RUFFLED APRONS

for their BIZNESS

(as Sweet Cheeks calls it).

Their BIZNESS is 

Three Sisters Cookie Company.

You can read about it here and here.

Their Mom, my daughter, and I 

spent about 3 hours finding materials that

"matched".

Look how cute these fabrics are.

While the girls were stirring and baking....

.I started to cut and sew.

By the end of the day I had cut and sewn

EIGHT APRONS-

6 for the little girls and one for Mom 

and one for Dad.

I think Mom would look cute in a pink hat

like that, don't you?

All the apron ties have two coordinated fabrics

for the ties and three or four for

the aprons themselves.

Guess what kind of ruffles

SweetCheeks likes!

That's  my girl!!!!

I'd rather eat my Ruffles than wear them myself!

Pictures of them at work

in their aprons

in a day or so!

Sweet Cheeks And Sisters Meet The Mayor

Back before I was forced to

take a blogging break

(because I had NO computer)

I did a little post about 

Sweet Cheeks and her sisters.

Their Daddy built them a little

"house" to sell cookies and ice cream

at the farmer's markets and local

events.

You can read about 

Sweet Cheeks Sells Cookies 

and Ice Cream 
here.                   

They were downtown having 

their picture taken for their

Facebook page....here 

If you have a moment they would love it

if you would go and LIKE their Facebook page.

Well, imagine their surprise

when they were asked to meet

The Mayor, Jim Schmitt.

Here he is congratulating them on their business.
Sweet Cheeks is holding up their 
promotional piece and wonders
IF HE CAN READ!

They will use part of the money they earn 
for school funds

and will give part of it to charity.

Next Wednesday will be their first day of business.

I can't wait.

I am NOT eating any of the products-

even though I THINK they washed their hands

before they started baking!

I am OFF sugar and white flour because 

WHAT IS WORSE THAN  GETTING OLD?

GETTING OLD AND FAT!

I don't want to hear SweetCheeks telling people 

that I am her best customer-

she usually tags on that I am 

NICE AND FAT!

Anyway-Here they are-

Ready to go-

Who could resist faces like that?

Later, I will show you the aprons I made

for them to wear everyday-

Think patterns and ruffles!

I am off to warn the mayor that

SweetCheeks may be running

for his position in the 

not-too-distant future!

Heads up-Mayor Schmitt!