October 10, 2011

PAPPY CAKES

Seriously, Ben is just the best. I wake up Saturday morning and the girls tell me they have a surprise, but I have to wait. Shortly after, Ben comes upstairs with a brown paper in hand, makes us girls all sit on the bed together while he reads aloud what he has on his brown paper. He says, in a decree-like fashion...
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After which he says we all need to go downstairs. Though, this is where there was a slight change of plans as I just happened to notice True has red dots and bumps all over her foot and upon closer inspection, they seemed to be all over her body. A few calls here and a few calls there, we determine she may have chickenpox or is having a late reaction to the chocolate chip cookies she had the other day. Eventually though, the surprise gets back underway.

What was it? Well, Ben had prepared a buttermilk pancake batter from this recipe and had bought a griddle (that he so slyly kept hidden away for a couple weeks) and pancake batter dispenser, had little pancake add-ins ready and we were about to recreate our own version of Slappy Cakes from our Portland trip almost exactly one year ago. That man is good! We were going to make our own pancakes right at our own table at home... so fun!!!
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We made hearts, bows, shapes, spelled out our names, made little creatures, and some funny faces all the while devouring all morning long. Heck, Ben and I even had our own round of tic-tac-toe. Not to mention, we threw in some chocolate chips here, some berries there, and some bacon bits may have made it into some of the pancakes too! Seriously, all super yummy!!!
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The girls seemed like bottomless pits as they were eating everything up all morning long. I feel we may have ourselves a new little family breakfast tradition coming on. Ben says he had planned to do this little surprise later in the month, but he was much too excited that he had to do it sooner. I am glad he did because pancakes were just what my tummy needed Saturday morning! We all definitely love us some Pappy Cakes!!!

26 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm!!!This is delicius!!!!!!

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  2. So much cuteness in this entire post. It looks like so much fun!! c:

    anastasia

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  3. What a great idea! We LOVE pancakes around our house...we may just have to try this idea :)
    xo, Dawn
    www.hellodearie.com

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  4. OH! This made me so happy! What a fantastic idea and such great pancake making!

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  5. The octopus pancake is adorable! What a fun breakfast!

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  6. Gosh, your husband is just too much! And don't worry, your girls are not abnormal: pancakes are limitless. There is no such thing as "too many pancakes!"

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  7. what a CUTE idea!!! i'm going to have to do this asap. Sounds SO fun!

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  8. Pappy cakes seem like the perfect saturday breakfast!!

    hugs from Brazil!

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  9. this looks so fun and delicious! always love your photos!

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  10. This is the cutest thing I have ever seen. Oh my! xo, rv

    http://aneclecticheap.blogspot.com/

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  11. Oh my goodness... It's such a GREAT idea!! And definitely looks SO yummy!!

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  12. How adorable!!! I'm going to have to try this!

    Gorgeous photos - thanks for sharing!

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  13. So very special! What a man...and what a gorgeous family. I really love reading about you all. It's the very first blog I read Every day!

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  14. you are a lucky one, how blessed (:

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  15. your husband is wayyy too cute. i love every second of this.

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  16. That looks awesome! What kind of griddle is that? We've been looking for a good one.

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  17. How lovely! (1) How's True? (2) Ben has amazing penmanship -- should be a font! (3) That look of awe in photo #12 cracks me up!

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  18. omg you guys are SUCH creative parents!! i love it!! yum, the pancakes look delish!!

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  19. oh I just love your blog. It's full of inspiration!!!
    I'm gonna try this with my girls!!


    ps. please excuse my English

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  21. yay!! how awesome is this?! slappy cakes is our most favourite breakfast joint in portland :)

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  22. so very cute! your traditions are lovely and some of them have made their way into our home :) Here's a new one...now onto hunt for a griddle to make our own!

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  23. What fun! I can't wait to make this a tradition when my little one is old enough (she's only 4 months old right now).

    Your blog is so lovely! I followed it from Sorta Crunchy's page. I can't wait to read more!

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  24. do u make the batter in that container and ref left over batter?

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