A mummy at the dinner table?

The kids are so excited about Halloween (yes, we know it's still a month away) that we made a special dinner, a mummy. It actually ended up tasting pretty good. Here's the recipe if you want to make your own mummy. I made the head a little big so I will just use a chunk of an apple or a really small one if I do it again.

Pork Tenderloin Mummy

2/3 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 cup dijon mustard

thyme

1 pork tenderloin

salt and pepper

oil

8 tbsp butter

10 sheets phyllo dough

1 small apple

Bring heavy whipping cream and mustard to a simmer and cook until thick, add thyme. In the meantime, brush pork with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil six inches under broiler for about 8 min. Turn oven to 400* remove pork and let cool slightly. Brush one sheet phyllo dough with butter; repeat layer 4 times. Set aside 1/2 cup mustard for dipping and spread the rest on pork. Place pork of phyllo layers and wrap tightly. Brush another sheet of phyllo dough with butter and repeat layers three times. Using a pizza cutter, cut sheets into thin strips. Wrap around pork to resemble a mummies layers. Brush remaining phyllo sheets with butter and wrap apple. Place in shallow baking dish and bake for 20-25 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting. Serve with remaining mustard for dipping sauce. (My kids refuse to eat mustard so we dip in ranch dressing with orange food coloring added!)

We took so many pictures at Katelyn's Princess Gala that it is hard to decide what to post. The princesses and knights had so much fun. We started out by filling the trampoline enclosure with royal balloons and everyone danced and jumped while waiting for friends to arrive. Then they all decorated princess hats and the boys made knight helmets. The kids were all dressed up and very in the mood to party. After dressing up we turned on the music and they danced in the ballroom. The knights then went to battle the dragon (pinata) and the girls kissed the frog prince. The cake was the first one I really decorated and I had a lot of fun with it. In fact I was really sad to cut it so I also made cupcakes. Weird, I know. My dad may be furious about his picture but hey, what do ya do? Katelyn is such a great girl, she was being a very good host making sure everyone was having fun. I can't believe she is already five, time has flown by. We love you Katelyn!

What a Party!

This is my very first post and I am so excited to get going. I have to tell Kristy thank you! She has been trying to convince me to start a blog for so long and now my family wishes I would put down my computer. This is Katelyn's birthday party, which was clear back in May, but she had so much fun we had to share it with everyone.