Another Day Off

I am so happy because I had a four day weekend because I didn't have school on Monday because it was a holiday.  Today I don't have school because the weather is bad.  We has hail so now the snow on the ground has a sheet of ice!  So I'm having a lazy day in my room watching TV, and on the computer.  I tried Oreos with peanut butter and it's really good, actually.  Today at my school was supposed to be pajama day  but maybe they will reschedule.  I'm under a really cozy blanket and it's nice and warm in my room.  Compared to outside!  I am dreading going back to school tomorrow or Wednesday! :(

Bullying issues...

A lot of girls, lately, have been trying to fit in.  They're worried about how they'll be bullied and they won't be popular.  The answer to all these things is be yourself!  If your bullied let that bully know you don't care!  That your not going to change for somebody!  When people bully you, that means they're insecure, they're not comfortable with who they are.  They can also be jealous of you.  Ignore them, pay no mind to them.  If they talk to you, go on with what your doing.  Act like they don't exist.  When they see bullying you doesn't bother you they will leave you alone.  If someone is bullying you and it's getting out of hand, tell a parent or an adult close to you that you know you can trust.  If you see someone else being bullied stand up for them or tell an adult.  Don't be scared to tell someone, in the end it's worth it.

3 Major Rules When It Comes To Bullying...

1. When violence is involved tell an adult immediately!
2.  Never let the bully put you down!
3.  Never start bullying others because it makes you popular, remember how much it hurts your feelings, and how it might hurt others.
For more info on bullying visit: http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/

Banana, Banana Strawberry Smoothie!

Ingredients

• 1 banana, broken into chunk
• 1 teaspoon banana extract
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 (8 ounce) container strawberry yogurt
• 2 teaspoons white sugar

Directions

1. Place banana, banana extract, milk, yogurt, and sugar into a blender. Blend until smooth and serve.

This is a cool blingee someone made for my blog!

Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Red Velvet Cake:

2 1/2 cups (250 grams) sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons (15 grams) regular or Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsaltedbutter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated white sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanillaextract

1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk

2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature

1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) tub of Mascarpone cheese, room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup (115 grams) confectioners' (icing or powdered) sugar, sifted

1 1/2 (360 ml) cups heavy whipping cream

Red Velvet Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Butter two - 9 inch (23 cm) roundcakepansand line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a mixing bowlsifttogether the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.

In bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until soft (about 1-2 minutes). Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape downthe sides of the bowl.Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

In a measuring cup whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour.

In a small cup combine the vinegar andbakingsoda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter. 

Working quickly, divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon.Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 25 - 30 minutes, or until atoothpickinserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool the cakes in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. Once the cakes have completely cooled, wrap in plastic and place the cake layers in the refrigerator for at least an hour (or overnight). (This is done to make filling and frosting the cakes easier.)

Cream Cheese Frosting:In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese and mascarpone cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla andconfectionerssugarand beat until smooth. Using the whisk attachment, gradually add the heavy cream and whip until the frosting is thick enough to spread. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.

Assemble: With a serrated knife, cut each cake layer in half, horizontally. You will now have four cake layers. Place one of the cake layers, top of the cake facing down, onto your serving platter. Spread the cake layer with a layer of frosting.  Place another layer of cake on top of the frosting and continue to frost and stack the cake layers. Frost the top and sides of the cake. Can garnish the cake with sweetened or unsweetened coconut.

Serves 10 - 12 people.

Silly Saturday: Sleeping In! (These are my dogs!)

The one on the top is Petunia, the one on the bottom is Daisy......!

Snowed In!!

Well today we had a big snowfall so school was out!  (Thank you!!) That's New Jersey! Lol.   This gives me extra time for my report or reports?  Lol.  I know a lot of other kids got even bigger snowfalls, even blizzards!  This Pic.  is one of my dogs Daisy with her nose in the snow!  Did you get a snowfall?  Does it snow where you live?  Do you like snow?

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!  Get good presents, and have a safe christmas!!!

Silly Saturday: Ahhhhh! Kitty Claws going out of control! CRASH!!!!

Cool desk and TV!

Yesterday,  I came home from school to a huge desk and a plasma screen TV in my room!!!  I was so excited!!!  The TV is bigger and brighter and my desk has soooo much more space!  Did you get a pre-Christmas present yet???

Decorating for Christmas!!

I just finished decorating for Christmas!!  The Christmas tree, I put the ornaments on myself.  Mom and I did the inside of the house, and Dad put up all the lights outside of our house.  I love Christmas,  it just gives you that good feeling.  You know?  We put up the stockings,  I even have stockings for the pets!  The nutcrackers,  I love!  Tomorrow,  I'll take the picture for the Christmas card!  I'm going Christmas shopping Tuesday and Friday!  I just can't wait 'till Christmas!  Do you like Christmas?  What do you like about it?  Do you have any special traditions?

Silly Saturday: Santa Paws is coming to town!!

Fruits and Veggies???

Lots of kids don't eat their fruit or veggies.  The question is....  Why??  I know I don't like any veggie and only some fruit.  I used to eat them when I was a baby but not anymore.  I don't like them because I don't think they taste good, but I know lots of kids that like them!!  They don't eat them because they have to but because they want to.  For the people who don't eat their veggies,  it's weird right?  Good for them but how do they do it!  LOL!  Most kids,  like fruit better than veggies.  I think it's because fruit is sweeter.  What do you think?  Do you eat your fruit and veggies?  Why or why not?  Is it just a kid thing?

Silly Saturday: Smile!

Pie and Bacon War Contest!!!

                                    

These days,  people have been talking about the war between pie and bacon.  What started this???  If I had to choose,  I would pick pie.  My question is why pie and bacon???  Contest Alert: Leave a comment saying why you love bacon or pie.  There will be a winner from each age group.

Age groups

7-9

10-12

13-15

Must be at least 5 sentences.

Good Luck!!

Silly Saturday: No one can dance as good as me!

Halloween Costumes!!!

Okay so I'm being a Vamprina!!  http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/vampirina-costume-teen-sz/

You can be a butterfly for halloween!  You can be a butterfly too and make a colorful mask, a cape with wings, colorful leggings, and sneakers!

You can be a funky witch with bright striped tights, a black and bright colored witch outfit , and high pointed shoes and then your nice and funky!

You can be a 50's chic with a poodle skirt, a T-shirt, light sweater, high top sneakers, and wear a ponytail.

You can find so much more costumes at:
Tweens- http://www.spirithalloween.com/children_tween-costumes/
 Teens- http://www.spirithalloween.com/costumes_teen-costumes/

What are you being for halloween???

Witchiepoo: Carve-a-Pumpkin

Witchiepoo: Carve-a-Pumpkin

Silly Saturday: Ahhhhhhh! I knew Soccer wasn't for cats!

Real American Girl: The Story Behind American Girl

In 1984, educator, writer, and entrepreneur Pleasant T. Rowland was looking for dolls to give her nieces for Christmas. She found baby dolls (which emphasize mothering) and teenage or adult dolls (which emphasize future aspirations of an older age), but no dolls that realistically represented girls in an nine-to-twelve age range. This experience was coupled with a visit to Colonial Williamsburg, a place which Rowland felt personified the accessibility of living history and which inspired her to create a line of historical character dolls and books. In 1986 the first Pleasant Company catalogs debuted character dolls Samantha Parkington, Kirsten Larson, and Molly Mclntire. Offered for sale with these dolls were the first three stories of each character's six-book series, period outfits and accessories, and storage options. The dolls were designed by Götz, a German doll-maker. Since then, the company has added to and expanded its historical character line as well as ceasing production of some older characters. The company has branched out into other product lines, among them the American Girl magazine, written in fiction and non-fiction publications, a line of  18-inch 'American Girl of Today' dolls, and the 'Bitty Baby' and 'Bitty Twins' collections. Pleasant Company was sold to Mattel, Inc. in 1997, and the name of the company changed to American Girl.

Here's a great site for beautiful, cool and affordable doll clothes for your 18 inch American girl doll My Pink Planet.

School's Coming!

Alright,  School is coming up and I'm kinda excitied!  I'm so not excited about waking up early though.  I'm going to 5th grade so I'm really happy that I'm getting a locker.  I went to walmart and got a really cute mirror, basket, and extra shelf for my locker.  We aren't gonna really have a homeroom teacher because we are just gonna switch classes all the time.I had to read 2 books this Summer.  So I'm half excited but half not excited.  I am really curious who is gonna be in my class next year.   Are You Excited???

Silly Saturday: I've got a funny, coming out of my tummy!

H2o: Just Add Water

H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian TV Show for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast. It has a worldwide audience of more than 250 million.  The show's plot revolves around three teenage girls facing everyday teen problems but with an added twist: they're mermaids with powers over water.  Emma Gilbert, Cleo Sertori and Rikki Chadwick are three sixteen-year-old teenage girls who find themselves stranded on the mysterious Mako Island. They eventually find themselves in a pool under a dormant volcano just as a full moon appears overhead, bathing the pool in light. The girls are rescued and return to "normal life", but soon discover their lives have become anything but normal: seconds after contact with water, they transform into mermaids with supernatural powers over water. The trio enlist the help of Cleo's friend Lewis McCartney, who discovers the secret behind their transformations.

Emma Gilbert (Claire Holt) was the school's best swimmer until she became a mermaid.  She could be a bit bossy and controlling but is a true friend. Her mermaid powers allow her to freeze anything that contains water, and later to freeze without water.

Cleo Sertori (Phoebe Tonkin) is shy and awkward, but a loyal friend. Her mermaid power allows her to mold water into a different shapes.

Rikki Chadwick (Cariba Heine) isn't very outgoing and quite a rebel, but is always there for her friends. Her special power allows her to boil water and anything with water in it.

Lewis McCartney (Angus McLaren) is Cleo's best friend since they were five, and they later become a couple. He's very clever, and has always helped the girls with their transformation.

Zane Bennett (Burgess Abernethy) is the local bad boy. Spoiled, rich, but definitely good looking, he and the girls at first disliked each other. Later, he and Rikki became a couple. After he found Rikki was a mermaid, they broke up, but eventually got back together.


The theme song "No Ordinary Girl" is performed by Gwen Stefani in series one, by Kate Alexa in series two and by Indiana Evans in series three.

Cool Quizzes, Games, Activities, Girl Buzz, and More!

Visit http://www.americangirl.com/fun/ and you will have so much fun with the quizzes, games, activities, girl buzz, and more!  The quizzes are so fun they even have a quiz to see what icecream flavor you are!  They're cute games where you can groom pets.  The activities has magazine fun, a little fun thing called A Doll's Journey.  For the Girl Buzz they have joke of the day, e-card sending, question of the week, email from you, fan gallery, you said it, and what to do today.  It's really fun so I hope you enjoy it!

~Arianna

Silly Saturday: Let's Drive!

A Pink Kitty Blog

Hi, My name is Arianna.  I am 10 years old. This is my new blog called A Pink Kitty.  I wanna make A Pink Kitty Blog about me, I want to post advice for tweens,  I want to have contests, polls, and more! I will have silly Saturdays.  It is when you post a funny picture and say something about it. I want my blog to be like a tween's world.  Well, I hope you like it!