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It’s been a little quiet here in my blogosphere. I had a hectic hectic day at work, came home and made these bad boys
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(I’m thinking of making it breakfast friendly- I’ll let you know how that goes) and then spent some time walking Optimus with the hubby. Overall a good day, but not much time to be a blogging.

I’ve definitely been brewing over how I can help raise money for Apraxia of Speech. My amazing/beautiful/awesome/smart niece Kamiree has Apraxia and I’m going to Denver in September to attend the 2012 walk. I can’t tell you how excited I am! Not only do I get to be in one of the most amazing cities in the country, but I also get to spend time with my amaaazing family. I’ve been thinking about setting up a little snack bar at the walk- but I’m not exactly how that would work out since I’m also walking. I’m not even entirely sure how to do that. Do you get a permit? Ask permission from the foundation? I definitely have to ponder this more, but of course I already have some ideas about the food.

My initial idea is to make cupcakes with the Apraxia logo on it. I’m thinking I would need a KopyKake (oh how that name makes me cringe), but it’s pretty pricey. I’ll have to think more about that too. Anyways- I’m convinced that  some green and blue white chocolate covered Oreos on a stick would be awesome. Colored rice crispy treats dipped in frosting would be good too. Probably not the healthiest thing in the world, but oh so good.
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I’ve been dying to do a set-up in this fashion. Maybe I could even have water, Vitamin Water, and/or Gatorade for that extra color.
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Sigh..the Gatorade bottle will not keep in line. It marches to the beat of it's own drum I guess. I’m convinced I’ll do something to help out, but I’ll definitely need to think this through more before September. Has anyone reading this done something like this before? I can clearly use all the help I can get suggestions are welcome!
btw… If you click on any of these pictures you should be lead to their original source. Enjoy!

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