{"id":8033,"date":"2012-10-09T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/09\/clowning-around"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:39:15","slug":"clowning-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2012\/10\/09\/clowning-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Clowning Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One Sunday after church I decided to use the leftover pancakes to bring a new tradition into our family from my childhood: the clown pancake. Now, when I was young the clown pancake was eaten only on special occasions at &#8220;Carousel&#8221; restaurant where my uncle worked. I remember the excitement of the clown pancake in all it&#8217;s sugary goodness and presentation and hoped to bring such joy to my children. So I introduced the clown pancake one Sunday for lunch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/p9301931.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/921bc-p9301931.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0Look how thrilled she was!!!\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">I promise it was a hit (just a 3 y\/o picture moment). <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/p9301933.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/30927-p9301933.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0I told her to say &#8220;clown pancakes!!!&#8221; We all giggled about the varied translations of that phrase.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/p9301934.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/dd1b4-p9301934.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0Giddy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/p9301935.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/1749d-p9301935.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0And this one makes faces too. hehe.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">So with the success of the clown pancake, I decided to repeat the affair the next day, but offer personalized decorating. I put on the whipped creme for the facial features and the girls decorated accordingly. This time I offered more fruit and made the rule that all the decorations needed to be consumed. No one complained. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/pa021938.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/87a55-pa021938.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0Still giddy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/pa021940.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/fccd3-pa021940.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0Another face. hehe.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">(sigh) My three year old and her personality. =)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/pa021943.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/47053-pa021943.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0Some ingredients never made it to the decorating part.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/pa021944.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/7c3ae-pa021944.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0The extent of Abi&#8217;s decorating.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">And the banana nose only lasted on the clown&#8217;s face for .5 seconds.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">My little girl loves her some bananas!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/pa021945.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/f09ff-pa021945.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">Scary face, but proud of her decorating.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">Thus has begun our tradition of clown pancakes to be brought out on fun family nights and as rewards for good behavior. <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">Mmmmmmmmm.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Sunday after church I decided to use the leftover pancakes to bring a new tradition into our family from 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