Posts Tagged ‘kids’
White Trash Cake Pops
For Christmas I got a cake pop maker. I was pretty excited. I am not crafty whatsoever, but that does not stop me from trying every once in awhile. I usually wait for about the time it takes to make me forget how awful I was at the last craft I tried. Kind of like how we all forget how painful childbirth is and have more kids.
So when I unwrapped this cake pop maker I envisioned beautiful delectable master pieces. Ones that people would ooh and awe at and think I am marvelous and amazing. What actually happened was the complete opposite which was definitely to be expected with me being in charge.
I wanted to make these with my girls for New Years. Shout and I went to the store to get the supplies at about 6:00 pm. There was no way I was going to go to that huge grocery store that we all know the name of on New Years Eve so we went to a tiny local one. The options were pretty slim and we ended up with chocolate chips to melt, some crushed almonds, one can of white frosting, flower sprinkles and two different flavored cake mixes. I knew at home that I had some old oreos that perhaps were still edible that we could crush, then I later found in the cupboard some even older reeses pieces. Is anyones mouth watering yet? Also sucker sticks were no where in site at the small store. No problem we would cut shish kebab sticks in half. Perfect! I read that to do this properly you needed styrofoam to stick the completed pops in. luckily I found some in a package we received in the mail. Again totally perfect.
I set up all the toppings up and thought I was pretty gosh darn clever for using food coloring to make 2 additional colors, orange and pink. It looked all pretty and my kids were bursting with excitement. I have got to say. I loved doing this with them. It was the best way to ring in the new year. It really did not matter that they did not turn out picture perfect and that they did not stay at the top of the sticks and were a pretty gooey mess. They were unique just like each one of my kids, who had a fantastic time making them.
We will be doing this again and again and not changing a thing, well maybe leaving out the stale oreos and old reeses peeses. Here is a picture of our completed white trash cake pops in all of there imperfect glory.
I may not be Martha Stewart or Bakerella but sometimes I think it is better to be Living The Scream.
Gimme Clips
Over at my house there has been a serious drought of cute hairstyles and fun accessories. You think that having three girls would make me this amazing hair whisperer and an adorable up do extraordinaire but alas this is not so.
It is true what they say that an artist is nothing without his brush because when I received a box crammed full of adorable Gimme Clips my mind was filled with all the fun I was going to have doing my girls hair. Their excitement was also a plus and we got to work trying all these fun products! Read the rest of this entry »
Making Cookies
I have a favorite recipe for Chocolate chip cookies thanks to Deals to Meals that I love to make. The only thing not great about these cookies is that I always eat way too many and the mess created afterwords. I am really messy in the kitchen to say the least.
Shriek wanted to make the cookies and asked if she could do it by herself. I said sure, minus the oven part of course and I sat across that bar and talked her through it.
She was doing great. She cracked the eggs like a pro and measured the sugar like no body’s business her confidence was shining through and she really loved trying something new. I was not worried about the mess because I am messy anyways, at least I was not worried until it came to the flour.
She was using a tiny measuring cup and a huge bag of flour. The anxiety starting creeping up on me. I began trying to control the speed of the flour coming out of the bag with my mind. Before I knew it I was barking out directions while trying to be as calm as possible. The flour was spilling all over and there was no avoiding a huge white smokey powdery mess.
I realized the more I was trying to control how she was doing it the more sad she was becoming and the more flour was spilling out because I was making her nervous.
I really hate that I get this way sometimes and tried to quit being so uptight about it. She did a great job with the cookies. I ended up only helping a little bit.
I need to learn to hold back as a mom and just breath. My kid’s will learn a lot more if I do this. By the way the cookies were delish. Here’s some photographic proof.
Mothers Day
I had a great Mothers day My daughter’s gave me some adorable gifts and made me breakfast. The Umpire was not feeling so hot and felt bad because he could not do a lot for me. This did not bother me whatsoever. I like Mother’s day and all but it is not some magical event that makes it so I won’t ever help my husband or lift a finger just on that day. I feel loved and that’s what matters.
Shout Made this at preschool. I love it. She was so excited to give it to me.
Shriek did this for me at school as well. I love it! I remember doing a similar one when I was in school. My kid’s are growing too fast!
I love the sweet adoration that children have for their mothers and I am very glad I am one.
