Tasty Tuesday

Hey y'all, I don't know if anybody looks here for the recipes (lol)
But if you did come here for culinary inspiration I'll tell you about an awesome soup- it's the Pioneer Woman's simple, easy Mulligatawny and it turns out delicious every time! My husband always crumbles Ritz crackers into his- if you try it, you will love it! In fact, I want some right now...

Scavenger Hunt

Happy Sunday! Er, I guess it's Monday. Happy Monday! It WAS my favorite time of week, and I don't feel as prepared as usual. I was really excited about these prompts and had lots of ideas about what I wanted to do but nothing worked out quite like I planned. This week was a little crazy and really good: my daughter turned 3 and I celebrated six years of marriage to my wonderful husband!
Anyway, here's what I found:

 1. Architecture

a beautiful arbor we saw on our honeymoon in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

 2. Rimmed with light 

 3. Toes

My little guy wears any shoes he can get his toes into!

4. This is my favorite...

 a wedding gift from my husband.

 5. Shades 

From my husband- I told you he's wonderful!

If you've never hunted with us before, I would highly recommend joining in! It's a great opportunity to broaden your horizons- and have a good time! For inspiration and next week's items, head over to Ashley Sisk's Blog

My Momma Loves Me!

Isn't this little guy super cute? He's a sweetie too. 

Our only problem was that apparently my Canon looks really weird. As soon as I pulled out the camera he looked concerned... and he has the same serious expression in almost all my photos.

I tried peekaboo, toys, little tickles- no such luck. I was about to give up when... 

 his momma kissed him!

Thank God for mommy kisses!

Little man...

His favorite place is in the car!

Tasty Tuesday

Strawberry Cake

My daughter loves it because it's all pink! She says that it's "awicious" and I thought she might want it for her birthday but she asked for pink "Oreo Prize" instead! 

 Jello, white cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs, baking powder, strawberries, butter, confectioners sugar

dissolve Jello in hot water

blend the strawberries

Grease the pan- the kids love to help with this part!

dust the pan with flour and do a few other things...

put it in the oven for baby and me!

 Frost it!

Ingredients:
1 small pack strawberry jello

1/2 cup hot water
1 box white cake mix

1 cup oil
4 eggs

2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup thawed frozen strawberries (in the juice)


Frosting ingredients: 
another 1/2 cup frozen strawberries in the juice.
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 stick of butter.


Directions:

Dissolve Jello in the hot water. Blend strawberries in blender until smooth. Combine all the ingredients with jello. Beat 4 minutes. Grease and flour 13x9 pan or bundtpan. pour into pan and bake 35 mins in 350 degree oven.

For the frosting: soften butter. add 1 lb. of powered sugar and 1/2 cup frozen strawberries (also buzzed in the blender). mix 2 mins until frosting is smooth. Frost cake after it cools completely.

You are going to love this cake... it really is delicious!

One, Two, Free!

My little girl is "Free years owd" today! It's hard to believe...she will always be my baby girl!

Her 1st smile!

1 month old.

Big brother loves her! He called her "wittle girl" and gave her presents :)

2 months old.

6 months old.

Happy 1st Birthday!

Sweet big sister! 

Little Momma.

She asked for a "mink" (pink)  Birthday! 

She said her cake was "awicious!"

"I so cute"

One evening I told my girl "I'm going to go fix my hair, I'll be right back." she said 
"Oh! Will it be pink?"

 At nap time one afternoon I laid down beside her for a minute and she was very generous "I'll suck one thumb and you can have the other. It tastes wike wemonaide" :)

She found a caterpillar outside. 

Unfortunately she fell down while she was holding it and she cried 

"Oh no! I fell on my best friend!"

Happy 3rd Birthday, my sweet girl!

Scavenger Hunt

1. Reflections

2. Guess what this is

(hint: it's not a can)

3. What's inside?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I checked this chrysalis every day and I still missed the butterfly! 

4. Playtime

 5. Lawn and Garden

This is my favorite rose in the whole yard... maybe the whole world!