Cupcakes

We recently had some yummy cupcakes delivered to our front door by a wonderful friend.  The were lemonade cupcakes that her daughter made.  She posted about them on Facebook and of course Mr.G had to comment on her post and within minutes she was at our door with a plate full of yummy goodness.  The kids were excited to have dessert delivered to our door and could barely get to the kitchen table before they each had a cupcake in hand.  They were a hit and I'm sure my family will gladly accept more dessert from the Aguirre family anytime.

Birthday Cake

Today is my dad's birthday so the kids and I baked him a cake this afternoon.  It was the first cake they did together and they did a great job.  There wasn't any fighting, yelling, no mess, nothing got broken, and no one got hurt.  I would say that is was very successful. I see more of this kind of thing in our future. It's fun to do stuff like this with them now that they are a little older and have a real interest in cooking and baking.  I am doing to try and find lots of things for us to bake/cook over the next couple of months for the holidays.  Anyway, they really did a great job this afternoon. They took turns putting ingredients into the bowl and they were really careful using the mixer.  Isabella surprised me with how well she can crack eggs into a bowl.  I was a proud momma!  We took the cake to my parents and everyone loved it.  The cake tasted yummy and the kiddos got lots of compliments on it.  I'm sure this is the first of many cakes for them.

Getting all of the ingredients in the bowl and ready to mix.

  

 All done and ready for the oven.  

Isabella had the honor of frosting the cake while Ian was napping. 

She wanted to do a little graveyard scene on the cake.  I think she's happy with how it came out.

All ready for grandpa's birthday.

Pre Halloween Food Fun

So I decided that since today was the day before Halloween and both kids would be home all day I was going to do some fun Halloween food. For breakfast I busted out my pumpkin and spider cupcake cups and made chocolate chip muffins.  The kids love chocolate chip muffins so these were a hit.  

 For lunch I got out my pumpkin cookie cutters and cut their lunch meat and cheese into cute little pumpkins.  Isabella wanted tomato soup and Ian wanted green mac n cheese so I served them in some crescent moon silicone muffin cups.  I found the moon cups at a Dollar Tree store last year and this was the first time I used them.  They each had a fruit cup (I try to get some fruits and veggies in at lunch and these fruit cups are a favorite).  I also added couple of candy pumpkins.  They loved their Halloween themed lunch and I was happy I took the extra time to make it fun for them.

 What fun activities are you doing this Halloween?

Halloween Treats

Ian is going on a field trip with his preschool friends tomorrow so I wanted to make a yummy treat for them.  I found this recipe on Pinterest and followed the link here.  It was so easy to make and those are the kind of recipes I like.  I hope all of his friends like it!!  I will be posting photos of their pumpkin patch field trip tomorrow. 

All of the ingredients to make Scarecrow Crunch.

Everything all mixed together.  It looks yummy!

Another quick look at the Scarecrow Crunch in one of my favorite vintage Pyrex bowls.

All packaged and ready to give to our friends tomorrow.

The goodie bags are all ready for tomorrow.  I added a couple of extra fun Halloween treats for the kids. 

Yummy goodness

I made some yummy treats today while Ian was taking a nap. I saw a picture of them on Pinterest and decided they were the perfect little dessert to make for the kids. I already had everything so it cost me nothing to make. Crescent rolls, chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows are all you need. Doesn't get any easier than that. Bake for about 11 minutes at 375 degrees and voila! Yummy goodness ready to be devoured. I bet we eat them all tonight. That's how good they are.