BUSY WEEKEND WITH THE BUNNY and COUSINS

Well we survived another FUN weekend!! On Sunday we went to Eckerts with the cousins for egg hunt, face painting, pictures with the bunny and of course cookie decorating---well the girls wanted to decorate---BUT ZAC wanted to eat the icing!!
On Saturday, Zac and Alyssa went to a local Easter egg hunt and got LOTS of eggs and even got to sit inside a fire truck!! That was so COOL!!

Bannana Split Brownies

This is so much fun for the little ones!!! What a great yummy fun treat for everyone in the family...ENJOY.....

Banana Split Brownies are very easy to make and they are an incredibly delicious treat!
What you’ll need:
Brownies
Bananas
Strawberries
A really good bar of Milk Chocolate
Long toothpicks

To start, make up your brownies however you’d like. Whether you want to bake your brownies from scratch or use a box, it works either way. (I made my brownies from the box on this one).
Let your brownies cool for about an hour, and then cut them into small squares, about 1 inch each. Holding your toothpick, place half of a strawberry on first, then a slice of banana, then a brownie square. It is really that easy.

When you have all your brownies and layers on the toothpicks, you’re ready for the topping.
To make your delicious drizzle, take your milk chocolate bar and melt it in the microwave. (This is the hardest part.) Make sure to only microwave it in 30 second intervals and then use a fork to mash/mix your chocolate in between each 30 second interval. Keep microwaving the chocolate at 30 second intervals until it is completely melted. It’s very easy to burn chocolate, admittedly, I’ve tried to shortcut it (microwaving for 45 seconds or 1 minute at a time) and have burnt my chocolate more times than I can count!
Arrange your desserts on a platter so you can easily drizzle the chocolate over them. This next part is what restaurants sometimes do to make your plate look even more appetizing!! And, it also makes this dessert over-the-top incredible!!

Dip a fork in the melted chocolate and then fling the chocolate over the brownie kabobs. Do this repeatedly until you have a nice, thin covering over all the desserts. Wasn’t that part fun?
I have always used short toothpicks, but you could use kabob skewers and make more layers too. You will not believe how incredibly delicious these are compared to how easy they are to make. They taste great with a nice glass of milk too. Yum!!

REMEMBERING OUR BLESSINGS

Today I talked with my sis about how excited we all are she is having her first baby in just a few weeks. While we were talking I started to remember back when my children were little.
I started to pull out some pictures of them when they were little. OH MY have they changed!!! My daughter is now 6 and my son is now 2 1/2. I can't believe how fast life is. We all blink our eyes and they aren't babies anymore. It makes me sad but at the same time excited to see how they grow up. Each phase of life gets more and more exciting. It really makes me look at my life and see really how truly blessed we all are to have these beautiful blessing from our Lord above.

My little cupcake Alyssa 1 years old

My little Zachary James 1 year old

BUDDY MASS

Here is Alyssa, Katy and Tina during thier BUDDY MASS. Each year all the children participate in a special mass with thier buddy's. When you are in first grade you have a 8th grade buddy and when you are in the kindergarten, you get a 5th grade buddy. It is such a fun mass for all the kids.

CUPCAKE TIME CHANGE!!!

Being that my daughter's name is cupcake, and we just had a time change, I thought it was only appropriate to show this darling cupcake clock which you can purchase at this cute store on line. Just click here!!! Handmade cupcakes every hour, will make it a sweet experience every time you check for the time!