Lots of Love...

Ana's sweet little friends decided to send her lots of love on her birthday by "heart attacking" her bedroom door.  She thought it was the most wonderful thing ever...

And we can't for get to document the traditional birthday cake for breakfast...

Class-y Treats...

The night before her birthday, Ana announced to Rob and I that we still needed to make treats to share with her class on her birthday.   Then she proceeded to tell me that she did not want to bring cupcakes or cookies or Rice Krispie treats or anything else that anyone has ever brought on their birthday.  Apparently the need for her own identity has already begun, AND SHE'S ONLY 7! 

OK, so what should we bring?  We headed to Pinterest.  I let her browse through all of the "treat" ideas and she finally decided on none other than... Chocolate Covered Twinkies.  My first thought was: gross.  But she was elated with the idea, so chocolate covered Twinkies it was...

But the funniest part of the whole thing was the colors that she chose: red, green and light blue, "All of my favorite colors,"  she claimed.  So here are the Christmas-colored chocolate covered Twinkies for Ana's birthday, which happens to be on Valentine's Day...

Her teacher and I had a pretty good laugh about this one.  It was so totally Ana.

Cub Scout Cake...

Hayden's Cub Scout pack has [what I think is] a funny tradition.  Every year for the Blue and Gold Banquet, each boy and their Dad are supposed to decorate a cake to go along with the theme for the banquet.  It's funny to me because that would describe the farthest thing from fun for Hayden and Rob. 

So each year, I purchase things for them to decorate their cake and then they both wait until the last minute to throw the thing together, and it ends up looking like just that: a cake that was thrown together at the last minute.  Well, this year, I decided to try to help Hayden get excited about it.  I got everything set out, tried to pump him up and show him all the cool things that he could make, and... 

he lasted about 3 minutes.

So Ana, Sophie and I were just sitting there with all these cake decorating supplies (which is like a dream come true for the girls in our family)... 

Needless to say, we took the matter into our own hands and whipped up this baby...

We're talking real s'mores people...

It was a win-win situation.  Hayden got his "camping" cake, and us girls had a blast making it :)

Wheels...

It seems as though the need for speed has already begun at our house...

Bumpers and all!

Cooking with Sophie...

Hello everyone, I'm so happy that you could join me in my state-of-the-art kitchen once again. I always love sharing my kitchen with my viewers. Today we are going to be learning the age-old art of frosting cupcakes. So get out your knives and buttercream, and let's get cookin'...

 The first thing to know about icing is that pink is always the only way to go. Trust me, girls and boys alike LOVE pink! So take a big ol' spoonful of buttercream and place it in the center of your cupcake. Then proceed to spread the icing from the center out toward the edges. Just like that... ooops, got a little too much on my knife, I'll just take care of that...

 Yep, pink frosting is definitely the best. Put's a smile on my face any time of day...

 Just keeping spreading the frosting out toward the edges until you have an even coat all the way around. And then I always take my knife and swirl the top just a little to make it look nice and fancy...

Add some sparkly sprinkles, and that's all there is to it folks. Easy Peasy. And you have beautiful cupcakes to share with your sweetheart, in this case, it's my Daddy. He's just going to love these...

Thanks again for joining me, cooking with you just makes my day.  Don't forget to tune in next time, we're going to be mixin' up some cookies that are to die for. 

Love and best cupcakes, from my kitchen to yours...