Cupcake Pops!

I made some more cake pops for a friend this weekend and they turned out pretty good. Of course, I am always trying to improve! Here are some pics and here is the website where I first found out about these!

crumble the cake and slowly add frosting

roll into 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 " balls a refrigerate for 2 hours

roll into logs

press into flower shaped cookie cutter

round the top to look like a cupcake

cupcake shape!

first dip bottom into melted chocolate and put on sticks

After the bottom dries, dip top into melted candy (any color works!) add sprinkles and topper

Tada!!

Tada!!

Display beautifully!

Wedding

We went to my cousin Lesley's wedding this weekend. Maggie (as always) had a ton of fun with her cousins! We were so happy we were able to share this very special day with Lesley. 

Growing and growing!

We are having a lot of luck with our plants! They just keep growing and growing. Now I have to figure out what to do with them!

Growing!

Our plants are growing! It's so exciting! I hope they keep doing so well :)

Gardening

Mags and I decided to do some "gardening" today. We planted peas, sweet peas, and poppies in egg cartons. We planted some bulbs and re-potted most of my plants. She was sort of helpful, but mostly got dirt everywhere!

Maggie putting the seeds in. 

Our finished product. Hopefully it does something!!

First field trip!

We went on Maggie's first field trip today! I am so glad I was able to chaperone and experience this with her. She had a lot of fun and I'm sure she can't wait to go again. We went to see the Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Beverly Performing Arts Center. The whole class really seemed to enjoy themselves except for the other girl in my group who was afraid of heights and ended up sitting in the balcony! The best part was when the three bears returned home to find Goldilocks and Maggie was sitting on my lap and both girls were covering their eyes because they were afraid of what was going to happen to Goldilocks! Haha. And they both know the story! So funny. 

Maggie's first time on a bus!!

Mags and Ella of course sitting together even though we weren't sure either were going to be able to go be able to go because of Maggie's eye issues and Ella's excitement issues!

The three bears. 

Goldilocks and her mom. 

Minnie!

We are going to Emma's party today! I'll post pics later from the actual party, but I made the cupcakes for the party and wanted to post those before I forget.

Favorite present!

Maggie's favorite present has to be her new bike! It's called a trailer bike made by Burley and she adores it! Mags and Chris have probably gone for at least 4 rides without me and I finally was able to go with yesterday. She was so happy, she was singing "I love Daddy! I love Mommy!" So cute :)

Maggie's actual birthday

Today was Maggie's actual birthday. Aunt Tonia and Ethan stayed the night so they were here this morning to spend a few hours with Maggie on her birthday. And lucky Mags, that means she got eggs 2 days in a row because her Daddy and Aunt Tonia made them for her! She opened a few more presents from us, we wrote down what she got from everyone and organized it, went to visit Daddy at the firehouse, then came home and had her favorite meal: homemade mac and cheese while we watched Brave. It was a pretty good birthday!

Amazing cookies by Sugar Momma Cookies!

Some more goodies from Dulce Para Ti.

Some goodies from Maggie's sweets table.

Maggie and Ethan opening her presents today.

Maggie's goods!

First trip to Daddy's new firehouse.

Up in the tower ladder (but not actually up!)

Maggie trying out her new Merida dress and bow and arrows!

4th Birthday!

Maggie's party was on Saturday at her gymnastics place, Flying High. A lot of her friends were able to make it and she had so much fun! The kids were having a blast sliding down the huge inflatable, jumping on the trampolines, jumping in the foam block pits, and just running around. After they played, we went up to the party room for a short party where we sang happy birthday to Mags, ate her amazing cupcakes, and visited for a little bit.

Candyland cupcake cake made by our very talented friend at Dulces Para Ti.

Close up of her name on the amazing cupcake cake.

Mags posing with her cupcake cake.

Maggie swinging from the bars.

Smiling after blowing out the candles.

Opening presents with her family.

Pre party

Tonight is the night before Maggie's party, but we are going over to aunt Tonia's for Mags and Ethan to play while the adults have a jewelry/wine party. I made some yummy pudding shots to bring and I can't wait to try them! I used the recipe found here: http://partyhostess.blogspot.com/2010/10/pudding-shots.html?m=1

Party prep!

I have been spending a lot of time the last few weeks (months) getting supplies together for Maggie's 4th birthday party. Which, by the way, I cannot believe she's going to be 4 in two days!!

So, we are doing a Candyland party and we are so excited. This time, I decided to have a few others make the cupcakes and some cookies for the goody bags. I will post pictures of those after the party. Ad this gives me more time for the other stuff (and school, and work, and.... Life!)

Here are a few pics of getting the goody bags together and making the banned.

Princesses!

Maggie got a sweet gift from her friend Lily, a trip to Glamour Girls to be pampered like princesses. We picked Lily and her mom up and headed there on Wednesday afternoon. Maggie and Lily were so excited!!

When we got there, the girls changed into princess outfits, then sat in chairs to get their makeup and hair done! Maggie is so girly, she loved it!! She picked everything pink; pink dress, pink eye shadow, pink nail polish and pink lip gloss! It was super fast so afterwards we let the girls play in the play area and then ate a really delicious dinner at Claim Company in Northbrook Mall.