Cupcakes Anyone?

I was so excited to get my stuff back that I signed up to bring food for fellowship hour at church.  I decided to make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes.  I first saw them on Kellee's blog and have been saving the recipe for the right time.  These were really pretty easy considering they are filled with chocolate chip cookie dough.  They aren't Weight Watcher friendly though.

John decided he liked the tops only so he would ask for a cupcake, eat the top and hand you the rest.

I also decided to try Mousse Cupcakes with a whipped cream frosting.  I'm told these also came out well. I love baking and I try not to eat what I bake only because I wouldn't be able to fit through doorways if I did.  Do you know how much butter and sugar are in these tasty treats?

Just a Thought

I was just thinking the other day that I should buy stock in a few items.

1. Diapers.  Do I even have to explain?  I have two kids in diapers and spend an absolutely ridiculous about of money on things my kids poop in and I then throw away.

2.  Wipes.  Wipes are good for a ton of things.  I have containers of wipes stashed everywhere and will probably still buy them when I don't actually need to anymore.

3. Milk.  Gus has been using milk as his security item since the move and last week we went through 3 1/2 gallons.  Yep.  In just one week.  We are trying to cut down, but he doesn't feel that is necessary or just.

4.  Spray 'n Wash, Shout or any pre-wash stain treatment.  I've started buying this stuff at Sam's.  It comes in a big jug with a little hose and spray nozzle.  I go through a lot of that stuff around here.  Aside from the normal stains that come with kids we should also remember that I have boys.  But that isn't even it.  Anders feels he needs to poop on everything he wears.  I've never seen a kid poop with such force that is sends all of the yucky mess directly up the back and out the diaper.  He has it mastered, having pooped on every piece of clothing he has worn.  At least once.

I'm sure other families use these things just as much.  I'm wondering how much I would make if I owned stock in any of these companies.

A Lesson Learned

John decided one day last week that he wanted to be a ghost.  He was walking around the house with a bathrobe over his head.  I told him it was a bad idea.  Not only did I tell him it was a bad idea, I also told him not to do it.  He was going to get hurt.  Do you know where I'm going with this?  Sure enough he was walking around the living room and tripped on a little rocking chair.  He started screaming immediately and when we pulled the bathrobe off of his head, all we saw was blood.  When we wiped up the blood a bit we saw a huge chunk of his lip just kind of hanging there.  Gross, huh?  I'm not one to run to the doctor for everything, but this was pretty bad.  Thankfully Hans was home since the other two boys were sleeping.  And can you imagine me taking the three boys by myself to urgent care.  After having to wake the two little ones up?  Nightmare.  John was a good patient and kept still and relatively quiet the while time.  The nurses kept telling Hans that John was the best little patient they have ever had.  They also told me that the next day when I went to urgent care with Anders for pink eye.  But that is a story for a different time.  After some Dermabond, the lip was as good as new, just a little bigger.  John was in pretty good spirits when he came home and told me he promised the doctor and the nurses that he wouldn't walk around with a bathrobe over his head again.  But he didn't promise not to walk around with a blanket over his head.  I'm sure when the lip is healed and his memory is erased he'll be a ghost with a blanket.

See, it really don't look that bad all glued together.  You can see where the chunk of lip was attached.  Gross.

I love he he felt he needed to stick out his lip for me to see.  The lip has healed nicely and he has a fun story to tell of his friends at school.