Chocolate and Peanut Butter Frosting Cake...

Here's a few pictures of the peanut butter frosting

and chocolate cake.. 

I made for my hubby 

on his bday.. 

The frosting was delicious.. 

it was like eating a giant 

reeses cup... 

The recipe is here.. 

in case you get the desire.. 

Stay tuned to see how the cheesecake truffles went.. 

let's just say.. 

"yum"!

30 Years...

So today my husband is turning the big

3-0!

I have been teasing him that he 

is getting so old...

but in reality it's me a little frightened 

of getting older...

The other day someone asked my age.. 

and I said aloud 26...

in my head all I could hear was.. 

'4 years till 30'...

and for some reason 

it was a little daunting.. 

But today we are celebrating!!!

My plans are to make.. 

chocolate cupcakes 

with peanut butter frosting.. 

yum... 

I only plan to make the frosting homemade though.. 

baking the cake from a box.. 

because that is how I roll.. 

I expect it will be super yummy.. 

I am going to use 

Mrs. Barefoot Contessa's recipe.. 

and hopefully they will turn out like these.. 

from Glorious Treats...

wish me luck!

Jealous Friday

This week I saw two posts

featuring Bark 

in colorful and un-Pepperminty forms...

It looks amazing..

and I am jealous I did not think of this idea sooner..

Cake Batter Birthday Bark..

freakin amazing!

From Birthday Girl... 

And from Save the Date for Cupcakes

marbleized Pastel bark...

perfect for Easter!

Have a lovely weekend!

hello..

Hello blog, 

How have you been?

I have been busy.. 

birthday party.. kid turning one.. 

writing lesson plans.. driving hours and hours.. 

but here I am.. 

Excited to share pictures of my little circus party.. 

In my head.. 

I dream that I am Amy Atlas.. 

planning gorgeous parties.. with beautiful desert tables.. 

In reality.. it is 'slightly' more disorganized..

a 'bit' more tame and ordinary.. 

but.. it was still a lot of fun.. 

and it being the hottest day of the summer so far.. 

the snowcones were the best idea ever.. 

thanks me.

So if nothing else.. 

snowcones were a hit.. 

now what to do with two gallons worth of snowcone syrup

and the machine back at the rental store.. 

(the ants come marching two by two.. oh no oh no)

Don't you just love my 70's kitchen.. 

at least the circus decorations add some color

Fun silverware..

Candy bar.. 

still wrapped!

Birthday cake.. yummm..

The guest of honor..

We made a little photo booth.. 

just hung some fabric from our patio.. 

This is me and my sis..

Me and my best buddy..

and me and the babe..

Paper straws.. 

(beautiful, but.. they are paper.. that's all I'm saying)

Sweet Treats.. 

Just kept it simple..

Now.. time to relax!

Birthday party themes... again

So I think that we have officially settled on Monsters for the theme for my son's first birthday party..
But then I go looking at blogs this morning and I found this great circus party.. courtesy of Party Perfect's Blog..
I think the thing that tops it off is the costumes.. wow.. really
I need to start having more children so that I can dress them up..
I really have not been fulfilling my potential with this..





Amazing!

Another cute party idea..

Gosh I'm torn about which direction to go for this first birthday party.. i found this party from party perfect's blog.. super cute.. and pretty reasonable to do i think... i LOVE the photo-booth idea..

A little circus!

So cute!

Searching for inspiration..

So the countdown begins.. six months and change until my son's first birthday.. 
I am searching for the theme so that I can start preparing all the fun stuff.. 


Here's what I found so far... 

Red Car Party.. found here

Also on PartyPerfect's Blog.. a Cowboy party..

A Safari Party..

A Construction Party.. 

Who would have thought.. 

So many good ideas out there... don't know 

which to choose..