Going Bananas (for pudding)!

Going Bananas is the theme of the week here so to celebrate (and stuff our faces) we made Banana Pudding!

Alexis had a sleep study done (her 4th over the years) Monday night into Tuesday.  What a sleepLESS night it ended up being.

                        Let's just say it did not go well and leave it at that for now!

We came home to a leaky pipe drip dripping dreching my kitchen ceiling... FuN!  and we are dealing with some issues regarding Ms. A's insurance ... rip my hair out now, would ya?

On a nice note,  I am thrilled to have won a Graphique Giveaway over at Larissa Hill Designs!  Can't wait to get crafting with all of those 'to die for' graphics!

Banana Pudding.  A nice little treat we make on occasion.  Yummy and EEE ZZZZ !

What You'll Need:

2 Bananas
1 box of Vanilla Wafer cookies
2 boxes Instant Vanilla Pudding (you can use cook & serve pudding if you so desire)
A trifle bowl to layer the dessert in.

Follow the box directions to make your pudding and slice the bananas into thin slices.  This is so easy to put togeather even for little hands!

Line the bottom of your bowl with the cookies, followed by a layer of sliced bananas.  Spoon a layer of pudding on top of the bananas to cover.

Continue layering cookies, bananas and pudding.  Add a few cookies on top to garnish and refridgerate for a few hours. 

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Easy Cupcake Roses for My Valentine!

I have some easy peasy Valentine Cupcakes to share with you today!  Yes, EEE ZZZZ.

Chances are you may already have all of the ingredients in your cupboard, if not a quick run to your closest supermarket is all you need to do get them!  No hoop jumping with this one!  I even used boxed cake mix and prepared frosting.  The secret to these pretties is Fruit by the Foot or some other type of fruit roll up (any brand, color, or flavor will work).

So prepare your cupcakes any way you want.  We used a box of devil's food and made 2 dozen,

 letting them cool. 

Tip: when making chocolate cake or cupcakes, substitute 1/4 cup of coffee for some of the water... to die for moist and yummy.  You don't taste the coffee it just enhances the chocolate flavor!

Since my Boom is home with an ear infection today, she helped frost them with Mommy.

Nothing fancy schmancy needed... just cover the tops with your favorite icing.

Next we unrolled our fruit strip which will become our pretty flower cupcake topper. 

I like the fruit by the foot because they separate down the middle with a squiggly line allowing me to make 2 flowers with each strip.

Fold over and pinch one end of the fruit strip.

Using the squiggly side up, begin rolling and pinching the candy at the bottom.

Kinda like making a rolled flower out of some fabric strips.

roll... pinch... fold... roll

Whatever method you feel will give you a pretty flower, then place them on top of the cupcakes.

Boom and I set up a pretty little vignette to snap some quick photos of our cakes for you!

Give it a try...

Go ahead and involve the kids in the decorating process!

Flowers are like children, the are all different but they are all oh so special!

After all, the only thing better than giving your family a sweet treat to tell them you love them is to share your time and attention with them!

I'll be back a bit later in the week with another rose cupcake to share for LOVE Day!

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