Modern House Minimalist Design

Sister and I have used these Oreo molds a few times and, in spite of my best intentions, I’ve yet to share the details.  I managed to take pictures of the steps most of the way through making the Oreo Apples for our First Place First Grader party and first day of first grade lunch . First, you’ll need to get your Oreo molds.  I searched high and low at places like Michael’s and Hobby Lobby to no avail, and ended up buying them online from Spinning Leaf .  A six cavity mold is $6 and I bought two. In addition to the mold, you’ll need chocolate candy melts (red and green if you are making apples), Oreos and a disposable pastry bag (mine are plastic by Wilton and were purchased at Michael’s.)  [The fact that Honey bought reduced fat Oreo's makes me laugh a little.  And the fact that he went to the grocery store at all makes me laugh a lot...I envision him strolling the aisles (for probably the third time in his life) trying to figure out where on earth they hide t...

The PCP trotted off to his first day in first grade with this sweet sentiment tucked into his lunch box… It’s a reprise of the same treat he found in his box on the first day of Kindergarten .  He asked me for smarties in his lunch at least one hundred more times throughout the one hundred eighty day school year, so I figure the first day of first grade is a good one to indulge. :-) Last year we used the same labels to package up little treats for his neighborhood friends . And, after a few requests over the last year, I finally have a file for y’all to download and make your own treats!  There is a page for kindergarten, a page for first grade and a catch-all page that says “good luck in school!”  I printed mine on full page label paper, cut out circles and stuck them on colorful scrap book paper (purchased last year at Michael’s).  My Dollar Tree sells Smarties by the bag which makes for a pretty cheap treat! Good Luck Smartie Pants Go to town, y’all! xoxo

Last night brought the game that is always my very favorite of the season…my snack night!!  This is the PCP’s fifth season and I invariably spend every game leading up to mine cooking up ideas.  I’ve done Cracker Jack cupcakes , Cracker Jack bags , Baseball Pies , Baseball Doughnuts and now the Baseball Glove cupcake cake!!  Some little stinker obvi stole one red m&m when I wasn’t looking :-) This was super easy to pull off and inspired by something I came across on google images.  Bake a box of cupcakes and be sure to get all two dozen out of the batch.  Lay them out in this arrangement on a your serving piece (this lovely thing is actually our checker board wrapped in foil and then a piece of plastic disposable tablecloth) before icing.  Once in place, ice twenty-three cupcakes in chocolate and the last one in white.  I stuck red m&m’s in the icing to make the laces on the baseball cupcake.  It was Honey’s fab idea to draw the glove’s w...