cupcake challenge ::: week 16 ~ no bake cupcake

i had a request from an extra special and amazing  little birthday girl for some cheesecake cupcakes today. 

i took the easy road on these cupcakes and went for the no bake kind using the jell-o brand.  i make a few adjustments to the recipe on the box. 

i like using 1/2 a cup of butter.  using 5 tablespoons leaves the crust kinda dry, hard to work with and it crumbles a little too much. so a little more is worth it.  i also use half and half instead of instead of milk for extra creaminess.

foil lined liners work best for these cupcakes.

these liners are perfect for my girlie. her favourite color is black.

now, i'll let y'all in on a little family tradition for my birthday girl.  her daddy doesn't want her growing up. he doesn't want any of our littles growing up but she is the baby and has to stay little.  for a few years now she has been 5 or 4 years old.  this year she turned 5 next year she will be turning 4.  it will probably be this way till she is 30.

she was such a happy little girlie to open the card from her daddy and see the great big 5 on it. it's great their little tease can go on even with the miles between them!

wordless wednesday

wordless wednesday

decluttering ~ finding treasures

Cleaning up and organizing is not only getting things neat and tidy; it feels like Christmas, a birthday, or finding lost treasures. 

We found some long lost and forgotten paint powder in the garage.  My Girlie got a cupcake tin and started mixing the powder with water because she had plan to do something fun.

I think she is planning on mixing up some more paint tomorrow to continue with her project.  Her brothers are planning on making some powdered paint bombs.  I think tomorrow is going to have a lot more color in it than today. 

wordless wednesday

i have hope

My girlies found some fabric in my stash and wanted matching pajama bottoms.  This took me by surprise.  My oldest hasn't wanted anything matching her sister EVER.  She is such a sweet girl and has humored me a few times but her heart was never in it.  Today, she wanted it.

I went to cut the fabric and realized there wasn't enough to make two pajama bottoms.  NO!!! They wanted and agreed to match.  When I bought this fabric there was enough to make them both tops and bottoms.  Oh, that was a couple years ago.  Another fabric was picked.

The pajamas were made.

She asked for matching pajamas once.  Maybe she will ask to match her sister again.  I have hope!

my oldest rescued...

... a red-winged black bird tangled up in string this morning. 

I'm amazed how quickly he got the bird to calm down so he could it free. 



birthday wishes

a new hermit crab.

a haunted candy cake

Happy Birthday!



from playing...

... dress up.

To playing in the mud.  Girls are so much fun!