Girls Just Want To Have Fun!

The last few days have been filled with all sorts of fun! We have been spending a lot of time outside playing and a lot of time inside cooking! I LOVE having two little girls!

                                                      Playing Princesses....

                                                       Making Cornbread Turkey Dog Muffins

                                                     Enjoying the fresh air......

                                                      Cruisin around the deck....

                                                My girls have been two busy little bees!!!!!!

Too Much Chocolate Cake

I stumbled across this recipe one day while looking for a something new to try, something out of the ordinary as far as baking. I seem to make the same dessert recipes all the time, which happen to be scrumptious, but I just wanted to try something different. I wanted something somewhat easy to make, something that did not require a million ingredients and something that oozed chocolate. I succeeded. I found the Too Much Chocolate Cake recipe... I don't have a picture, but here is the reipe:

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well greased 12 cup bundt pan.
3. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate If desired, dust the cake with powdered sugar.

Zoomania

The weather was absolutely beautiful today, so we took advantage of our surroundings and ventured out to the Riverbank Zoo in Colombia, SC. We had such a fantastic time. The animals were basking in the spring-like temps and showing off for the inquisitive onlookers. Isabella was very intrigued by all of the animals, whereas Jenna was more interested in the hundreds of "little people ( kids)" running all around us. It was beautiful day with my beautiful girls.

Keep it Simple

There are so many complicated, expensive, high tech toys now-a-days, but as far as I'm concerned....simple is best. It is amazing how much happiness a little fresh air and chalk can bring to a child! Here's the proof:

What I Whipped Up Wednesday

                                                         Chocolate Covered Pretzels
My dear sister in law shared this idea on her blog @ molly-n@blogspot.com.  I saw it and knew I wanted to try a version of her idea for Valentines Day. It was so simple!
Ingredients: chocolate chips, pretzels, sprinkles
Directions: melt the chocolate, dip one side of the pretzel in chocolate then coat in sprinkles. Lay on waxed paper until chocolate becomes hard! voila!

I think they came out pretty cute! It's an easy way to make holiday appropriate treats for friends and family!

Love Bugs

My little love bugs had a fantastic love filled day! Thank you to all of those who helped make this day so special!!!

Date Night

We had a great anniversary night! We were originally planning on eating at Firebirds( one of our favorites). We tried "calling ahead" for an entire hour but the line was busy , so upon arrival we were notified that the wait time was 2 1/2 hours! We left. We assume it was overly busy being that it was Vday weekend, but really... 2 1/2 hours! No thanks! So, we went to 131 Main. The wait was a conservative 90 minutes. ha. We decided that was doable. One hour later and two glasses of wine deep I asked the bar tender to see the menu, only to find out it was a "set menu" due to vday!!!! UGH! There was nothing remotely appetizing on the "set menu," so we left. At least at that point my dear friend vino had taken the edge off so I really did not care where we ate at that point. We ended up at Big View Diner. lol. It was actually pretty good. Some things don't always go the way you envision them , but true to form, my hubby and I laughed it all off and had a great night!