Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

 

 

 

My kids and I saw these the other day, they looked soooo yummy we had to give them a try.  They are...Delicious!  My husband and I don't normally like cream cheese but we both loved these, something about mixing a tart strawberry with sweetened cream cheese makes it yummy.

 

 

 

 

My kids loved them too and even liked helping me make them.

 

 

 

We changed the recipe a little, I added more powdered sugar and used Nutella for the topping...never a bad idea to add some Nutella...yep you know what I'm talkin about! (if you don't you must try it)

 

 

These really don't take that long we whipped them out pretty quickly. 

 

RECIPE

 

1 lb Strawberries

 8 oz cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Nutella or chocolate chips

 

Hollow out and trim tip off strawberries.  Mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Spoon into strawberries or if you want them to be pretty pipe onto stawberries like you would with frosting.  Drizzle Nutella or melted chocolate chips over top, we put ours in a Ziploc baggie and cut the corner off.

 

In case you were confused about the hollowing out bit.

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Trim tip off bottom so they stand up on their own

 

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Halloween Costume Ideas

It's that time of year again...to start thinking about Halloween Costumes!  I really enjoy myself browsing the internet for costumes every year, there are so many creative ideas out there.   Here are few of my personal favorites.


The Little Lady Bug...this one is really easy to throw together.

 

 

Little Mermaids

 

Football Player and Little brother football

 

 

Peacock

 

 

Jelly Fish

 

 

 

Scarecrow

 

 

 

Jelly Beans

 

 

 

LEGOS

 

 

Monster Sweatshirt

Happy halloween costume browsing to you...hopefully this helps.

 

 

 

DIY Princess Game Board

PRINCESS POLLYANNA

 

My sister and I came up with the idea of princess pollyanna while chatting on the phone one day...two years later I made it happen. It is a game we played at my Grandparent's house when we were kids, it has become a tradition.

 

 

 

In the game all the little men are trying to make their way home, we thought a castle in the clouds would be perfect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a great game for kids...they learn colors, counting, strategy, teamwork and for some patience(Dad).

I found these little wooden pieces at porters and painted them with acryllic paint.

Cinderella

 

 

 

 Ariel

 

 

 

 Sleeping Beauty

 

 

 

Belle

 

 

I found a cheap game board at DI and glued mine right over the top worked like a charm.

 

 

Now we can have our own game to play whenever we want and continue on with the tradition.  This post is dedicated to my Grandpa who made his way home to our Heavenly Father not to long ago.

Love You Grandpa!

Craft Day

Our church has a meeting each year where the ladies in the area get together and do some crafting...I am in charge this year and am supposed to come up with some ideas for us to make within about a couple hours or less. 

 

Here are some of my ideas

 

 

 

www.megityshandmade.blogspot.com

 

 

 

www.gingersnapcrafts.com

 

 

 

www.stampinat6213.blogspot.com

 www.sarahortega.com

 

 

www.etsy.com

 

 

These are just a few of my ideas...I am pretty much out of control with pinterest lately, there are soooo many great ideas and tutorials on there.  If you haven't already check pinterest out... it would be well worth your time. 

 

We had a great time at the cabin last weekend the mountains were on fire with color...sooo pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes when you try and take a family picture your husband suddenly forgets how to smile, your five year old forgets how to open her eyes, your two year old wants to eat cheetos, and your baby actually smiles.

 

 

Thank you photo shop for saving this photo where my baby looked awesome and I needed some serious editing.

 

 

Can anyone spy Pop in this Photo?

 

 

 

Can anyone spy Pop in this Photo?

 

 

How bout this one?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids and I went on a color learning nature walk...our finds were so pretty I had to take a picture.

 

 

Birthday present for Mom

My kids had a lot of fun putting this together for my Mom's birthday present and it was actually their idea too...I think it turned out pretty great.  My kids took a bucket and went out to gather leaves when they had enough we cut a circle out of a paper plate and glued the leaves on with elmers, punch a hole and hang with some sort of string...we used dental floss.  It would also be cute with some acorns and berries.

 

Get Creative and Have some Fun!

Tangled Costume

 

 

This was made from a dress pattern I had on hand, we(Ellie and I) decided to jazz it up a bit by adding the ribbon(wonder under) different colored sleeves and strip down the front of the bodice.

 

 

 

Time saving tips: instead of a zipper I used stick on Velcro, -bodice front I used double stick tape to hold the ribbon in place while sewing and don't sew stretchy fabric to non stretchy fabric it puckers! 

Even with the mistakes Ellie loves it. 

ABC Blocks

We recently cleaned out our extra bedroom and turned it into a room for our little two year old, we got it all cleaned out and put his bed and toys in there but it was a little boring so I used some of the left over blocks from another project and turned them into ABC blocks just to make it a little more fun.


Putting up the big boy bed




We also added some of these planes we made a while back.

 

 

He really enjoys playing in his room, now if I could just get him excited about sleeping in it!

 

 

To make the abc blocks you will need: blocks(mine are 3" squares) rounded and sanded, vinyl lettering or stencils, scrap book paper, toll paint, mod podge glue.  I picked out my paper first and then matched my paint to it, I then painted the blocks with two or three coats.  Mod podge scrap book paper on and let dry then add a layer or two to the top to give it a nice finish.  Add vinyl lettering or you could stencil on some letters if you don't have vinyl.