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Tasty Thursday: Oreo Truffles

I mentioned last week we had planned and attended my best friends bridal shower.  one of my baking responsibilities was to bring a chocolate related dessert.  Easy enough especially since one of the brides favorite desserts is Oreo truffles.  The wedding colors are gray and yellow so I added a drizzle of yellow icing to the tops for looks.

Ingredients

1 package Oreos

1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened

18oz chocolate

How to Make

Start by tossing the Oreos into a food processor and process down until you are left with crumbs.  With your hands, mix together the softened cream cheese and Oreo crumbs until fully incorporated.  Roll into balls about 1 inch in size and place on a baking sheet.  Place into refrigerator for 10 minutes to cool.  Heat chocolate in a mug or dish easy to dip into.  Carefully dip balls into chocolate by using a toothpick.  Place on wax paper and place back into refrigerator for about 10 minutes to set.  

Makes approximately 3-4 dozen Oreo truffles in 1 inch size.

YUM!  We also had chocolate covered strawberries to enjoy!

These are rather easy to make, just a bit time consuming.  You can do these a day or two ahead of a party to save on time.  Enjoy!

-stephanie

First Painted Toes

I painted Addie's toes this weekend with a polish specific for little kids, non toxic and all that goodness!

-stephanie

A Day in the Life with a Toddler

A day in the life of Addie.  Each day is usually the same. We like to stick to a schedule but we occasionally shake it up a bit and add a new activity or trip.

6:45am - Addie begins waking up.  It usually takes her about 10 minutes to fully wake and I can usually find her standing in her crib whining to get picked up and cuddled so she can finish waking up.  Sometimes we find her like this, though she's fully clothed.  The picture below was after a nap.  We change her diaper and get her into some clothes and then head out to the living room where she plays and I cook breakfast.

7:15am - Breakfast is served!  We typically give her eggs, toast, and some type of fruit followed by water in the sippy.  She makes a terrible mess and enjoys every minute of it.  She's an incredibly slow eater as she loves to play with her food.  It takes any where from 15-30 minutes for her to finish a meal.

7:45-10:45am - Addie plays in the living room with all her toys.  She scatters blocks, books, baby dolls and anything else she can find around the entire living room.  She's pretty content to play by herself but often times wants us to play with her.

11:00am - Addie starts to get fussy and ready for her nap. A bottle is prepared for her and she snuggles with me to drink it.  Yes I said a bottle, she hasn't figured the sippy thing out quite yet.  We're working on it.  She continues to play for a little while and then we read.

12:30-2:30pm - Nap time.

2:30pm - Addie wakes up and is ready to play.  She usually has a small lunch or a snack.  And we begin playing again.  On Saturday's or Sunday's we may go to the park to play on the slides and swings.

5:00pm - I'm preparing dinner while Addie plays with Rick and Chloe.  Sometimes she comes into the kitchen and stands between my legs to "help" out.  

6:00pm - We watch a little tv.  Addie does a little dancing.

7:00pm - We read books until Addie gets cranky.  If it's bath night, she enjoys 15 minutes of water fun before we get into jammies.

8:00pm - Addie brushes her teeth and gets her last bottle before bed.  She's awake but tired and goes down with a sound machine, the Fisher Price seahorse, and a book.  Within 15 minutes she's asleep.

It's a busy day with a toddler.  The house is usually unorganized and needs a spring cleaning that may turn into a summer cleaning but she's happy and that's what's most important.

-stephanie

Creating Pinwheels

I've been really crafty suddenly and I love it.  I was doing a lot of crafts around the end of the year and then I got into this funk.  So when we started planning my friends bridal shower I knew it was the perfect time to get back into things.  Last week I showed you how to create a wedding wreath and this week I'm showing you another project my friend Katie and I constructed for Mary's shower.

Supplies

Double sided scrapbook paper cut into 6 inch squares (found out Archiver's precut)

Scissors

Dowel Rods

Glue gun

Start by choosing the pieces of paper you want to use.

Cut into each corner of the paper leaving about 1 inch to the center.

Begin by folding over a corner to the center and glue down with glue gun.  You'll want to hold down for approximately 10 seconds.  Repeat on each side.

Here is what you're left with once each side has been glued.

Now run a dab of glue down your dowel rod and place to the back of the pinwheel and hold securely for 10 seconds.

Voila!  Done.  You now have a pretty pinwheel.

What do you think?  It's an easy craft with quite an impact at the shower.  Pictures of said shower to come later this week!

-stephanie