Strawberry cake balls!

This weekend I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend Ashleigh. As soon as we started planning I new I wanted to make cake balls (aka cake truffles). I had seen an article on line about someone using strawberry cake and strawberry frosting and I knew right away that is what I wanted to do! So I did it! I ended up making two kinds. The strawberry and then chocolate ones. I topped the strawberry ones off with some white chocolate (colored pink) and the chocolate ones with white chocolate colored blue, since we don't know what she is having. ;) I should have taken some better pictures of the cake truffles, however I didn't so here is the only picture of them.

To make the truffles all you have to do is bake your favorite cake. As soon as it is done cut it into pieces and put it in a large bowl. Break the cake up into even smaller crumb like pieces. Then take your favorite frosting (probably should use the same flavor as the cake, example: chocolate cake, chocolate frosting). Mix the frosting and the cake pieces up. Doing this while the cake is hot helps the frosting to melt and makes it easier to mix up. I tried to do this once when the cake had cooled and I had to add some milk to the frosting to make it easier to mix. Place mixture in the fridge for at least a couple of hours, this makes it easier to ball up. Once it has been in the fridge for a while, go ahead and begin to roll it into balls. I would suggest making small ones, as the larger ones don't fit into your mouth in one bite! :) Once you have them balled up then melt some chocolate (I prefer candy melts). Cover the cake balls in chocolate and set on wax paper to harden. If you want to add some extra zing to them melt some white chocolate candy melts and drizzle it on top. You can even add color to it if you want! Enjoy these yummy treats!

For more great ideas go to I am Blissfully Domestic.

Free Arby's items...

Just wanted to mention this blog that I found. Go read it to find out what you can get for free at Arby's each Wednesday though out the summer!

http://free2befrugal.blogspot.com/2009/05/wednesdays-at-arbys.html

Eating

Ian is learning how to put the little puffs in his mouth! He is so cute when he does it. Some of them get stuck on his face and clothes! It cracks me up. But he usually finds a way to get them in his mouth. He is a smart little sucker.

Today we had lunch with my friends that I used to work with. We went to Jo's Pizza, yummy. He fell asleep towards the end. Lucy brought little Lexie, she is so cute!

T-shirts that talk...

So I visited this blog today (Make and Takes). She had a post about this T-Shirt company. So I went to visit it and found some hilarious shirts. I am tempted to get some for both me and my hubbs. You can go to TypeTees to see more of there shirts. Trust me if you want to laugh a little or at least smile you should go look at them! They are even having a contest that you can win $500 if your T-Shirt slogan gets picked! (If you win, you have to share some of it with me) :) Stick around to see some pictures of Ian eating. Hmm, let me re-phrase that, feeding himself. I will post them this afternoon.

Ants, ants, and more ants...

So here in Oklahoma we have had rain about 14 out of 15 days! Which means we have had a lot of ants coming inside the house. I kind of freaked out the other day and went on a Raid rampage! Both inside and outside. :) Now every time I walk into the kitchen I kill about 5-6 ants.

We are getting sprayed next week, which I am looking forward too! Until then the Windex will have to work (thanks Misti for the suggestion, it kills them on the spot! I guess the guy from My Big Fat Greek Wedding was right about it).

On to another, happier subject. I found a double stroller at a garage sale last weekend for only $10! I was so excited. I am not an experienced garage saler (is that even a word?), but I knew that I should at least try to lower the price, but when I asked if he would sell it for $5 he was like "well it is not mine so I can't really lower the price". Ugh. Oh well I tried, $10 is still a great deal! So I took the boys out for a walk yesterday (along with Misti and Ashley and there boys!). Ian fell asleep in the funniest position. I had to take a picture of it before I adjusted him. :)

Ian got to meet his Great Grandpa this week! Justin's Grandpa came to visit with his wife. It was a lovely time. I had not spent very much time with them so it was nice getting to know them better.

Park and Mommy's day!

I took Ian to the park the other day. This was his first time to be at a park and actually get out of the stroller and play! He loved the swings. He was unsure about the other toy I put him in. I am not sure the name of it, but is is one of those things you sit in and it moves back and forth. It was a dinosaur. Anyways, I also sat him down in the grass, which he has never done before. He wasn't quite sure what to think about it. He eventually started to play with the grass and dig his heel into the dirt part of it.

My first Mother's day with Ian in my arms was wonderful! We went to church and then had lunch at Old Chicago. Ian and Justin got me a Frog flower pot, some scrap booking stickers and a children's praise and worship CD. I wanted the CD to listen to in the mornings when we don't have the TV on. I am loving it! I wore my new "little black dress" on Sunday, so head over to my other blog Created In His Image to check out that!

Happy Mother's Day...