"A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness."

~Mother Teresa~

Special Olympics and banning the *R* word

You are looking at a WINNER!!

Mason won a wrestling match on Saturday

and guess what?

I missed it.

Man it makes me sick :(

I got there late after he had already won.

But I was there in time to see him lose two more :(

Bad mama, bad.

Here you see the psycho winner boy!

Somebody help this damsel in distress

I see you my beloved chocolate M&M's

Don't make me come up there....

ahhhh yes, someone felt pity on me and rescued the lonely M&M's.

by the way-

did you know that blue M&M's taste better if you

eat them through your nose??? Who would have ever

thunk it????

I'm gonna wash that filth right out of your mouth

Somebody got soap in their mouth this week. I won't mention any names....

Not so nice words

So what is it with boys and icky words like - butt, fart, poop, poopy head, butthole??? It seems like that is all that Mason and his friends want to talk about and of course they jolt out into hysterics when they say these words to each other. I stand back and roll my eyes, thinking well at least my angel (bwaaahaaaa) Ashy isn't a icky word user... or is she?? A couple of years ago she learned the phrase - SHUT UP. It drove me nuts and I am sure that it drove her teachers nuts and let's not forget the bus drivers. Her bus driver informed one day that Ashlyn told her to shut up all the way home one day... she didn't look too happy either. (ooops)

Well now she has learned a new word from the boys - botthole. Yes - botthole. The first time she said it I fell out into a fit of laughter, and it is funny because she says it with a big ol' Cheshire grin. Just the way she pronounces it makes me laugh. So imagine my chuckle when she came out the other day with - shut up botthole. Mike and I had to turn away and chuckle, before we could get it out that it isn't nice and those are ugly words. She didn't care- she just kept on grinning cause she's funny and she knows it :)

Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag

Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag
Originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution

This was the first case of baby wearing, what'cha think?

A few pictures of Christmas happiness

A portion of Ashlyn's goodies.

Notice the sparkly streamers hanging from the handlebars......

Well they didn't live long thanks to the *wild woman*

Santa, what were you thinking???

Ewwww creepy! And it moves too....

One happy kiddo on Christmas morning!


Our house threw up

and Ashlyn is inspecting it!

OH my gosh!

The verdict is in...

cake balls ARE scrumptious!!

So I finally broke down and made the ever famous

CAKE BALLS!

Everyone was raving about them over at

2 peas in a bucket scrapbooking board

I kept thinking, how could they be that great?

It's just a cake mix, with icing dipped in chocolate

what is so great about that?

oh my, they are divine!

The cake balls you see above were made with german chocolate cake mix

and german chocolate, coconut icing!!!!!!

This is how easy they are to make~

1. Buy any flavor cake mix and bake the cake according to the directions on the box.

2. After you have baked the cake and let it cool, you crumble the cake into pieces in a large bowl.

3. Pick any flavor icing to go with the cake above and mix it in the big bowl with the crumbled

cake mix. YES this is pretty messy. Make sure you wash your hands really

good before starting because you are going to mix the cake with the cake icing with

your hands.

4. After you have mixed the cake and the icing really good, form the mixture into

bite sized balls and place on wax paper on a cookie sheet.

5. Put toothpicks in each cake ball and place in the fridge for a couple of hours or put

in the freezer for at least one hour.

6. Use a double broiler or fondue to melt Almond bark - chocolate or vanilla, you choose!

7. Dip each cake ball into the melted, yummy chocolate and return to cookie sheet to dry.

8. You can leave them plain or add nuts, sprinkles etc. before they dry.

I kept mine in the fridge because I like my cake balls chilled.. OR you can leave them out

in a cake plate or dish to enjoy!

Another good variety for Christmas would be to use a

red velvet cake mix with cream cheese icing and dip into white almond bark!