Undies or no Undies....That is the Question

Joseph and Jensen have started outdoor soccer. It is Jensen's first time to play any sport. He was getting his soccer clothes on a few days ago and started yelling for me. "Mom! Mom!" "What do you need Jensen?!" "Should I wear my underwear or not when I play soccer?" he yelled down to me. I started laughing, I could barely reply. "Mom! Should I take off my underwear?!" I finally managed, "Of course you should wear your underwear! even when you play soccer." Cracked...me...up! Last week he put his new undies over his old ones and wore two pairs to school. He's got some undie issues. =)

Copycat Kneaders La-de-da Cupcakes

I had this cupcake (a lemon raspberry cupcake) at Kneaders. I loved it so much, I decided to come up with my own version. They are better at Kneaders, but more pricey too (at least at the dozen level). So here you go if you would like a tasty treat to tantilize and impress your friends and family. (If you want to know how they were originally conceived, go to: http://scottandkersten.blogspot.com/ and read how the pastry chef herself created this fabulous cupcake!)

Ingredients:
1 French Vanilla or White cupcake mix
1 Tube of Raspberry Filling from Harmon's Bakery*
1 pkg. Guittard white chocolate chips
(Guittard is the BEST for melting)
1 pkg. vanilla candy coating
1 16oz container Duncan Hines Whipped Frosting
Cream Cheese Flavor
1 8 oz Extra Creamy whipped topping
Raspberries (optional)
Raspberry flavoring (optional)
Lemon flavoring (optional)

Directions:
Make cupcakes as directed on the package. When they are cooled, remove cupcake wrappers. (I tried when they were still hot and it failed miserably.) With the big end of a chopstick or something similar, poke a hole on the top of the center of each cupcake. Try not to go all the way through and slightly move the stick around to hold enough filling. Pipe filling into each cupcake hole using a frosting bag or piping instrument (I call them thingies because I don't know the proper name, but don't tell anyone.) In a glass bowl, add 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and two sections of candy coating (chopped). Heat at 12 second intervals in the microwave, stirring between each interval to avoid burning. It shouldn't take more than 30-40 seconds; it melts FAST. (You will need to melt more chocolate, but it's best to do this in small batches because the chocolate hardens quickly.) Dip each cupcake into melted chocolate and turn upside down on cookie sheet to cool. Repeat until desired number of cupcakes are made. When they have cooled (about 20 minutes) turn over again and place in a new cupcake wrapper.

Now for the frills and thrills: Place half of the frosting in a bowl. If desired, add 1 tsp raspberry flavoring OR 1/2 tsp. raspberry flavoring and 1/2 tsp. lemon flavoring, into the frosting and mix in. Then you can add 7 or 8 drops of red food coloring and 5 drops blue food coloring (more or less) into the frosting for brilliant color. Now mix in half of the whipped topping and stir until well blended. Place in decorating bag and top each cupcake in a creative fun way. Then top with raspberry for a truly la-de-da extravaganza!

*The raspberry filling comes in a large plastic tube. I only used 1/3 of a bag on 48 cupcakes. It costs $8. You could go in on one bag with several ladies or store the rest for later use. Any nice grocery store bakery should carry this for their doughnuts and should sell it to you if you ask.

Number Of Servings:24 cupcakes

Yep, You Guessed it

I don't think many read my last post, but it was an April Fool's joke. Actually everything was true except the broken ankle part. It was my second time skiing; I did fall down 3 times; and I suck; but I didn't break my ankle. My knees hurt for 3 days and my calves are still sore, but the ankle is fine. lol Anyways, sorry for being a stinker and April Fools!

I'm really 73

Here we are smiling at the top of the mountain, oblivious to the pain ahead. Ignorance is bliss.

Wednesday Joseph and I went skiing one last time this season. It was my second time this year and third time since I was 16. Needless to say, I pretty much suck. I went down a green three times and discovered I'm MUCH older than the calendar says. For awhile I thought I was getting it down. But pride comes before the fall they say, and that's exactly what happened. I was going to fast, caught an edge and took a fall. I landed wrong on my ankle and snippety snap, I broke it. Thanks to nice medics, I got patched up and should recover in 3 to 4 weeks. I think I'll stick to the bunny/baby slopes.