Blah Blah Blog: 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Rainbow Cupcakes

Prep time: 10 minutes
Bake time: 18 minutes
Total time: 28 minutes
Serving Size: 24 cupcakes

To bring some cheer to the last day of school for my girls, we decided to bake some rainbow cupcakes.

I love the colors! Enjoy.

Ingredients

White Cake Mix(follow the instructions and the ingredients listed on the back of the box as everyone uses different brand mix)
Food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer, mix all the ingredients listed on the back of your white cake mix box.
Once all ingredients are mixed, fill 4 separate bowls with the mix.
Pick out the 4 food colorings and add each one to a separate bowl.
Mix the batter and food coloring with a fork until well blended.
In each cupcake tin, spoon about a tablespoon and a half of each color.
Bake for about 18 minutes, or until cupcakes lightly golden and you can place a toothpick in the center and it doesn't come up with a wet batter. Let the cupcakes cool down for a few minutes and serve!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Yummy Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Prep time: 15 minutes
Bake time: 30 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes
Serving Size: 12 muffins

So I have now gotten into somewhat of cooking and baking with my girls.

They love it so much that as I make something new, I try to take pictures of it and now have decided to post it and share it with whomever wants to see and try out new recipes.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 heaping tbsp of sour cream
1 cup frozen blueberries
4 ounces cream cheese (1/3 less fat)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer first mix the following ingredients; flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar.
Add the following ingredients into the mixer; egg, brown sugar, sour cream and blueberries.
Once completely mixed, add cream cheese, vanilla extract and powdered sugar
Fill a 12-cup muffin baking pan with baking cups. Fill each 3/4 of the way with the batter.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until muffins are a golden brown and you can place a toothpick in the center and it doesn't come up with a wet batter. Let the muffins cool down for about 10 minutes before indulging.

Monday, July 2, 2012

With the birth of my 3rd child, I started to come to the realization that life is such a precious gift. Not that I didn't know this before, but the more my family has grown the more I have felt so overwhelmed by my feelings to care for them and not let anyone or anything ever hurt them in the slightest that I have completely been worrying myself to know avail. I needed to just breathe and look at what I have and not worry so much yet be happy for what I have because worrying is not going to let me enjoy it all.

As each day passes, I realize that we can't take everything so seriously in life and worry ourselves to death. We should take each day as it comes, but live in the moment as we don't know when it could be our last. You have to do what is best for you and know that you simply can't please everyone, but the main thing is to keep yourself happy because if you are not happy, the people around you can sense it and they in turn will be effected.

As I look at my youngest, I am enveloped by all the emotions I have. I don't want her to grow so quickly as my other two have. I want to be able to remember each day, each hour, minute even down to the seconds...I wish I could hold that and replay it when I want, just like a video, but always running.

I want to make sure that each of them never have to feel any hurt, pain, sadness and if so, I'd gladly take it for/from them. As their mother I am their nurturer, their protector, their guardian, their friend, their MOM(Manager/Master of Memories/Moments).

Embrace the life that you have, the life you create and the life you will live. You lead by example and in doing so hopefully we will keep playing it forward so that everyone around us and our children will lead happy lives as well.

I thank the loves of my life(my 3 kiddos and my husband) for teaching me these lessons without even knowing it.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Stress Life

Life is a blessing, why should others hold you back? They shouldn't. Easier said than done.
Living a simple and happy life with my girls and husband is all I want and all I ever wanted.

Strengthen your life and your relationships.

I want my kids to live a happy life and not have to worry about the stresses that come with it.
Kids deserve to live a carefree life. Adults should live as equally a carefree life as well, but when you have kids and family, it's not as easy, because the worries and the stress picks up. We just need to shield our kids from the stresses.

Monday, May 7, 2012

A New Addition

What an amazing gift, a new life! I am so excited to have brought home another addition to our family.

Looking at my daughters' faces brightens up my day, I can't believe how blessed I am to have 3 beautiful girls in my life.

With each passing day, I grow and learn so much from my little girls and realize how precious life is and how much we should be thankful for every day that we are given.

My life is my children, my family.

Enjoy yours with each passing day.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Small Blessings!

Everyone is blessed in life with something.
I've been very blessed in life with my beautiful children and my husband.
They are my strength.
Each moment is precious and we should live as such. You never know what may happen at any given time so be thankful for all that you have, for the good, the bad and the amazing!

My family is amazing! So glad to be a mom and to be sharing every moment of my life with my kids.
We may not get many chances in life, but we certainly can make the best of everything and take what we can get.
I count my blessings every day.
Stay blessed, happy and healthy.