Homemade Oreos & a Quick Pie

 If you need a quick, unique holiday pie I'm posting a recipe for one over at Jessica's...
Please go tell her hi and to get better soon! I'm so blessed to be able to contribute on her blog!
You need to check it out, because you will want to make it for Thanksgiving!
Here is what I posted last month for Halloween:

Our Oreo spider...

Does it look like it was made by a 4 1/2 year old?

The answer is yes it does, and yes it was.

This darling 4 year old.

Here is a confession and I will only say it once:
You know how men sometimes have a problem handing over the channel changer?
I always have a huge problem handing over the measuring cups, spoons, ingredients, butter knife...

you get the point, I suck at sharing in the kitchen.

I decided we would "boo" some of sweet boy's friends and he should probably help since they are "his" buddies.

Homemade Oreos:

2 packages Devil's Food Cake Mix

1 1/2 cup of shortening {Crisco}

4 eggs

2 TBSP milk

Cream ingredients together. Roll into balls and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 9 minutes. I sometimes let it go for 10-11 minutes. I also make them pretty small and I end up with at least 60 cookies.

Let them cook until they crackle on top!

Start making the frosting while they are baking. I'm obsessed with this frosting, it is so delicious!

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 package cream cheese

2 2/3 cup powdered sugar

3/4 cup butter {softened}

Cream ingredients together, frost one cookie and top it with another.

For spider:
Give a child twizzlers pull n peel and let them pull it, break off the pieces for legs, put them on where they want, and watch while they concentrate on the masterpiece they're creating. Be ready for your heart to melt when they tell you this is the best and you are the coolest for letting them help, and give yourself a swift kick in the behind for being mom of the year...Not!

It's the best spider/crab/jellyfish I've ever seen.

We boo'ed our friends with homemade oreos, store bought oreos and pumpkin popcorn balls from Momma's Kinda Crafty and the printable is from The TomKat Studio so go get on your boo-ing!

Obviously you don't need the spider now, but the cookies are delish!
Linking up here

I'm Blank Because...

Thanks to Ashley for this fun post!

I'm weird because

I love singing crazy loud and dancing with my brother in the car to embarrass our other brother

I feel so accomplished after shopping at CVS and scoring some awesome deals

I love to make my husband blush
I can't have a donut or chocolate chip cookie without a glass of milk

I need to sit right up close to a mirror while doing my mascara, I can't lean over a counter

I try to have too many ventures at a time

I like to sleep with my legs in the form of the #4 and my husband usually gets a knee to the hip late at night

I don't say NO very well

I can only "spoon" for a minute before getting uncomfortable

I'm scared of spiders even though I'm 100 times larger than them

I have wars with my son about who loves each other more and have to remind myself who is 4 1/2

I feel like it was yesterday I was lifting girls and tumbling in cheer competitions until I try doing a cartwheel and realize I'm not that flexible anymore

I have a hard time accepting and asking for help

I love hosting a bunch of people with big families and don't get anxiety about the toy room I will completely have to reorganize

I have to shower and wash my hair every single day

I have to kiss my kids right after I brush my teeth every night even if I've kissed them 5 minutes before while shutting off the lights

I'm a bad friend because

I tend to be spacey and need reminder calls

I never check voicemails

I'm soaking up this time we are living by family

I might be a little too honest

I sometimes only call people that I feel comfortable with hearing my children screaming in the background

I'm a good friend because

I'm extremely loyal

I'm a fixer and I want to fix everything so that a friend can be happy

I absolutely love having good friends that make me want to be a better momma

I like to help and always am willing to have kids over to play

I give my opinion

I'm sad because

My friend that I wrote about here ended up losing her baby, so she delivered her still born on a Tuesday and buried her husband on Thursday, strongest woman I know

Mr. J makes a heck of a commute to Los Angeles so that I can be with family for a short period of time

I miss my brother who just left to go on a mission

I wish my whole family could live on a big plot of land so I could see them all of the time

I feel I could be doing so much more as a mom and am not sure where to start

I'm happy because

We spent some of last week at Disneyland with Mr. J's bf since 6th grade and we adore his family

The kids and I get to go back because we got year passes!

I participated in my first big boutique and loved it

My sister in law asked me to snap some pictures for their Christmas picture

I scored some sweet deals at Gap

My brother is serving his mission

This is such a magical time of year and I love wearing my sweats and Uggs

I'm excited for

All of Mr. J's family will be around for Christmas this year, hasn't happened the whole time we've been married {6 years}
Beer battered shrimp, homemade french fries, & steak
My daddy's top secret eggnog

Seeing good friends during the holidays and seeing all of their cute kids

Fun Christmas activities to do with our babes

Family time hopefully filled with shopping, football, board games, laughing and good food

What I Wore-Anniversary Party

My cousin asked me to do the dessert table for her parents 30th wedding anniversary party and here is what I decided to wear.

They live about an hour away so I wanted to be comfy, but kind of dressy while I transported and set up all of my desserts.

Jeans, Ruffle Cardigan, Rosette Top-Anthro sale, brown undershirt-Abercrombie

Hoping that no one sees me that I know taking pictures by myself :)

Literally hopping out of the sweeping grass, sharing some good laughs with my mom.

These troopers went with us to the party and did a great job in the car on both drives.

My son actually loves giving me kisses {even though he doesn't look like it here}

We are working on cutting out the closed eyes, Disney movie style thanks to Beauty and the Beast.

They are both wearing a mix of Old Navy & Gap.

Sure love being their momma.
Linking up at these fun parties

A Winner & Discount

Winner part:

Thank you for being so incredibly patient!

Mr. J's bf, his wife, and 3 kids came into town and we did a very impromptu trip to Disneyland!
No computer, no internet, no winner announced yet.

It was a lovely trip though!

So the winner is Malia who tweeted about our giveaway!

Congrats Malia!

Discount part:

I really appreciate how many people entered!
I will be offering a discount this weekend, stay tuned for the code it will appear on my facebook page!
I have 12 colors of rompers available from newborn up to 5T, feel free to message me for more details!