Friday Five!

This is my last Friday Five of Maternity Leave.  I'm struggling with being excited about going back to work and being with littles all day and sad because I am closing another chapter of my life (no more babies!).  Luckily, my own children have an ah-mazing nanny who loves them as much as my Hubby and I do.  :)  SO blessed!

Ok, here goes nothing:

1.  I was poking around one of my favorite stores, Mardel, and I found this little gem in the back on clearance.  It was SIXTY CENTS!  Isn't it sweet?  I finally took down my husband's tacky OU ornament...(Ironically, I went to OSU!)

 

 

2.  My dear, sweet friend from college bought a beautiful house and moved her little family even farther away from me!  So we made the 60 minute road trip south to see her.  Bee had a BLAST playing with friends her own size and only got a 45 minute nap the whole day without shedding a tear.  YAY for Bee! (Candace, I love your new abode, I promise we won't wait this long to see each other again! xoxo)



3.  I am big on moisture and soft skin.  My momma found this luxurious body wash at WalMart.  It made my skin so soft I didn't need post shower lotion and one of my friends actually thought I shaved my arms, my skin was so smooth.  (No, I don't, that sorta freaks me out...gross...)

 

 

 

4.  I found a fun teacher blog!  She is a first grade teacher with great ideas, precious classroom, and fun pictures!  :)  Visit her here.

 

5.  My cream cheese icing recipe I promised you from Bee's birthday.  (To see that post, click here).  I found the recipe on Foodnetwork.com, but added my own touches.  It's so easy, spreadable, and delish!

 

Cream Cheese Icing

- 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened (I left mine out on the counter overnight)

- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened (ditto)

-2 cups powdered sugar

-1 teaspoon vanilla extract

-1/4 c cold milk

*if you want to flavor your icing use jam.  (i.e. I wanted strawberry icing for Bee's cupcakes, so I added a couple tablespoons of good ol' strawberry jam.  It gave the icing a beautiful color and a great flavor).

 

1.  Carefully combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix until completely combined.  If you use a mixer, which I recommend, start on the lowest setting so you don't get powdered sugar on your ceiling.

2.  To pipe icing, spoon into one side of a freezer bag, push to corner of bag, snip of end of bag, and carefully squeeze onto cupcakes. 

 

 

Happy Friday, Ya'll!

xoxo Summer