Snowman Pops

The hats are peanut butter cups, earmuffs are mini m&m's...




Savannah is caught with a headless snowman... Brandon is already feeling the effects.

Thanksgiving photos

I busted out some impressiveness this year for turkey day. First was a cheeseball, which was actually really really easy to make. And I got to use my Tastefully Simple "Garlic Garlic" mix. It gave us all Garlic Garlic breath. Yum.



I just stirred up 2 blocks of cream cheese, one bag of shredded cheddar, and the spice pack. Then I rolled the whole thing in paprika, stuck a cinnamon stick in it, and added a bay leaf. People ooo and ahhh at these sorts of things.



Here are some other shots of the spread...





Pea salad has become a holiday tradition with our family. It has all the essentials... green vegetables, fatty mayonnaise, tasty bacon and salty cheese. Forget the turkey. Give me pea salad.



There were so many desserts we had to put some of them on an ironing board.



And there at the end of the table you see my other contribution for the year, turkey pops. Not made with turkey, now that would be disgusting. These are of course made with chocolate cake.



The heads are chocolate covered macadamia nuts (ah, Hawaii, I will visit you again someday...)



The waddles are bits of sour gummy worms. I started to add eyes and beaks but I got too weary.



Just be careful about eating too many of these. The sugar might make you do something like this...







I also finished up my first knitting project over the weekend. A blue scarf!

More cupcake pops

I made more cupcake pops over the weekend. Recipe and how-to video is here. To see some really cool ones, check out Bakerella's blog.

Cupcake Pops!

I made cupcake pops this weekend. What is a cupcake pop, you ask? It's ground-up chocolate cake mixed with cream cheese frosting, rolled into a ball and coated with candy... on a stick! It may not sound great but oh boy, they are yummy. These were made famous by the blog Bakerella.com. You can see a video of Bakerella on the Martha Stewart Show and get the recipe here. I'll definitely be making more of these!