Standing!

The other day I was doing a short exercise video so I had my back to my little L. When I turned around this is what I found her doing!

On her way up...

She always wants the TV controls but she is not allowed to have them. She was pretty proud of herself for getting them. :)

Ever since she did this she has been pulling herself up on everything! She even started taking a few steps behind a little doll stroller her grandma bought her.

Strawberries

Today I picked some strawberries from my bushes and then decided I would have some fun taking pictures of them. I love the look of strawberries so I figured why not. I think I will try it again some time and see if I can get some pictures to turn out even better.:)

Here are some of them...

I'm linking up with

Yogurt Honey Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting

I just made these today for the first time and they turned out really good! The frosting still needs a little perfecting but not bad for the first time.:)

I found the original recipe at this website and then tweaked it a little bit. 

Yogurt Honey Cupcakes

1/2 c. honey

1/3 c. butter

2 eggs

1/3 c. yogurt

1 t. vanilla

1 t. baking powder

1/2 t. baking soda

1 t. salt

1 1/2 c. all purpose flour

1. Mix the honey and melted butter together. 

2. Beat in the eggs one at a time.

3. Beat in the yogurt and vanilla. (I used Appel Farms yogurt instead of Greek.)

4. In another bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

5. Slowly mix the flour mixture into the honey mixture until smooth.

6. Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full.

7. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

I will give you the "recipe" for the raspberry frosting but I will warn you that I was making it up as I was going so I did not measure anything. I tried to guess the right amounts of the ingredients but you will just have to tweak it a little as necessary to make it work for you.:)

Raspberry Frosting

1/2 gallon size freezer bag frozen raspberries

1/2 cup sugar

1 T. clear gel

2-3 c. powdered sugar

2 T. butter

pinch of salt

1. Take the frozen berries and sugar and heat in a saucepan on medium heat until it comes to a boil. Add the clear gel and heat until thickened stirring constantly. 

2. Push the berry mixture through a strainer to get rid of the seeds.

3. Mix 4 heaping tablespoons of the berry mixture with the powdered sugar, salt, and butter. Mix until nice and fluffy adding more powdered sugar or berry mixture as needed.

Frost the cupcakes and enjoy.:)

Life

Wow! Life has been so busy lately! I just never seem to get on here anymore! I have so many things that I want to post about but it just never seems to happen! I have been experimenting with so many new recipes and working on crafts that I cannot wait to share with you all! Hopefully sometime later today I can get started on catching up. Right now I have one little girl who needs some food and another who needs a diaper change.

 For now I will just have to settle for sharing a picture of my two favorite little girls. :)

My little girl is getting big!

My little sweetie is 6 months old!! It is hard to believe it has been that long since she was born! Here are a few pictures I took of her recently.

Showing of her moves ;) lol

Homemade Flour Tortillas

Yes I am still alive. :) My poor neglected blog.
I just had to share this recipe I tried today. I made flour tortillas for the first time. If I had known how easy they were to make I would have tried a long time ago. I found this recipe on theurbanspork.com .

Flour Tortillas

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
5 T. Shortening or lard
3/4 t. Salt
3/4 cup very warm tap water

Mix the flour and shortening (or lard) together until completely incorporated. Make sure you mix it well or your tortillas won't cook right. Combine the water and salt and stir until salt dissolves. Combine flour mixture and water. Mix with a fork. The dough should be mostly all wet. A little flour left dry in the bowl is ok. Dump everything onto the counter and kneed until smooth. Divide the dough into 12 balls, set on a plate, and cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 30min. This will make the dough easier to roll out.
Heat a pan on medium heat. Roll balls into 7in circles. Put in non-greased well heated pan. Cook until bubbles start to brown. Flip over and repeat. Place in a towel to keep warm and then make the rest the same way.

I made these and then used them for tacos. So good!!

Rice Cereal!

Well, we did it! We gave baby L Rice Cereal for the first time. She loves it!!! I had to share a few pictures. ; )

These first two were taken on my phone so they are a little more blurry. : )

Please mom can I have some?

This stuff is good!

I love this stuff!

Ooooh yum!