Since camping usually involves some sort of ooey gooey marshmallow-ey goodness, I thought it would be fun to take in stuff for Pinky’s class to make s’mores. However, after some more thought, I realized that the school may slightly frown upon me lighting up a bon fire on the front lawn, so I decided to turn to Pinterest for help. (Seriously, Pinterest has become my go to place for new ideas. Too bad it has completely sucked the creativity out of me!) I found a recipe for S’mores Cracker Candy and off to the store I headed to gather my supplies. In less than an hour, I had created a mouth watering camp type treat that was sure to have every last 1st grader bouncing off the wall from sugar highs in no time.

S’mores Cracker Candy

Recipe from Baked Perfection

12 sheets of graham crackers
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 cups mini marshmallows
4 Hershey bars, broken into pieces
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cool completely before serving.

Oh my gah! These are so super, duper yummy and I’m sure if you are searching to eat some extra calories and add a notch to your belt that these will totally do the trick!

To kick things up a notch (and pretend I am still a wee bit creative) I even designed these cute little sticker lables to put on the treat bags for Pinky’s class.

Lucky for me, 98% of these treats headed into the school today and will not be returning back to our house. I’m sure I would be in a S’mores induced coma this evening if they did!

I had grand plans of finishing and using them in our home, but shortly after I made that post, I found out I was pregnant and morning sickness settled in. Needless to say, the project was put on the back burner and the chairs gathered cobwebs in our basement. Every once in awhile I would walk past them and wonder if I could spare a moment or two to work on them, but inevitably the sounds of a crying infant or the needs of the family would pull me away.

However, I’m proud to say that the chairs are finally finished! Unfortunately, we don’t really have a place to put them in our new, temporary home, so they have been hanging out in our garage. Here they are in all of their newly refinished glory!

Yes, I know the photo is in black and white, but it really doesn’t take away from the true colors of the chairs themselves, since everything in the photo is already black and white except for the builder beige carpet. Oy.

So what do you think? Hopefully now you are motivated to work on some projects of your own!

The weekend started out after a crazy fun, whirlwind of a vacation to Florida. (More on that later.) Here is the classic coloring of the eggs performed by Miss Pinky herself. She had Fuzzworth as a helper, but he was finished with his part by the time I actually started taking pics. Oops!

There was also some attacking playing with the cousins.

The annual Easter Egg hunt was a hit for family members of all ages.

April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December , January, February, March & April.

I’ll be taking a monthly photo of Sweet Pea on a big black and white calendar for the first year of his life for a sense of size and scale.

The Invite (front & back)

The Guests

Parents, Grandparents, Sister, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Friends

Great Grandma, Great Uncle and Awesome Cousin enjoying a manly drink.

The Decor & Food

Sweet Pea’s monthly photos all strung along the wall.

The Presents

The 1st Cake Experience

Magic Relighting Candle

Hmm, this cake tastes ok…

Cake Annihilation

Happy Little Man

A special Thank You to everyone who came to celebrate and to those who helped us get ready! We appreciate all of you so much!

April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December , January, February, & March.

I’ll be taking a monthly photo of Sweet Pea on a big black and white calendar for the first year of his life for a sense of size and scale.

I’m so proud of my girl! She made calls and sent emails to get donations and ended up raising the 2nd highest amount of money in her entire school!!! Go Pinky!

April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December , January & February.

I’ll be taking a monthly photo of Sweet Pea on a big black and white calendar for the first year of his life for a sense of size and scale.

Tonight, we had pizza soup again and here are the ingredients we used.

Equal parts tomato sauce and water
Ground sausage, browned
Pepperoni (cut into small pieces)
Diced green chiles
Italian seasoning
Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Pizazz
Onion powder
Cheddar cheese
Breadsticks (on the side)

Honestly, I did not really measure anything out, so serving amounts may vary to suit your own bunch. Enjoy!