The Sweetest Batch Cupcakery~

Yum!

That about sums this new cupcake store up in one word!

(Hayden and his friend Meara waiting to try their 1st cupcake

from 'The Sweetest Batch Cupcakery')

The Sweetest Batch Cupcakery shop just opened here in town

and can I just say~

AMEN!

We have needed a place like this here in town...

I only wish it was on my side of town! ha ha

But that will not stop me from trekking at least once a week over

to the St. B area to get a yummy sugary-fix!

(My son Hayden with his purple choice called, 'Baby Love')

The outside sign Logo...

very cute I must add!

My best friend and I shared a yummy vanilla and raspberry

cupcake sweetly called, 'Southern Belle'!

Mmm, says Heather below~

Her daughter Meara and my son Hayden enjoying the sugar rush!

These cupcakes are finger lickin-scrumptious I tell you!

Hayden is proof to that~

The cupcakes can be taken home to savor later and
come packaged in the cutest lil' pink boxes with their logo
stickers on the top~ Very chic way to take home a cupcake!
We went back another day and took my daughter 'Lyza this time
and below is what we took home for dessert after dinner~

The top left sprinkled with nuts was called, 'Carmella'.
(liked it w/out the nuts personally but was still yummy)
The pink sprinkles one was 'Lyzas choice of course, (pink is her favorite)
that yummy pink confection was called, 'Pretty in Pink'
(It was my favorite of all these four...of course I had a bite of each! ha
I'm the professional cupcake taste-tester in this house! ha ha)
The Oreo cookie topped one was called, 'Cookies & Cream'
(really delicious if you love Oreos...really sweet by the last bite though,
but who complains about a cupcake being too sweet...they must be crazy!)
The bright yellow cupcake was my sons choice this time,
and this neon bright goody was called, 'Pucker-Up Buttercup'!
(if you love lemon cake then this is your choice...Mmm)

Basically, my new goal in life right now is to try

EVERY SINGLE FLAVOR on the menu at this new found gold-mine.

Currently they have 30 flavors on the menu, but I have a feeling

they will be adding to that list very soon!

They have different flavors everyday so you might have to wait to

try one like myself until the day they offer it...

(I can't wait to try their 'Starry Night' cupcake it sounds dreamy~
a white cupcake infused with strawberry puree and

an elegant strawberry buttercream frosting...Mmmm)

I'll definitely let you know about our new cupcakes taste-tests
that the kids and I try in the future,
but until then I highly suggest you try them once yourself first!
Get there early too since they sell out usually before 4pm.
Just take home a cute pink box filled with sugar to devour later...

Thank-you The Sweetest Batch!
We will see you very soon~

Somer Jane

PS. Here is the link to their webpage that describes all the yummy flavors~
http://www.thesweetestbatchcupcakery.com/

Our Newest Fish Member of the Family~

Poor lil' Lyza Jane has been asking for a new fish for

sometime now...

Her past two fish we bought her last year died so we decided to

hold off for awhile to get her anymore and just keep Hayden's

fish named NEMO for the time being...

Well we have had Nemo now for over a year and he is needing some

company and this morning 'Lyza asked again about getting another fishy~

So I said, 'Lyza, today lets go let you pick a new fishy from the Pet Store'!

Of course she was excited!

So we got dressed and made a girls trip only to the wonderful~

Pet Palace has a lot of creatures to look at and buy

and of course thats half the fun of going to the pet store is looking!

Look at her face as she is checking out one of the guinea pigs!

(too funny)
She loved these EASTER bunnies!
I was surprised she wasnt scared of looking at the snakes...
she must take after her momma cause
her daddy wouldn't have gotten this close! hee hee

This was a cool chameleon...

Hayden said when we got home and showed him the pics that he

wants this lizard! hee Soo does mommy!

Sooo here is 'Lyza Janes new fish that she picked out to be her fish baby~

A pretty Black Fantail Goldfish~

And guess what she named it....

NEMO!

I tried to tell her that Hayden's fish was named Nemo

and maybe she should call it something else...

she wasnt having it and said~

NO, its name is NEMO!!

So now we have Nemo#1 & Nemo #2

AKA

Big Nemo & Lil Nemo

or

Orange Nemo & Black Nemo

Hayden's fish Nemo we have had over a year and Grandma bought him

for less than .50 cents! He is huge now and still going strong~

Just check out his first pics over a year ago~

He is the bright all orange little fish in this link... called

Hayden the Fish, but was renamed Nemo soon after by my son.
http://daisysanddiggers.blogspot.com/2009/04/fish-are-friends-not-food.html

Now Nemo cant even fit inside the spongebob house!

Welcome to your new HOME~ Lil' Nemo

We hope that you enjoy your spongebob tank

& new friend Big Nemo!

Somer Jane

Free Summer Movie Festival~

Who doesn't love going to the movies?!

I know I do and so do my kiddos.

Well we love this AWESOME and FREE summer movie film festival

that the Great Escape Movie Theaters put on every summer!

(thank-you Great Escape!)

We recently watched Alvin & the Chipmunks Squeakquel this past week and didnt pay a dime to enjoy the big movie screen and stadium seating!

Thats what a call a deal!!!

To check out where a Great Escape Theater is in your neck of the woods~

www.greatescapetheatres.com

Enjoy your summer movies~

Somer Jane

Our FREE Custom House Museum Visit~

I had some FREE Museum passes given to us by a local pediatric

dentist here in town and I noticed that today they expired!

Oh No!

So we stopped by the museum in a non-planned fashion on

our way home from visiting our Nanny's house.

They posed outside the historic downtown museum infront of

these cool painted fish along the sidewalk~

The flowers were gorgeous outside the museum

so my even more gorgeous Baby-Girl posed near them~

They have a museum mascot named, Tiggy!

Hayden loved looking at the big lizard~

Tiggy was really interested in looking at us too!

Hayden donated money to the "TIGGY NEW DIGS"

fund campaign...to raise funds for a new home for Tiggy.

Watching the trains...one of their favorite things to do here~

I'm not sure how new this 'FAIR' model is but it was pretty neat.

'Lyza liked pressing the button to make the ferris wheel move and light up~

The Grocery Store in the Kids explorer area~

'Lyza opened the Fridge door below and said...

Hmmm what is for dinner?!

(That is soo me! I chuckled)

Hayden buying his grocerys...

Do you have enough money sir to cover all that?! ;-)

'Lyza buying some milk~

While 'Lyza kept shopping and buying new things with new

shopping carts in the grocery store,

Hayden played with this wooden train table~

An Old Covered Wagon...

The Porsche of the Pioneer Days~

Jeff Purvis's racecar in the museum~

One of the exhibits was called "Gone Fishing"

It was neat they had old fishing lures and poles.

They had a wall with different fish and descriptions that Hayden and myself

learned about...it only made me hungry for some catfish though! ha

They had an area where you could sit and listen to someone telling fishing tales~

Hayden rocked for a bit there~

We can't wait to go back when they finalize the BUBBLE CAVE!

It sounds like its going to be interesting for the kiddos~

We will have to check back online for their

Summer Programs which the info & dates are below~

Starting June 15th, there will be weekly, exhibit-related activities that your

family can enjoy together at your leisure.

These activities will be free for members.

Non-members pay only the price of admission.
Dates for the activities are as follows:

June 15th (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.),

June 23rd (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.),

July 1st (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.),

July 6th (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.),

July 14th (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.),

July 22nd (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

and July 30th (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)



So today's free museum visit was a success and I'm soo glad

I noticed that the passes were about to expire!

Hopefully we can get some more FREE passes again one day~

or else we will have to just go on FREE SUNDAYS!

Somer Jane

Hayden got a Gangsta' Grill~ hee hee

So Hayden and myself are at Blockbuster Video the

other day renting some movies.

Well, Blockbuster Video has a nice selection of candy they like

to keep up front for the kiddos to beg their mommys and daddys

to buy for them and make them go broke on $5 candy!

(thanks blockbuster)

Anywho, I broke down this time and told Hayden while I

picked out a movie he could pick out 1 small item if he promised

to be good the whole rest of the day!

(Yes, I'm aware this is bribery, but it works especially since

I dont buy him candy anymore due to sugar cut backs! ha)

So I've found the movie I want,

("Wolfman" with Anthony Hopkins for my hubby)

and I begin walking to the check-out.

Hayden with all this excitement walks up and says, "I WANT THIS ONE!!!"

I look down just curious to what he picked up since

a minute ago he was looking at big gummy 2ft long candy snakes

and in his little hand is this candy

that he chose as his final WINNER of all the cool candy~

I'm like "What"?!

Laughing

First, I didn't even know they had such a candy created so I laughed

to myself for someone coming up with this Gangsta candy confection.

Second, Hayden doesn't even know what a 'GRILL' is?

So I found it funny he just picked it out...

maybe cause it was shiny?! hee hee

Anywho, I thought of the picture opportunity I could get

with buying him this funny lollipop candy GRILL thingy instead

of saying pick out something else...ALSO

I thought how funny it would be when his dad saw him wearing

his very own Grill! ha ha ha

(He excuses me of being too Gangsta as it is, so for my 'Mini-Me"

son to be sporting his Grill would be a laugh riot!)

SO I HAD TO GET THESE!!

The pic below is of Hayden and his

new Gangsta Grillz teeth~ hee hee

His father is never gonna believe he picked this candy out by

himself...I swear he will say I made him pick it!

But I SWEAR he was drawn to them for some reason his self~

Too funny!

(Since Hayden has no idea what a GRILL is, I helped

him out with his model peace-sign throwing Gangsta rapper pose in the picture though.

I think he was like~ Why do you want me to do that mom?

Cause your Gangsta Mommy thinks it's really funny Hayden!!!

ha ha ;-)

So run out and get your very own set of GRILLZ

at a Blockbuster location near you!

I should have bought me a pair! hee

Somer Jane

Lyza's 4 yr old Preschool~ The Giving Tree

Miss 'Lyza Jane has enjoyed her first year at Part-Time preschool very much at

The Giving Tree Center

She recently moved up to the 'Big Kid Class' as she calls it,

(the actual preschool 4/5yr class)

from her 3 yr old class and really likes her new surroundings.

I wanted to post a few pics of her new class and teacher so one day

she can look back and see her very first school! ;-)

Smelling the pretty flowers at the entrance of her school

Inside the Building they have a really neat mural painted on the wall~

This is 'Lyzas cubby name plate~

This is 'Lyza sitting in her cubby...one day she wont be this small!

sniff sniff ;-(

Her 'Big Kid' Class is called the Jazzy Jungle~

which in my opinion fits her perfectly!

(She is a wild lil' jungle monkey in her own right!)
plus she loves bananas ;-)

This is 'Lyza Jane with her super nice teacher Miss Lindsey

whom we love to learn things from when we come to school!

Its hard to believe my baby-girl has just finished her first part-time year

at a preschool and is now 4 yrs old!

We are taking the summertime off from The Giving Tree preschool since

we have a lot planned for the summer already.

But come August, its Back-To-School time again!

She will officially start Full-Time preschool

(attending everyday this fall/winter)

to prepare her for Kindergarten in Fall 2011!

(Gosh unbelieveable, in 1 yr my baby will be a Kindergartener)

I best enjoy this last year with all I've got...

in a blink it will be gone!

Somer Jane

These Muffins are SCRUMPTIOUS!!!

Wow...

I dont know if I was just starving this morning or what but

this muffin mix I found the other day at the Dollar General was amazing!

I had never heard or seen Mayberry's Finest brand before

but I must admit the Peach Cobbler flavor

had me very interested in buying and trying it out!

YUM is all I can say!

It was really peachy and resembled the cobbler flavor which

was surprising! I have to go back and get some more of these for sure!

I checked out the website to get more info on this brand of nostalgia

http://www.mayberrysfinest.com

Online they had some more intriguing muffin flavors

as well that they didnt have at the dollar general the other day:

Cinnamon Toast

Lemon Ice Box

and even

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Muffin mix!

Mmmmmm, I can taste them all already.

Just wanted to share my new found treasure I bought at the Dollar General

the other day...the kids and I scarfed them right up this morning!

Somer Jane