Playdate with the next door neighbors.

[navygreen]

The boys played all afternoon (in their hats!) with the next-door neighbors. As evening approached, we had Andrew and Natalie come over for a movie, dinner, and dessert. Tonight was Jack's Choice in the meal plan, so he was super-excited to share.


Mouse-in-the-House Cupcakes.

(butterflymama3, I'll put the recipe for the Cupcakes in the comments for you.)


Jack had chosen to make Tic-Tac-Toe Pizzas. The ingredients needed were simple: pita bread (we chose wheat), pizza sauce, mozzarella string cheese, and toppings (we used green pepper strips for the X's and pepperoni for the O's).




Jack poses with his pizza.


From left to right: Andrew's, Jack's, Natalie's, and A.J.'s pizzas.


From top to bottom: Philip's, then mine.


All the kiddos before digging in.


And Jack's cheese was super-stringy!

They were watching Hotel For Dogs together (none of the kids had seen it yet), and we stopped it halfway through to assemble the pizzas. Once they were baked, the kids ate them on the floor in the living room. Once finished, they each picked a Mouse cupcake for dessert.


There were two Cupcakes with each color "eyes.")

Our boys had a great time, and Andrew and Natalie were so sweet and well-behaved. I'm sure we'll get together with them again soon! :-)

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Mouse-in-the-House Cupcakes

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

1 package (9 ounces) devil's food cake mix
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
24 vanilla wafer cookies
24 M&Ms pieces
12 chocolate kisses
shoestring licorice

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a muffin pan with 12 paper liners.

Put the cake mix, water, and egg in a large bowl. Mix well. (It will be very thick, as you're not adding all the ingredients called for on the mix directions itself.) Using a large spoon, put 1 heaping scoop of batter into each muffin cup.

Bake the cupcakes for 15-18 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of each cupcake comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

When cool, spread the tops of the cupcakes with frosting. To make each mouse, put 2 vanilla wafer cookies for "ears," 2 M&Ms pieces for "eyes," 1 chocolate kiss for a "nose," and pieces of shoestring licorice for "whiskers."

Enjoy!

Yield: 12 cupcakes

[rafferty.livejournal.com]

Wow, Jack's grown up a lot since I last saw him!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

I know, and these longer hairstyles just make them look even MORE different!

[maryjo.livejournal.com]

Looks like an awesome day!! And the cupcakes are too cute. I may "borrow" the recipe to make for Brionna :o)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Have fun with 'em!