My little superhero, the cookie lover.

I haven't posted any Halloween pictures of my little Super Why yet, but here's a sneak peek of his costume.

Here's the little Superhero very much enjoying a delicious cookie that he decorated. We were at a fantastic Halloween event, Bubbleween

We had just decorated our cookies, and I turned around for a second, to turn back and see Buddy immediately and quickly devouring his treat.  I quickly followed with the cookie I had just decorated. He is definitely like his momma!

Super Cookie.

More Halloween pics to come soon!  

Linking up with Sweet Shot Tuesday.

Cupcakes: Crumbs vs. Sprinkles.

Ok, time to talk cupcakes. I love them. All kinds.  And there are so many cupcake shops, but let's go straight to the big three: Crumbs, Magnolia and Sprinkles.

Which is the best?

I unequivocally vote for Crumbs.  If you've been here before, you'll know that I have raved about the Ba Ba Booey Crumbs Cupcake. It is divine. DIVINE.

Others prefer Magnolia, which I am not a fan of - at all. And many people love Sprinkles, so the other night, I was nearby, and decided to give Sprinkles a whirl.  I knew that I've had Sprinkles in the past, but I honestly couldn't remember.

Not a great sign for a cupcake.

I ordered the Carrot Cupcake and it was good, no doubt about it.  But it's no Crumbs.

So, since it was so long ago that I had Magnolia, I'd like to knock them out of this conversation and talk a little more about Crumbs vs. Sprinkles and the reasons why Crumbs wins my cupcake war.

Ice. Ice. Icing.

Ice. + Ing. = Icing!  Dear P.52 weekly challenge, I am again taking liberties in order to meet this week's (week 33) theme. I hope you don't mind.

Here's lots and lots of delicious buttercream icing!  And it sure tasted Delicious. YUM!

1/2 Yellow, 1/2 Chocolate,  Buttercream Frosting and Fudge Filling!

And yes, that is me. As a young girl. And yes, I am now 40!!

Summer treats.

Little boy at a big table.

Summer treats! Yum! That's the subject of this week's (week 28) p.52 photo challenge.

We were visiting my grandma last weekend and amazingly, at 99, she is still setting out snacks and serving them to us when we visit.  The snacks usually consist of (see inset image): a small bowl of bugles (LOVE), a small bowl of Chex snack mix and her delicious bagel cookies (subject of this post). Sometimes a plate of kiwi or a dish of chocolates are part of the spread as well.

She has a specialty known as "bagel cookies" -- not sure exactly why they are called "bagel cookies", but they are. They are braided and twisted sugar-esque cookies and I grew up loving them. When my grandma used to live in Florida and would come to visit us, she'd bring dozens of bagel cookies for each of her children and present each family with a giant tinfoil package of her delicious cookies.

And now, anytime we visit, out comes a little plate of bagel cookies.  So, it was really fun when the little guy reached the age where he could taste the bagel cookies. And he loved them immediately! (I know, I should not be giving him cookies. But I find it very hard to say no to him ... but that's another post!).

So, every time we go, he happily grabs a few cookies and noshes away.  Here he is, enjoying one of his Summer Treats, aka Bubi's Bagel Cookies.

Mmmmmm.....cookie!

Sweet boy. Sweet treat. Sweet photo.

Here's a sweet photo for the Sweet Shot Tuesday photo linky blog hop.  Also linking up with Tots and Me.

Sweet boy. Sweet treat.

Sitting on the front steps loving his ice cream.

Simple pleasure: Ben & Jerry's 'What a Cluster'.

Trust me when I tell you this flavor is A-mazing.  It's A-mazing.  Ben & Jerry's 'What a Cluster' is anything but.

What it is -- pure bliss.  It was previously known as Clusterfluff, is basically impossible to stop eating and is just as tasty as it comes.

Here's the scoop :) on what makes up "What a Cluster":

Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Caramel Cluster Pieces

Marshmallow Swirls

Peanut Buttery Swirls

Try it. You will like.

A good time to try it is on Tuesday, April 3rd -- because it's Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's! If you live near a Ben & Jerry's, that's free ice cream for you!! Enjoy.

Cupcake ATM?

A-mah-zing. Sprinkles cupcakes is going to be launching a cupcake ATM machine in LA!

the cupcake atm

atm screen

24 hour cupcakes.  Please come to my town.  Pretty please - with sprinkles on top!

Hey Crumbs, you oughta consider this too.  How i would love a ba-ba booey cupcake at 4am! 

Take a look at the makeup of this decadent delicious delight:

ba-ba booey cupcake

Actually, I could kinda go for one right about now, looking at this photo! 

Yes, restaurants will give birthday desserts to 18 month olds.

Buddy's 18 month birthday is tomorrow. I can't believe it! It came so fast!

So today, my parents, buddy and I went to lunch. during lunch, I somewhat jokingly suggested we let them know it's buddy's birthday and see if they'd bring a birthday dessert.  

So, we told our waitress we were celebrating a birthday and let her know it was for the baby.         Um, do you bring desserts for18 month old birthdays? we asked.  Sure, replied our lovely waitress.

So, a birthday sundae was brought out for buddy to enjoy. Complete with candle and all. He was so excited.  And he definitely enjoyed that sundae. See photos below.

So, two things - one, happy 18 month birthday to my precious, happy, sweet little boy. and two,
whether you're 18 months or 18 years, everyone loves a restaurant birthday celebratory treat!

Cookie starts with C. And J is for Joe-Joe's.

Have you ever had them? They are amazing cookies from Trader Joe's.  And they are delicious.  Capital D.  And so addicting.

When they are in my house, after every meal, I find myself thinking about them. Seriously.  After every single meal, I just think - mmmmm, Joe Joe's.  Kinda like cookie monster.

I feel like this:

Me Want Cookies!