Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Butter Cream Frosting

Happy Valentine’s Day!! I hope you enjoy a sweet treat (or two) today. My plans for the day include teaching Body Step, working, and grabbing something sweet post dinner (frozen yogurt?? candy??).

Have you been having a nice week? Ours has had a few bumps. Monday night, we ended up in the ER with Kaylin. She has been battling a virus (or set of viruses) for weeks. Her fever started spiking, and Tylenol was offering no relief. Unfortunately, nothing the ER could do :(. She is feeling better though!

On the upside, we celebrated Josh’s birthday (again) on Tuesday. I made him a waffle breakfast:

and pizza dinner (cheese, turkey, and lots of artichokes):

 

We’ve also been celebrating Valentine’s day all week long. Kaylin received awesome cards from all of her grandparents:

 

Last night, I made cupcakes for Kaylin’s daycare. They’re having a Valentine’s day celebration. I used this Martha recipe for the batter:

 

My taste tester gave them a round of applause:

I cheated on the frosting…I used Betty Crocker:

          

and added strawberries:

 

I will never win a decorating contest (hello, I have no patience), but they are yummy!

 

How are you celebrating Valentine’s day??

Two of My Favorite Cookie Recipes

How was your weekend? Ours was packed with all kinds of good stuff! On Friday, in between my to dos, I fit in an awesome bridge walk with Kaylin & my friend Amelia:

Since Josh’s birthday is on Tuesday (Happy birthday Joshers!!), I decided we’d celebrate all weekend long. He had a massage on Saturday and lunch with his family. He also helped me make Kaylin’s Valentine’s based on this amazing idea:

 

  

Saturday night was the “big” birthday celebration. Josh’s parents watched Kaylin for the night while we dined and stayed in the city. We stayed at the Courtyard Marriot which was fantastic. The rooms are more on the modern side:

 

Once we checked in, we walked around town for a bit. We stopped at my favorite candy store so I could get a little bag of my favorite candies (gummy raspberries & blackberries):

 

 

We dined at our favorite Charleston restaurant, Grill 225.

 

 

 

SUCH a fantastic night.

 

On Sunday morning, we walked around looking for somewhere to have breakfast. A lot of the restaurants were closed (it was early), but we stumbled upon this adorable bakery:

 

 

Everyone who worked at the bakery was super friendly. We tried their yogurt/fruit/granola combo:

 

You can’t see the granola, but it was yummy. I also got a soy latte. Delicious:

 

I wanted to nab one of these delicious looking sugar cookies, but decided it was a little early.

  

The rest of my Sunday involved doing things around the house, going for a run with Kaylin, and baking cookies to bring into Josh’s work for his birthday. Two of my favorites:

1. Caroline’s double chocolate chunk cookies:

2. Chocolate, chocolate chip cookie dough balls (not sure why they look purple in this picture ;)).

Tell me one thing you did this weekend!!