Simple.Beautiful.Life.: exploring downtown mckinney

You know how I love to make cake pops....all dipped in creamy chocolate and drizzled with my favorite candy sprinkles or choc chips...mmmmm!! I also love caramel apples (and so do my kiddos). So last night we were talking about how stores already have the Halloween stuff out and how ridiculous that is...and this, well, led us to talking about making caramel apples!! YAY! Except I didn't have the ingredients for that :( But we could make chocolate coated apples! "HURRAY!" said the guys {ok, that was me saying it, but they were THINKING it, alright??!!} We gathered the ingredients, which weren't much, and THIS is what's so great about making these kinds of candy apples>>they're EASY. Ingredients: White Chocolate Candy Coating Red and blue sprinkles apples (I like Gala and my boys like Granny Smith) wood popsickle sticks chocolate chips and/or nuts if you wish Wax paper Take your apples and wash and dry them. Remove any stickers. Remove the stem, an...

Lately it seems like every Saturday is a whirlwind at our house. All the week's chores get done on Saturday. Laundry, cleaning the house, working on the backyard, gardening, running errands, playdates, swimming lessons, ay ya yay!!! I tell you, I can't wait till the summertime! {We are planning on taking a week long trip to Florida and I can't wait!! I can't wait to lie on a beach somewhere and just be .Sigh.} For instance, this past weekend my daughter, whom I call "My Girl" had an art thing downtown for our annual Art Walk. She was to draw on the sidewalk with chalk. Then they were to be judged and select a winner from all the entries (we have yet to hear from them to see who won?!) {Ellison Martinez Art} So me and the boys moseyed on downtown (which if you haven't been to downtown McKinney, Texas, I urge you to come down, it is SO COOL). Not only did we check out the competition {some very talented artists} but we stopped by my favorite...

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