Yummy Dessert & Baby Prep

Sep 28, 2010 by Lindsay

Last Friday night I made a super easy recipe for dessert to take to our small group. I got it from my mother-in-law, but I am sure there are different variations!

Chocolate Cherry Cake

1 box chocolate cake mix

2 eggs

1 can cherry pie filling

1 tsp almond extract

5 T butter

6 oz semisweet chocolate chips

1/3 C milk

1 C sugar

Mix together the cake mix, eggs, pie filling and almond extract. Place in a greased 9×13 dish and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. In a saucepan melt the butter, chocolate chips, milk and sugar. Bring to a boil and let boil for one minute. Pour over warm cake. Mmmmmm….enjoy!

Sunday night I had the sudden urge to nest. I made a list of everything that needs done before Zachary comes and Spencer offered to take the boys to the playground so I could get their room organized. I cleaned out all the clothes that don’t fit them anymore, pulled out what they will be able to wear this winter, and pulled out the newborn boy clothes so they are handy when I am ready to wash them.

I don’t know that I am technically “nesting” but it might just take me 12 weeks to get everything done with two other kids, so I guess it can’t hurt to start now!

I am so thankful for a good friend that has a little boy between the boys’ age and is having a little girl in January. They aren’t planning on having any more kids and she was so sweet to let me go through her boy clothes and pick things out for Zachary. He now has a bunch of “new” things to wear that are in great shape and haven’t been worn by his two older brothers! I am looking forward to having some fun new things to dress him in too!

It’s getting harder and harder to keep all the boys clothes so they can be passed down the line….I might have to stop being so practical and actually part with some baby boy clothes as Zachary outgrows them to make storage room for the clothes that Andrew is outgrowing!

Does anyone spy a box that doesn’t belong????

Yep, there is one lone box labeled “little girls.” When I was pregnant with Andrew my mom bought me a few outfits for each gender before we knew what we were having, and if there is something that I see and just love (within reason) I buy it. You can’t blame a girl for hoping!