Weekend round~up

I have had a relaxing yet busy/tiring weekend. It was mostly Saturday, but it was really a great day. I ended up watching Ava for the day. I picked her up bright and early and we headed back to our place. Ryan had to work, so it was just the girls for the day.

It was Ava's birthday this past Thursday, she is a big 6 year old now! I can't believe how fast she is growing and how smart she is, her personality is just hilarious! Ava opened some presents from me and Uncle Ryan.

She got a cool High School Musical shirt (she is in love with all those things; HSM, Hannah Montana, Jonas Bros, Camp Rock, I could go on and on...) that Uncle Ryan picked out for her. It came with a cute little guitar radio with headphones.

...and she got a cute little sun dress (which I obviously picked out!).

...and she got a Disney Radio cd/dvd. My mom had gotten her a cd walkman (or isn't it discman? Technology schmecmology!) since she loves listening to music...you know it's cool to Ava, but it great to everyone else who doesn't always want to listen to Miley over and over again...everyone wins in this situation! Anyways, Ava was listening to it in the car and singing and, bless her heart, she was so funny! She has no tone, but it was so cute how she was singing along and then mumbling when she didn't necesarily know that words. Too cute!

After that we decided to make some different cupcakes that I had seen on Kelly's Korner. See the end of this post for the outcome/directions (they're good!). Of course, I had to let Ava lick the rest of the bowl, that was the best part when you were little, at least it was for muah.

Then we Ava went swimming for about an hour. It has been so nice this weekend and kind of chilly (well, compared to the last couple of weeks) so I wasn't planning on swimming, just dipping my legs in the water. We came back home, ate some lunch and then I decided to thuroughly clean the entire apartment. After that Ava, Mason and I met Stacey, Colin and Bella (the dog) at the dog park and went for a walk there. That was so much fun too! Ava found a caterpillar just towards the end and decided to take it him. She also named him Caddy... We then went over to my mom's and I did her hair. I was so tired by the time I got home, I decided to lay on the couch the rest of the night. R was gone and I just used the time to catch up on some unwatched shows and I also watched Definitely, Maybe. It was cute!

Mason was SO tired by the time we got home too! He slept all night and didn't even really make a peep!

AND NOW...Cookie Suprise Cupcakes!!!

You pretty much pick whichever kind of cake mix you'd like and make it according to the package.

Distribute your cake mix into the muffin pans so they are half full.

Stick chocolate chip cookie dough (or any kind for that matter) down in the center of the cupcake batter. I bought the premade squares of dough. Bake for 18-20 minutes (I had to do about 22 to make sure the cookie was at least near done).

And voila! This is what you have!

Frost the tops with your favorite icing! I decided to put my icing in a plastic bag and pipe it on. Ava and I tasted one and they are SO good, very chocolatey, but SO good!

I had a nice relaxing day today that included painting my nails and watching various Lifetime movies! It's been a great weekend, I'm so sad that it is almost over! :-(

I hope you all had a great weekend too!