Cake Pops

Let's just say that summer livin' has been pretty kick back. The four kids wake at various times, but my oldest is always  the first up.  She rushes to Grandma's bungalow out back to sit with her, read the morning paper, and smell grandma's delicious coffee before heading out to the bay for a seashell search in the sand.  Their morning tradition became an object of envy by Cubby for one-on-one time with Grandma.  So now Cubby and Emma exchange mornings for their walk with Grandma.  Needless to say, Grandma is getting her exercise every morning!

Our mornings here in beautiful San Diego begin lazily with a late breakfast and cartoons.  We get dressed around the same time  as when we nosh on our morning snack.  Yup, it's pretty slow moving around here, and I love it.  

Our diets have also reflected our new casual lifestyle.  Ayron and I have become pro's at packing picnic lunches for ourselves and the kiddos.  We swap nights cooking dinner, and once in a while we go out to a restaurant if we are too pooped out to cook, or we are feeling especially festive.  Unfortunately for my waistline, a casual lifestyle in SD has equalled a whole lot of frozen yogurt outings and sweet treat stops.  The kids haven't refused to participate in our many yummy outings!  They've been pretty happy with each and every day's sweet ending.

One evening, after a delicious tri-tip dinner provided by Auntie A, Aunt Bette provided some decadent desserts from a local bakery.  The desserts, believe it or not, were worth sharing.... 

Gigi is enjoying a yellow cake pop with white icing.  It was the most beautiful little dessert on a stick!   The kids loved them!

The cake pop came with a super cute little candied flower on top, but that was of course, the first thing Cubby nibbled.  

Cake pops = happy kids = happy parents = happy world

Some kids weren't so appreciative of the decadent beauty of the cake pop.  Some kids weren't too impressed that the cake was on a stick.  Some kids made a weapon out of the cake pop stick.  

And....voila!   The adult dessert tray.  Ahhhhh.....my mouth is watering.  See those two shifty looking log shaped confections on the upper and lower edges of the plate? That is the most delicious, amazing, perfect baklava ever created on the planet.  Trust me, it is worth the drive to San Diego.  Pure joy.