Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Easter Eggs

My sister Michelle put together these documents on how to make the Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Easter Eggs (Isn't she talented!). You really could make any shape in the flour mold you wanted. You could do hearts for Valentines day, etc. A couple years ago for my niece's first birthday I made the egg shape but decorated them as lady bugs. they turned out really cute. The possibilities are endless!

Marshmallow Birthday

We celebrated our friend Joel's birthday and he just happens to love marshmallows so... he got a marshmallow cake!

They went from this...
to this...

to this!

It has been a tradition in our family for years and years to make chocolate covered marshmallow Easter eggs at Easter. I remember making them with my mom every year and my sister and I have have continued the tradition with our own families. It is really quite easy and super delicious! My sister put together a couple page spread on how to make them. I will post it in the next post.

Randomness from March

Here a few random picture from March.

I walked into Emma and Eli watching a TV show like this. Apparently she had decided she wanted to hold him and this was the best she could do. Hey, he had no objections.
Do I have a bug on my face?

Just because he is cute!

Just because she is cute!

One Saturday I was not feeling good so I took a nap when Eli went down for his nap. Luke and Emma went out to go pick up a couple Red Box reservations we had. When I woke up an hour to two hours later I came into the kitchen to find both Emma and Luke sitting right in front of the oven. They were watching a cake bake. Luke had taken Emma to the store and they bought a cake mix and frosting and were making their own little bowl cake. Emma was ecstatic to have a movie and cake night with Dad.

What could he be thinking?

The Piano Man

My kids LOVE the piano. Sporadically throughout the day Emma with grab a piano book off the shelf and play us a beautiful rendition of a song of her choice. She mostly chooses to play and sing a Christmas song. This weeks favorite song has been "We Wish you a Merry Christmas." Of course Eli cannot resist getting in on the action.

Bear Bread

This is just a warning that I have LOTS of fun things I want to post over the next couple of days so you may get a little tired of hearing from me but here goes!

Emma and I made this bear bread and it was so much fun! We got the idea from her Highlight magazine. You can find it here. I used a basic cinnamon roll recipe for for the dough so it would be a sweet bread. It was adorable and o so delicious!

This is my new background. I had to post it on the web so I could add it as my background. So, don't think I am strange for posting it...

Cake Balls

I have had several requests for the recipe for the cake balls I made last week. They are SUPER easy and are an easy way to dress up any event.

There is TONS of information/recipes for cake balls on the Internet. I found an article from

DallasNews.com where I pulled my information from. That article also has some great tips for making the cake balls.

Check out this

Bakerella site for the most adorable cake balls/pops ever! They put them on a stick and decorated them in all sorts of different ways.

Basic Cake Balls

1 (18.25-ounce) boxed cake mix plus ingredients called for on box

1 (16-ounce) can prepared frosting

Almond Bark Coating or Confectionery Wafer Coating (both recipes follow)

Bake the cake according to package instructions. While warm, crumble the cake into a bowl with a hand mixer to a fine texture. Mix in frosting to make a paste, using 3/4 to a full can of frosting, according to taste. Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours. Using a melon baller or your hands, form the mixture into 1 ½ -inch balls. Place the balls on wax paper; freeze at least 6 hours.

Working in small batches, remove the balls from the freezer and dip the balls into warm, melted Almond Bark Coating or Confectionery Wafer Coating, using toothpicks or forks to manipulate the balls. Remove the balls. Place the balls on wax paper to harden.

Makes about 30 cake balls.

Almond Bark Coating: In a double boiler, melt one (20-ounce) package vanilla- or chocolate-flavored almond bark, stirring constantly. Or, in a tall, narrow container, microwave almond bark for 45 seconds on High (100 percent power). Continue to heat in 15-second intervals, stirring between intervals, until melted; be careful not to scorch. When almond bark is melted, stir in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. If desired, stir in oil-based coloring drop by drop until you achieve the desired color. See "Where to find supplies" for purchase information.

Confectionery Wafer Coating: Melt 48 ounces confectionery wafers in double boiler or microwave oven per instructions for Almond Bark Coating. Omit oil. If desired, stir in oil-based coloring drop by drop until you achieve the desired color.

SOURCE: Lea Worth-Portocalis

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Christensen family!

Any one want some devil eggs?

Happy Birthday Eli!

Our little guy turned 1 on April 1st! We had a combined party on Friday with 4 of his other buddies from church who were also turning one. We had it at the park and it was a lot of fun.

Eli is such a happy, energetic, and fun little guy! The below pictures of him portray his personality so well. For the party we had posters of each child that had some fun facts about their first year. You can click on the poster below to read about his first year.

We love this little guys so much and cannot imagine life without him! Happy birthday Eli!