Foxy's Domestic Side

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Sentence A Day: July Edition

1- Friends over for some swimming and BBQing the whole reason we got a house with a pool!

2- Hair cut and then swimming, what could be better?

3- Happy birthday to my little niece, so happy we could celebrate with you!

4- Happy 4th of July, such a great time with family!

5- Day date with the hubby, even though sick, I still had a ton of fun!

6- I saw the clock at every hour last night, got no sleep, took a sick day.

7- Walking a slow 2 miles is better than nothing right?

8- Must find those back to school boards, two Targets later at 9:30pm, 6 of them are mine (some are for friends that wanted them and said if I found them to get some for them).

9- Friend time, swim time, yummy dinner, love these Saturday nights.

10- Lazy day, Mini Fox isn't feel good and her temp is up to 102.7.

11- Mini Fox isn't getting better, doctor time, turns out it is an ear infection.

12- Sick kid, no gym time, good thing there are workout videos.

13- Surprising my friend from Junior high, was amazing, and getting off work early and spending it on the beach with her, even better.

14- Day with friends is always a good day.

15- Finally she came with me! (I've been trying to get my friend to go with me to my pure barre class).

16-Church, playdate and unexpected trip to the beach to visit my cousin, super fun day!

17- Got to see my cousin again for dinner, love that we live 100 miles apart but see each other often.

18- Swim lessons, another week missed by Mini Fox, stupid ear infections.

19- Tried a new class at the gym, and man I think the instructor is a robot...seriously.

20- Mini Fox's last day of preschool.

21- Mini Fox's preschool performance, the kids were so stinkin' cute.

22- Dinner at my Aunt and Uncles that lasted until 11pm, the kids were troopers and stayed up too!

23- Lazy day that we needed.

24- I can't believe I posted myself working out! Say what?!

25- More swim lessons for the kids.

26- Finally back at R.I.P.P.E.D class, feels so good.

27- Leaving for Sequoia tomorrow!

28- Kids are so excited to spend the night in a hotel, no one got sleep, but they loved every minute of it.

29- The kids did amazing hiking!

30- Long drive back, but the kids did great, plus we got a BUNCH done when we got home.

31 - Day date with Mr., love these little random dates we are getting lately.

Join us next month, it's only August 3rd, you can catch up. We post the first Thursday of every month!

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Forgotten Floral Dress

Hello Foxy Friends! I was on the struggle bus coming up with an outfit, as I was cleaning out my closet, I found this long forgotten dress and remembered how much I liked it. So out it came for you to see. Plus these Tom wedges were my favorite when I first got them, they too were long forgotten. So here is my long forgotten floral outfit, which I might wear to a wedding we have coming up in September. So win for me, no one has seen this dress in probably 8 years, so it's like it's new again right? I might even add a red belt instead of the black to go with the shoes...

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Dress (similar) / Heel (Similar here and here)

When I saw this hair style I HAD to try it out. I realize after I was done that I am pretty sure she used extensions, because there is no way I could get my hair to look that full without them. Next time, but I still think it turned out pretty good. Plus I need longer hair, I think I might have been able to pull it off before the hair cut, who knew 4 or 5 inches would make a difference.

Also linking up with Anne from Anne In Residence and her monthly currently where she gives you the topics to talk about, this time it's snacking (on), anticipating, borrowing, admiring, and purchasing This month her co-host is Shea of Shea Lennon.

Snacking On:

I was at Costco a couple of weeks ago and totally got sucked into these panda cookies...for the kids of course. But I had one over the weekend and now I can't stop eating them. Luckily it was only $9.99 for 30 packs and the packs only have about 10 small cookies inside, so at least when I'm done with the pack I'm done...until I eat another and another.

Anticipating:

The two vacations we have planned this month! We're headed up to San Luis Obispo and then Yosemite, both of them are going to be so much fun.

Borrowing:

At the moment nothing, I would like to say library books, but ain't no one got time for that. I might be driving myself to work instead of taking my vanpool, so I might be borrowing some books on tape...or is it MP4? Whatever it's called now, I might be doing that.

Admiring:

All the things from the Nordstrom sale...that is so superficial I know, but it's true, haha.

Purchasing:

All the things from the NSale. I thought I was done after this post. But nope, I went back yesterday and bought a bunch more...oops!

Tee / Hi Low Dress / Purple Cold Shoulder Shirt / OTS Dress / Floral Cold Shoulder Top / Hooded Sweater / Pants

That high low dress, I might wear for our family photos and they finally had my size, so I HAD to get it right? Fingers crossed it looks as good on as it does on the hanger.

What have you been doing currently?

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

S'mores Cake Pops

Happy Tuesday! Guess what happens in 10 days? I know it's hard to imagine but it's National S'mores Day. And what do bloggers do to celebrate? We of course make up a bunch of S'more recipes of course! Last year I did a S'mores Brownie. This year I had to think of something that was better than last year, how could I possibly do that? Then it hit me, combine the two things my kids love together, cake pops and S'mores. So I bring to you S'mores Cake Pops.

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Ingredients:

Boxed Cake Mix
Canned Frosting
Lollipop Sticks
Graham Crackers
Small Marshmallows
Candiquik - Chocolate Melts (this tastes WAY better than the Wilton ones)

Directions:

Step 1:

Make your boxed cake per instruction in a 9 x 13 pan.

Step 2:

Put 3/4th of the cake mix into a bowl, and crumb with hands. Saving 1/4 for when you add in your frosting, you want to make sure that your cake to frosting ratio is good, so just in case you add too much frosting, you can add some more cake into the mix.

Step 3:

Once your cake is crumbled, add in about half a can of frosting.

Mix thoroughly

You want it to be barely wet, too much and it won't stay together later on.

Step 4:

Use a small portion (maybe enough to make a 1-1.5 inch ball) and roll into a ball, this step is not completely necessary, but when you're starting out it make sit easier to visualize where to put your marshmallow.

Step 5:

Take two small marshmallows and put in center of cake ball.

Step 6:

Put the tray of cake balls into the freezer for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, crush up about 6 graham crackers. You can use your food processor for this, but when I was making this I had some napping kids on my hands.

Step 7:

Melt your Chocolate Melts. I like to use CandiQuik, found at Walmart or online. Follow directions on the melts that you buy.

Step 8:

Take cake pops out of freezer, and dip the tip of the lollipop stick into the CandiQuik and place into cakepop balls.

Step 9:

Once all of the lollipop sticks have been placed, put back in freezer, for 5-10 minutes. You'll probably have to re-melt your CandiQuik, and dip cakepop balls into chocolate. Make sure to really tap the excess chocolate off, this could take 30 seconds to a minute depending on how much is on there.

Step 10:

Using your hands, drizzle the crushed graham crackers over the outside of the cakepop.

And your finished product!

I took them to work, because there was no way we were going to eat all of these, and the people at work loved them. The kids and Mr. also gave them a thumbs up.

NOTE: I tried to use marshmallow fluff, but it made the inside of the cakepop super fragile and when I did the taste test with some friends, everyone said they liked the ones with the real marshmallows best. I made 4 different kinds and made my friends try one of each. They didn't complain much.

Enjoy!

Here is the cake pop stand I'm using.

For those of you that are more a hands on, show me how to do it, I also made a video for you! Take a look, and please like the video so more people can see, thank you!