CUPCAKES for Mothers Day...hmmmm that's a good idea!

Mothers Day is May 8. Have you thought about what you might give your Mother for Mothers day? Cupcakes perhaps? I could name at least five moms off the top of my head, licketly split, that would be delighted with a box of these babies.

If you live in the greater Grand Rapids area, you might just want to "accidentally" send this LINK to your family. Cupcakes by Design is having a Mothers Day GIVEAWAY! ONE dozen cupcakes plus a balloon bouquet delivered to your moms door step!

Red Velvet...heaven help me! Cupcakes by Design has the BEST Red Velvet evah!

Chocolate Divine.

This cupcake would definitely make any mom, wife, grandmother, sister-n-law, or sister happier than a pig in slop! Ooooh maybe that's not the best association....lets just say I'm pretty sure if you score a mama some of these decadent cupcakes she will be pleased as punch!

Take a quick second and head over to Cupcakes by Design and enter to win! And even if you don't happen to win their giveaway, it's a fantastic gift idea!

Good Luck!

Little Mexico, we've missed you SO!

I hope you all have a restaurant somewhere you can call home. That place you can go and just feel comfy. Where you know exactly what you are gonna order, don't even have to look at the menu. Now I like to try new places, but I also like to go somewhere that I don't have to think. Especially when I am with my kids.

My "home" restaurant is Little Mexico, they serve Mexican food.....uh-duh. September 8, 2008 my cousin Caryn's birthday! Sorry Caryn I am hoping that this was not some sort of "sign" for you. (Because this is also Caryn's favorite place!) The Joint burned down!!!!! Yes, Caryn was even supposed to eat there for her birthday dinner. And they had an electrical fire and burned to the ground! My heart is heavy just writing about it, especially because my poor cousin Caryn had to eat at the Kopper Top instead...YIKES!

So short story LONG, we have been with out our beloved restaurant for 18 long months!! But, yes I said but. They reopened yesterday after many annoying delays, and a stalker number of drive bys from ME! My kids wanted me to take them out of school yesterday so we could be one of the first to be there when they opened. I didn't......which now I am regretting and probably will till the day I die.

Now I know that you probably have your favorite Mexican restaurant...but you know what? I don't want to know about it! Sorry. I have tried many in the last 18 months believe me and none quite have done it for me. So today I am doing the #13 dance of JOY, because tomorrow I will be ordering my #13 dinner, enchiladas with poblano sauce. 2DIE4! Please tell me they didn't change the menu....

If you are in the Grand Rapids, Mi area and you have never checked out Little Mexico, give it a try. And if you don't live in my neck of the woods, then I hope you enjoyed my lil' story about MY restaurant reopening! Hopefully you have a Little Mexico in your life!

Little Mexico
401 Stocking Ave NW
Grand Rapids Mi
616-456-0517

movie review: The ToothFairy

Okay... Dwayne "the ROCK" Johnson......what more do I have to say....this guys cheesy smile is the best! I took my four + two more kiddos Sunday night to see "The Tooth Fairy". (Daddy was watching football playoff games and we needed to escape, things can get intense at our house during big football games.) If you were in Grandville at the same movie, and you thought, "who's the Chick with the basketball team", that was me!

The paper gave it two STARS...I am sorry, what do they teach these people in movie critic school! We loved this movie. It was good, clean fun! It pleased the 13 year olds and the 7 years olds. WHAT more do I have to say???? I did not set there taking notes on bad words and use of alcohol, but I always have my mommy radar on in movies and nothing stood out to me. Very clean....only a little bit of smooching and then he went home to his own bed.

We are living in the age of Avatar, and Harry Potter, when people forget what it means just to watch a good wholesome movie and enjoy it with out being disappointed because there weren't enough bells and whistles, or some super, fantastical story line. AND Billy Crystal was in it for goodness sake! Where has Billy been??? I love him. The Tooth Fairy's case worker "Tracy" was very lovable. I had never seen this guy in a movie. He was funny. And Julie Andrews as the Queen Fairy, PERFECT. Watch for her wings to blush. This move made us ALL giggle. All around, giggles makes it at least a 3 Star here on Strawberry Cake Movie Reviews.com. The press said it was 80's. HEY whats wrong with 80's???!!! I grew up in the 80's, and it was gnarly.

So that's my 2cents on this movie. If you have seen it, let me know what you think, because, I never went to movie critic school(if there even is such a thing), I am just self taught! Mostly on 80's movies..

My panel of kid movie reviewers gave it a 3 1/2 STAR.