Hey!

How is your week going? Ours is going well so far. We’re headed home from visiting a friend in the hospital who just had twin girls!

I made the most chocolate-y cupcakes I could come up with over the weekend. A chocolate cake base filled with Nutella, topped with chocolate buttercream, chocolate sprinkles, a chocolate drizzle, and a Hershey’s bar!

I think the next cupcakes I want to make will be banana with brown sugar buttercream. Those just sound lovely to me.

We have been seeing so many insects lately! The spotted lanternfly has (unfortunately) totally invaded Pittsburgh and they’re everywhere. Sadie found a katydid on our front porch last week and was simultaneously freaked out and interested in it.

Sader Tot also found another dead cicada in our yard and her first order of business was to bring it inside and put it in her sunglasses case?!

Jimmy surprised me the other day and said there was a package on our front porch for me. He bought me a new skillet!

I make pancakes for Sadie and myself every morning and he said he felt bad that my old pan was on its last leg (a neighbor had actually given it to me and it was falling apart from me using it so much!). So sweet of Jimmy. I think I need to surprise him in return now somehow! Any ideas?

My mom came over to visit one day this week and we went to Rural King with the kids! Last time we went, Mordecai was four months old and not very interactive. He really liked seeing the chicks, ducks, and turkeys this time!

Alright, I am going to end this very random post! We are sitting in Pittsburgh traffic as I type. Once we get home, we’re doing the dinner thing and then Jimmy is off to paint at our church.

When was the last time you were surprised?

Tell me your dream cupcake!

What’s the last insect you saw?