Peanut Butter S'more Dip

Who like s'mores?

We do...a lot.

What makes a plain 'ole s'more even better?

Using a peanut butter cup instead of plain chocolate.

Amazing.

Of course, we can't have s'mores all year long easily, or can we?

I was dying to try one of those s'more dips that have been popping up all over Pinterest. They looked easy enough, and could satisfy our need for s'mores all year long.

I started out with this recipe. You all know that I couldn't leave it as it came, so I did some tweaking, and what resulted was heaven on a graham cracker (or Nilla Waffer).

Peanut Butter S'more Dip

1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 3/4 cup chocolate chips
1ish cup marshmallow cream (I wasn't exact - just eyeballed it)
1/2-3/4 cup of peanut butter (I started with 1/2 and added some more for our taste preference)

Place chocolate chips and condensed milk in small crock pot on high for about 30min or until melted
Add marshmallow cream and peanut butter
Stir to combine and leave on high for another 30 minutes
Enjoy with graham crackers or Nilla Waffers

Once everything melted together, I turned the pot down to low to just keep it warm. You can do this in a dish in the microwave as well, but we wanted it to stay melty for our whole party. It is super easy to refill by melting everything in the microwave and adding it to the pot.

This stuff is amazing. It's like crack - you get one taste of it and you keep coming back for more. We will definitely be making this for more parties!

David and Mommy Time

Last year, I wrote this post. I was so worried about adding a baby to our family and what that would do to David.  (Turns out I should have been more worried about what it would do to my sleep schedule, but that is not the point.) I told myself that David and I would have all of this special mommy/David one-on-one time.

Then life happened.

It's not that David and I don't spend time together, because we do, and a lot of it. We go to the zoo, museum, Conner Prairie, parks, bowling.... It's that we don't get as much of that one-on-one time that I need with my ever growing baby boy.

Last Saturday we had our first outing together, alone. He was very concerned that we were not taking Molley with us. "She goes everywhere with us, mom." I know sweetie. We need to change that.

We started at Home Depot, yup, the hardware store. The first Saturday of the month they do a build clinic. Despite David thinking that only daddy can build stuff, we built a pretty darn good truck! Mommy did have the help paint (didn't know that would be an option, and we had other things to do!).

After our truck building, we went to Tuttle Orchards to pick up some corn and honey. Of course we had to take some time to play in the tractor.

Our last stop was for lunch. He "needed" ice cream, so we went to Culvers. I think he just wanted to see the water.

These outings will become more frequent, not only with David, but with Molley as well. I want them to remember the time he got to spend with both mommy and daddy together, but also that special one-on-one time that will be harder and harder to get as they get older.