Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

I saw a picture of this cake on Pinterest and I knew I had to make it.  It is really easy to make and the kids LOVED it.

Here's what you need to make this cake:

-cool whip (thawed)
-ice cream sandwiches
-chocolate sauce and/or caramel sauce

Depending on how big you want your cake to be is how many sandwiches you need to use .  I wanted a small square size so I only used 6.

First I took 3 ice cream sandwiches and layed them side by side .  I then spread a layer of cool whip and layered another 3 sandwiches on top.  Then I spread the cool whip over the entire cake .  I then drizzled chocolate sauce over the top of the cake .

Place cake in the freezer for a couple hours so the cool whip sets.

This is what the finished cake looks like .

This is something that the kids can help with.  I'm definitely going to making this for birthday parties.

Hope your family enjoys this as much as mine .

Jenn

Tracking Your Food

With it being the new year and some people are looking for a new start on weight loss.  I wanted to talk about My Fitness Pal again.  I know I already wrote a post about it but I just want to mention it again as it is a great tool for tracking your food.

The last few months I have been very bad and not tracking.  One of my goals this year is to keep up with tracking what I eat on a daily basis.

I won't go into all the details again but I will post the link below if you'd like to know more about My Fitness Pal.  As I said this tool really works, especially when used with exercise.  I lost 45 lbs and my husband lost 80 lbs in a year.


http://jennifer-butler.blogspot.ca/2013/02/my-fitness-pal.html



Jenn

Happy New Year 2014

I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year.  This year has been a busy year for us.  We bought our first house and celebrated 3 of our best friends Weddings. 

I hope this year is just as great but just not as busy.  That being said I haven't written much in the last couple months since I have been very busy but I'm going to make sure I post more frequently. 

Our New Years Eve celebration was just a quiet night in with the kids.  The baby went to bed around her normal bed time but the other kids stayed up to party.  I picked out some games to keep us busy for the night.

The kids had a blast playing the games.  Even making up their own rules from time to time . 

In between the games we made some snacks.  The Great Value Pizza Nuggets were a hit.

As I suspected the kids didn't quite make it till midnight.  They fell asleep on the couch and weren't too impressed when we woke them up for the countdown.

Jenn