Experimenting With Photoshop

I have a long way to go, but look at that PIE! I had almost finished it before I thought to take a picture.

I'm Not "Crafty"

I've never considered myself "crafty". Probably because I still associate crafty with tole painting and scrap booking. I do, however, like to make stuff. Halloween inspired me. I made Duncan and Bennett's vests complete with handmade patches. I also made Livi's B-day cake. I was particularly proud of this one because, at the time, I had no Internet. It was 9pm and I knew I had to make this cake and had no ideas. I normally would just google "cute kid cakes" or something like that and get some ideas. I was a bit scared but it was actually really fun to figure out how to make these cute butterflies and caterpillars all on my own.

The butterflies are white chocolate covered pretzels and the holes filled in with sprinkles. The caterpillars are mini marshmallows stuck together with frosting.
For the flower I warmed up starbursts and molded them into petals. While I know this is very uh...amateur (even that's an overstatement)I think it shows that you can make a cute enough cake for a 1 year old with using the old thinker and some left over Halloween candy. I always loved my birthday cakes as a kid. They were typically still in the pan, with yummy homemade frosting, sprinkles and M&M's shaped into balloons or something. I think I'm going to stick to that tradition. No fondant -just butter cream, candy, cookies, pretzels, whatever. Nothing fancy =)

Yes, We Do Celebrate Halloween

We had an Animal Scientist and a Super Baby. Duncan originally wanted to be Diego but then told me he wanted to be Diego's Dad instead who is an Animal Scientist not an Animal Rescuer. So I just made his vest and put made a patch that said Animal Scientist. He loved it. Finlay was going to be a dinosaur. I bought the fabric and pattern but Halloween was really hot so I thought a skimpy super hero outfit might be more appropriate (not to mention a whole lot easier).

Oma's Pumpkin Patch in Lakeside

The greatest place on earth. This place had it all. More details and pictures to come.

Me Want To Go There

Sorry I've been out of touch (I just typed that and had to laugh. All my poor "readers"). I'm on a 30 Rock kick right now so most of my free evening time is spent watching past seasons on Netflix through the Wii. And if you didn't know you can watch stuff on Netflix through the Wii, I just changed your life.

(and just in case you forgot what we looked like and where we live)

(the only recent shot of Jimmy - by Duncan. He's not always so serious but his nostrils are always that menacing)

A Waste of a Night/Morning

Maybe I am just in a bad mood from the lack of sleep but I thought this was awful. There are things about her writing that really bug me. Like her inability to surprise me while making me feel like I should be surprised for some reason. It was pretty predictable. Anyway...I kept reading into the wee hours of the morning in search a good feeling. Wow...I really am in a bad mood.

(A Waste of Sleep...the original title of this post. After I woke up a bit more I realized that it didn't make sense)

Duncan Said

We have one Wii remote with a rubber cover. Duncan refers to this remote as the one with "protection".

Duncan was trying to say something mean to me and told me that I will never be bigger than a whale. (ouch...that one hurt)

Duncan named all his elephants. Here are the names: Bronta, She-bal, Nisha, Chunker, Daxer. We're thinking of letting him name the next baby.

I need a nicer mom (because I told him he couldn't go in the hot tub when he was already late for bed)

Duncan: What are you doing?

Me: Relief Society Stuff.

Duncan: It doesn't look exciting (he thought I said "Really Exciting Stuff").