Happy Easter!

Photo gardening

A few outcasts from a recent photoshoot:I managed to get a few things planted for a little early color and our porch is looking so much better for it. Both the child and I are anxious for the season to really start up because we both are craving lots of color right now.

Birthday

I feel like I might have spent the weekend covered in frosting and not in a good way. We had a double birthday party and I made the cakes.
For my niece, a princess:
Her eyes are a little wonky but that could be because I don't work for Disney and I drew them with frosting.
For my uncle, a slightly more subversive cake--the original didn't really turn out well so this was the response:I made myself laugh out loud with this one. The text reads: "This 'cake' is not an indication of the importance of the birthday nor the abilities of the baker. It has rejected its role as a decorative object." Around the edge it says "I am not art just eat me." I can't even explain how much of a problem this cake was turning out to be until I decided to not even bother about it anymore and just make its pathetic state a part of the joke. I had to take a picture because I was still laughing about it over an hour after I made it. I must think I'm pretty clever.

Let's Go Bowling!

With our living space significantly diminished, we couldn't have a birthday party for the child in our house and we couldn't count on the weather enough to plan a party outdoors. It seems like there's a growing amount of competition among parents to throw these lavishly themed parties and I certainly don't want to get in that race, but I have to say that after this weekend I have a greater appreciation for packaged parties. And also, 3rd graders are crazy. (Never put kazoos in gift bags)
I skipped the cake because we already did the time consuming cupcakes and opted for cookies instead. I couldn't resist decorating them though--the black frosting stained everyone's teeth.
Overall, pretty good time. Most of the kids were bowling better than I!

Celebration!

birthday cupcake, originally uploaded by Mighty nice.

After talking about it long enough I'm finally putting this blog together. I keep finding myself wanting to organize the things that inspire me, things I want to do--endless lists! As this is my little girl's birthday, I figured I'd make it my little blog's birthday too!

Every year she tries to come up with some cute idea for her cake and the treats she brings to school...and every year I end up spending a whole lot of time struggling through the frosting mess. I have to admit, when I was still covered in frosting at midnight I wistfully thought of the cheap little cupcakes neatly tucked into their boxes just waiting for me to scoop them up at the store. Of course it's totally worth it though--she loves the attention she gets at school from her classmates because very few kids come with anything homemade anymore. Plus, she said her friends think I'm a totally cool mom. Hee!

This little lion is dark chocolate with a peanut butter frosting and crunchy lo mein noodles for the mane. Fortunately no kids in her class have allergies because I didn't even think about it when I was making them---I'm still cool though, right?