From the monthly archives:
After a long four month wait (about two months longer than average and longer than anyone else we know waited) we are finally certified in the state of Arizona to adopt. WOOHOO! It seems my calling down to the courts to check on it wasn’t such a bad idea, seeing as how it was somehow completed with in 48 hours of my phone call. Next week we meet with a few attorneys, and I guess at this point we are officially “waiting” to be matched. Yay!
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It’s not exactly a secret that I’m a huge fan of cupcakes (come on, who isn’t???). I came across these today and had to share – how ridiculously cute is this??? Perfect for a tea party.
Though with my house basically being one big rotating virus right now, this is more what i need…
Now this next one would be PERFECT for my husband. He loves pb&j sandwiches. He could (and practically does) eat them EVERY day.
Ha, and while looking at things for my husband, this is PERFECT for any guitar playing, pancake making Dad…
I think I need this one. Given my love for Hello Kitty. And my computer nerd husband (said with love and admiration).
Hmm…. I wonder if this would be enough to get my child to do the dishes…
I’ve come to the conclusion that anytime I need to buy a gift, and do not know what to get, this website will be my saving grace. Love it!
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So I came across the cutest cake online, it was a rainbow cake, with a layer for each year (so seventh birthday, seven layers). I’ve taken on some pretty challenging baking tasks before, so I thought this would be simple. It’s simply making more layers, smaller, and with a ridiculous amount of food coloring. I thought I’d make and frost it while Bella was gone, so when we cut in to the cake it would be a huge surprise, and everyone would cheer and balloons would fall from the sky. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but she would be thrilled.
Than. I. Made. The. Cake.
Oh boy. First few layers were okay, but than it started to get a bit wobbly, than a bit uneven, than layers started splitting. I did what any desperate baker would do, doubled my batch of frosting in a desperate attempt to seal that sucker in so much buttercream that it wouldn’t go anywhere. Yeah. Not so much. The frosting started falling off the sides of the cake, and taking chunks of cake with it. It just kept going from bad to worse, so I threw my hands up and accepted baking defeat. I felt like the poor contestents on Cake Challange. The bad loser ones.
So I showed it to Bella (no big reveal) and God bless this child, she told me “it’s the prettiest cake I’ve ever seen, and that frosting, it’s just like clouds with the rainbows”. She’s the best. Well that and she really loves cake and probably wanted to secure a piece. But either way. Here is the “creation”.
Cake from the front - not pretty, but not completely terrible.
And this would be the "bad" side. Emphasis on BAD.
In Bella's eyes, cake is still cake, and cake is GOOD.
While not what I wanted it to be, it is quite colorful and cheery.
And she was happy. And really, that's what mattered.
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Today is Bella’s seventh birthday. It seems like she was born just yesterday. She’s growing into such an amazing person – she’s sweet, smart, funny as can be, kind, hard working, determined and always fun to be around. We love you B!!!!
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