Cake Wrecks

If you have never checked out Cake Wrecks blog you must go there now! It is one of the funniest blogs I have ever read. I always go there when I need a good laugh. Check out the link in my favorite blog list.

Pops in Pots

Another creation for gift giving.

Bakerella would be proud

Today, Kellie and I went to meredith's house to create goodies for the kids teachers and friends. I made mint oreo truffles, cake pops and reindeer cake pops. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

Oh Christmas Trees

I have really enjoyed decorating this holiday season. Here are some trees of friends and family that I have done.

Noah's Feast

Matt and I joined Noah at his school for their feast.

Thanksgiving Feast

The girls were very busy all week working on preparing their feast. They made homemade cranberry sauce, butter and mini pumpkin pies. The girls also peeled the potatoes and mashed them, cut up fruit for fruit salad with "real" knives and made place cards too. The teachers are very brave to take on so many tasks with so many girls.

party girls

Jon, Beth, Caly and Emma came to spend the weekend with us. The girls (and Noah) had a great time. I think every toy that we owned was actually played with or at least drug out that weekend. Four sets of hand cuffs that I had picked up at the dollar store were the hit of the weekend. Fun times with the kids!

Why don't we celebrate Hanukkah?

Lily asked me today why we don't celebrate Hanukkah and I told her it was because we weren't Jewish. She said her friend at school is half Jewish, half person. Hilarious!

Her said her not going to marry me.

Yes, my 3 year old is not getting married! Noah is very fond of this cute, blonde, curly haired, girl named Lauren. She goes to the same schools he does, so he sees her 4 times a week. One day when I picked him up from school I asked him if he had played with her that day. He said " her was sad today, her did not want to play with me." I said I was sorry and that maybe she would want to play another day. A few minutes went by and he said "her said her not going to marry me." Well, it was all I could do not to laugh out loud. After a few questions I understood it to be Lauren who had talked about getting married and then changed her mind. I told Noah that girls were crazy and he laughed and agreed.

Catching up

OMG! I am so far behind in blogging. I'm going to blame it on the numerous Thanksgiving parties that I had to attend and or make something for. Of course it has to be condensed into one week so you have to run from school to school and stay up late at night to make the treats you signed up for. Why do I do that? Before kids, I use to enjoy making goodies and elaborate crafts but now I've actually considered (don't die) buying goodies straight from the store! I didn't do it, I just said I thought about it, okay.

Anyway, I will try and do a better job this month. I will start with catching up on a few crazy things the kids have said lately.

You know how much I LOVE collages!

I put this one together yesterday. I might have this one made into a gallery wrap.

Happy Halloween

Meet the Cloud Queen and the Scaredy Man. We went to Lily's classmates neighborhood to trick or treat. A local nursery pulls the kids around on a trailer lined with hay. They thought the hayride was the coolest thing ever!

My little punk rocker

Memorial Park

I took the kids to Memorial Park to further test out the new camera. They had a great time and the weather was beautiful. I got a few good shots, but still am in need of a photography class or two.

Fun at the lake

The kids love to draw with chalk on Mawmaw and Pawpaw's driveway. This morning, everybody got in on the fun.

Happy Birthday Ava!

Here is a pic of Ava enjoying her cake on her 2nd birthday.

First Fondant Cake

This was my first experience with fondant and it really wasn't that hard. I helped Kellie make Ava's cake for her 2nd birthday. I thought it came out great and it tasted great too!

Interior designer in the making?

Here is a picture that Lily drew of her room. She has included her bed complete with Troy and Gabriella pillow, dresser and T.V., bedside table and lamp.

Go Team!

Lily participated in a cheer clinic last night. They practiced their cheer on Thursday and performed during halftime at the game on Friday night. Here are some shots of her with her friend Natalie and getting a "group hug" from other classmates. The girls had a great time and loved every minute of cheering like the big girls!

Well, I didn't waste any time!

Yeah, I know I just posted that my camera was broken this morning, but I got a new one today! I'm soooo excited. Of course it might take me a month to figure out how to work all the bells and whistles on it, but in the mean time I can take lots of pictures. Here are some shots i took today on auto focus. Some with the 70mm lens and some with the 75-300mm lens.

Camera Broke

I haven't been blogging much lately because my camera broke! I'm lost without it!

Troy and Lily

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Trampoline Show starring Lily and Noah

air guitar

Labor Day Weekend

We went to the lake over the holiday weekend. Jon, Michael and Marabeth met us there. We had a blast and I actually wake surfed a time or two.

Speaker on Godly Parenting

I went to PDS on Friday to listen to a speaker named Gordon MacDonald. He spoke on godly parenting and raising boys. To all my friends who have boys and even girls (he has a daughter as well)...I hope that you will take an hour out of your day, after you put the kids to bed, to listen. SOOOOOO GOOD!

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Funny Faces

First Day of School

I can't believe the summer went by so quickly. This is a pic from Lily's first day of SK. She loves her teachers and is very happy that her friend, Natalie, is in her class again this year.

Football anyone?

What is a boy?

I was in Walmart earlier today and of course Noah has to go "potty" as soon as we walk in the door! While we were in the bathroom a lady saw Noah and gave me this poem that she had written........

What is a boy?
Between the innocence of babyhood and the diginity of manhood
we find a delightful creature called a boy.
Boys come in assorted sizes, weights, and colors,
but all boys have the same creed: to enjoy every second
of every minute of every hour of every day
and to protect with noise (their only weapon)
when their last minute is finished
and the adult males pack them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere-on top of, underneath,
inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to.
Mothers love them, little girls hate them,
older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them,
and heaven protects them. A boy is truth with dirt on it's face,
beauty with a cut on it's finger, wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket.

A boy is composite- he has the appetite of a horse,
the digestion of a sword swallower, the energy of a pocket size atomic bomb,
the lungs of a dictator, the curosity of a cat, the imagination of Paul Bunyan,
the shyness of a violet, the audacity of a steel trap,
the enthusiasm of a firecracker, and when he makes something,
he has five thumbs on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books,
the boy across the street, woods, water (in it's natural habitat),
large animals, Dad, trains, Saturdays, and fire engines.
He is not much for company, school, books without pictures,
music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper.
Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs and breezes.
Nobody else can cram into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple,
three feet of string, an empty Bull Durham sack,
two supersonic code rings with a secret compartment.

A boy is a magic creature- you can lock him out of your workshop,
but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study,
but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up.
He is your captor, your jailer, your boss, and your master-a freckled face,
pint sized, cat chasing bundle of noise.
But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with the two magic words "Hi dad!"

Noah playing Barbie cash register with Ivey

Lily meets Miranda Cosgrove of Icarly

Lily loves, loves, loves, Icarly. The star of Icarly, Miranda Cosgrove, came to Memphis for a signing to promote the new Icarly CD that she has recorded several songs on. We waited a while to meet her, but Lily was soooo very excited. The wait was worth the smile on her face!