not much exciting to report around here. we’ve been watching a ridiculous amount of “it’s the great pumpkin, charlie brown” and have now moved onto “a charlie brown thanksgiving”. i’m hoping to get through halloween before we have to bust out “a charlie brown christmas”… (we did have one sneak peak already. :/) anyhooo… here’s […]
birthday
the annababy is two!!
happy birthday to the annababy. at this time, 2 years ago, i was just waking up from a little rest, afforded to me by my good friend the epidural. within the hour, however, you’d be here, changing our little family forever… the first year flew by. we had a rainbow-rific bash for your first birthday. […]
a few more bday party pics
bear with me. i posted hastily. derek had some really good pics on his phone and my friend heather emailed me some more last night, and i couldn’t help but post some of them. thanks. 🙂 sweet pic of anna and ike: blowing out candles.  derek’s vantage point. happy girl being serenaded. the cake, after […]
annababy is (almost) 2!!
anna turns two on tuesday. we celebrated today with a couple of friends and family. at a mexican restaurant. so, yesterday, we made a cake. the kids, as always, “helped”… anna ate her weight in frosting while i crumb coated. but, she was exceptionally cute while doing so. i decorated last night (detailed pics to […]
party time. excellent.
so, yesterday, we had two big bashes for ike’s fifth birthday. first, 6 or so of his best buds joined us at bounce u for some running, jumping, sliding, wrestling and general mayhem. i never get good pics in bounce u. too much motion. terrible lighting. iphone camera. it all adds up to a bunch […]
rainbow crafting
finally, the last in my series of posts about anna’s birthday party… i made these two things for her to wear to her rainbow-ific event. 1) a rainbow bib to smear rainbow cake all over. i used leftover fabric from her quilt (and some from ike’s quilt). and manhandled my worst binding job ever. but, […]
cake smashing.
i made (maybe i mentioned this) an 8 inch cake for the grownups and a 6 inch smash cake for anna. after our 1st birthday experience with isaac (he screamed the whole time and wouldn’t touch the cake), i figured we had nowhere to go but up… anna was a little apprehensive at first, but […]
annababy b-day party: the guests.
i wish i could have invited more people, but we don’t have the biggest house (or the biggest budget), and i was really nervous about what would happen if the weather turned ugly. fortunately, it was beautiful, and it was still a tight squeeze for all who made it. (a good excuse for people not […]
rainbow-ific party for annababy
the whole thing started when i made a rainbow-y type layer cake a little while back. i decided then and there that for anna’s first birthday, a 6 layer rainbow cake would be in order. normally, we haven’t been too extravagant with our birthday celebrations, but something about a may birthday and a new grill […]
annababy birthday: the cake.
for anna’s birthday, i went with a big rainbow cake, a smaller (still big) smash rainbow cake and some rainbow cupcakes to add some color. 🙂 first up, the rainbow cake… after layering, before frosting: the crumb coat: fully frosted: the cupcakes (minus the pink ones): the full display: and finally, the rainbow cake, cut […]