here’s the cake to go with the legos from the last post…
family
fondant legos
i’m making a cake for isaac’s cousin’s fourth birthday. he wanted a lego cake. after a few rounds of trying to decide what sort of lego cake, i decided to make him a bunch of fondant legos and a plain cake and let him do his own decorating. so, here are the legos. they need […]
reading time with uncle jake and grampa terry
jake and terry taught isaac about soft and rough, with his touch and feel book.
wny trip
two weekends ago, we made a short and spontaneous trip to the buffalo/batavia area. here’s the proof: isaac and derek coming down the stairs, amidst the snow and ice and slippery-ness. isaac and anna (varland) making an artwork duet. attempting for a pose in front of the ginormous tree at aunt eleanor’s and […]
happy birthday isaac, volume 4: presents!
finally, the shots of the gift opening. from aunt madge (an. nash.) – an art supply kit (complete with a paw print (blues clues) stamp): from the aunt/uncle/cousins – cooking utensils (the spatula is a big hit!): from paw paw – play doh (and not shown: a play doh fun factory and watercolor […]
sick week.
highlights (?) of last week: sunday: we all skipped church due to ultra snotty noses, coughs and colds monday: the rest of the world returned to work. isaac and i did the same thing we always do. tuesday: derek stayed home from work, sick. in the afternoon, isaac began throwing up for the evening. after […]
do you smellllll what the rock is cookin’?
for christmas, jake received tickets to go see the wwe (formerly the wwf) in charlotte. derek and terry also got tickets. secretly, i think they were pretty excited. 🙂anyhoo, i helped jake with these signs: derek sent this picture from his phone, in between a long string of twitter updates:
family visit
late tuesday night (early wednesday morning, actually), my parents and jake rolled into town. since then, it’s been a festival of eating, playing the wii, more eating, shopping, cooking, eating, gifts, and eating. here’s jake and isaac contributing their strongest skills to the cooking: on christmas, isaac wasn’t as interested in getting gifts as […]
christmas loot.
i see that i haven’t blogged in awhile. it’s been a bit hectic around here lately. we had our christmas party with derek’s parents over the weekend, so we were working fast and furious to get those gifts all lined up. we got some sweet loot from that exchange. i (we) got some christmas dishes […]
girl robot
i have been working on this robot for a couple of days now.it took a few isaac naps, a couple of evenings in front of the tv, and some stolen moments while the boy watched blues clues…it’s for leslie’s girl baby, due in may…i switched from felt to fleece, you know, for a baby and […]