…have been sort of busy, i guess. derek and i did a lot of work in the garden over the weekend. hopefully, we’ve created a system that will help us ward off the crabgrass for long enough to yield some tasty vegetables. isaac and i trekked to raleigh on sunday for an overnight trip with […]
friends
dinosaur with teeth
i recieved a special request for a birthday cake to be eaten tomorrow by a 1 year and 364 day old boy i know. he wants a dinosaur cake with teeth. here’s what i came up with. the cake had a little fender bender during delivery, but we were able to perform quick cosmetic surgery […]
poolside
we had our first trip (this summer) to the pool today. a real pool. not the kiddie pool in the backyard. isaac wasn’t really too interested in going in, but in his defense, it was still pretty chilly. he preferred to throw all of the toy into the pool, instead. he did have an unplanned […]
baby liam’s cake
below, you will find two pictures of the cake i made for chris’s baby shower, which i attended late this morning. we (lorena and i) tried desperately to match the colors of chris’s chosen “theme”, and i think we came relatively close. we had a lot of fun making the cake, too. and isaac and […]
two cakes
these are the two most recent cakes i’ve made. this is one i made for brie’s shower. it’s a devil’s food cake, with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate buttercream icing. learning to make roses has taken up a large chunk of my life. this is pooh. i’m taking a decorating class and our first […]
more park fun
we went to the park yesterday with a bunch of friends. it was beautiful and the park is always a hit with isaac. swinging fun: isaac (and potbelly) and josiah: he thinks he’s a big kid….
party @ the park…
we had a really busy day today. we started out by hitting some yard sales. that was a total bust. then, after isaac DIDN’T take a nap, we picked up a side dish to take to allison’s 30th birthday celebration at miller park. isaac’s favorite park activities were: running through the leaves and into the […]
happy birthday cora!
cora is one today.i made some cakes. well, sort of.i decorated a costco cake for the guests. i made and decorated a “personal” cake for the guest of honor. see below:
park pics
yesterday, we met up with some friends at the park for a few minutes. isaac and josiah tested the swings and the big slide. the boys, swinging together. up close and cute. chillin’ at the top of the slide. because of his affinity for falling off elevated items, i’ve encouraged him to […]