just enough snow last night

Isn't she cute?

opening grandma's gift

Happy 7th Birthday K2!

The house that Laurel built

The trifle that Laurel adapted from the "crooked house"

The unbreakable piñata

All in all it was a happy birthday party.

First came the 6-days older friend's party. This sparked an idea in my 6-year old that he wanted a party. Gulp. 5 days to plan and a guest list the size of Santa's. Let's adapt, pare down, make this manageable and yet still fun. This was done, the friends invited. Next step--cake. Our tradition has been that the birthday child gets to choose their cake pattern. This year's choice was a dragon....no...make it a house. OK. So late Thursday night after a tiring week and the busiest dayof the week, I bake the cake to turn into a house tomorrow. Should have paid more attention because I didn't cook it enough. Scrape out the goo, try to cut and paste with enough icing to make it work. It's sliding! Let's adapt our house (I think adapting is a good thing to cultivate in my children!). The house becomes....smaller. And gets labelled "The Crooked House." We even made the crooked man and his cat and mouse with a crooked walk leading up to the crooked house. Quick finish off the icing and hope the fridge will be able to harden in all into something that doesn't keep sliding. A quick check 2 minutes later to find that trifle will be a good idea for a cake. Crumble up the cake, make some pudding and whip some cream. Sprinkle on some sprinkles and voila! a beautiful cake, uh, trifle.

How does one decide these things?

friday's view

tuesday's view

A weekend of scrapbooking sandwiched by 2 days (either end) of driving. Immediately following the weekend I saw everything in page format including title, colour, layout. After driving I see everything in terms of road, dotted lines, and books on cd. My head does actually seem to be refocusing to my own living room and kitchen. We don't have a dishwasher and I am responsible for the tidying and cleaning not to mention meal prep. At least the sinus infection is gone. But as someone once said, "it's good to go away, but it's good to go home." Want some coffee?

the scrapbooking inspiration

the weekend meal plan for the kidlets and Gran'Bob