Happy 8th Birthday, Miss K!

Eight years ago you came into our lives, slowly and easily. And you've brightened our days ever since. I love you, my darling girl. I hope your day is filled with sunshine and smiles...

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The almost great cake

So, my oldest daughter turns 8 on Wednesday. We had her "Nutcracker Suite" bday party on Saturday with a few friends and family. When I found this giant cupcake cake mold, I knew right away that this would be perfect!
I have to tell you, I had several misadventures getting to this cake, too complicated to get into without writing a whole chapeter. However,at 7 pm the night before the party I finally got all my ingrediants together and then hopped in the car to get the eggs that someone didn't quite get to do for me, despite having taken the day. We do now have some lovely new pieces of furniture, however :) But, I digress.
At 7:30, I made half the pan in vanilla and half in chocolate. The cake baked up nicely, although slowly, and popped out easily, to my great relief.
The next morning, I iced the cakes with my favorite little helpers. I have to say,two days and several hours total really felt pretty good.

Fast forward a few more hours, and the girls were having a fabulous time. They decorated individual gingerbread houses which they took home at the end of the party. BUT- and here's my rookie mistake- THEY DECORATED THE HOUSES BEFORE WE HAD THE CAKE! You know where this is going, right???? Not one child had a piece of cake. It was so sad. Not one.

At least it looked pretty.

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The I family

This picture makes me Laugh Out Loud. Really. I knew when I tok it that it would be silly. However, today as I was catching up on editting my pictures, this one gave me pause.

We were out getting pumpkins at our local nursery, and were playing around in their garden center as is our usual routine there.

After seeing heather's avatar outakes, this one smacked me upside the head. It just makes me think of some groovy urban English band album cover.

Or us, playing around on a sunny a Sunday afternoon. TFL!

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