Skateboard Cake

 

My husband and I made this for our sons birthday party.  It was a combined birthday party with the neighbor.  They were born on the same day 10 hours apart.  No wonder they are so much alike.  They are both really into skating and were stoked to have a cake to represent it.  My writing was a bit goofy but I’ve seen much worse.  I used a new recipe for the cake itself.  It was out of this world!  We used Satin Ice Vanilla Buttercream fondant…great stuff!  We have recently found a great source for all our cake and baking supplies.  What do you think?

Banana’s for Banana Bread

Although I’m not the biggest fan of plain ol’ bananas, I love banana flavored foods.  I had a ton of bananas that were in need of baking.  Solution… yummy banana bread.  I am still adjusting my new schedule.  To be quite honest I feel that I could make better use of my time but baking banana bread was a productive task.  Right?
It’s time to buckle down on myself and create a fool proof schedule to keep me on task and productive.  Easier said than done.  Any ideas out there?  I have been reading up on lots of different ideas and have tried many different things.  Nothing proven yet.  I will keep you all posted.

Crazy Busy

Things have been crazy busy around here lately.  Getting four kids ready and off to school is not an easy task.  Especially when the school has been making it a bit complicated.  Things will smooth out soon though.  When it does, I will be back at the many many projects on my to do list and of course will be sharing them with you.

Professor Pincushion Giveaway

I'm excited about this giveaway from Tova at Professor Pincushion.  This is such a beautiful Pillow Sham and you have a chance to win it.

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Oh Yeah!!!

 

Our awesome savings from Target today…NO COUPONS!

Oh how I love clearance. 

4 huge beach towels

2 beautiful glass beverage dispensers                          (My honey already put some tea out for me)

A serving tray

13 packs of paper plates 60 ct.

6 – 30 packs of plastic cups

4 little storage buckets

The list goes on!

Look what I found…

He’s loving the new house. 
Unpacking in a new home can be so exciting.  Earlier I posted some before pictures of the new house and am excited to soon share some after pictures.  So much more to unpack but it’s getting there.  After two full days of painting and with the help of the best grandma in the world, we are done with the kitchen and most of the living room.  We spent Thursday and Friday prepping and painting.  The house looked great for our son’s birthday party this weekend.  Of course it’s a work in progress but it’s been lots of fun getting settled in. 

Patriotic Toes

I decided to have a little patriotic fun with my daughter and I’s toes.