The cake auction

The Great Cake-tastrophie

Ok, since I have a bit of time while dinner cooks ...

this past weekend was a Cake auction and used book sale for Ethan's school. I went and helped set up Friday morning and started a box of goodies (books, videos, games, puzzles) ... 44 bucks and I knocked out a ton of holiday gifts ;) I thought Micah would have a fit but nope he was totally ok. teehee Of course he went Saturday night and spent 36 bucks so it was all good ;) Oh did I mention that pretty much everything was 50 cents or a dollar!!!

Saturday night was also a Cake auction ... I started my cake on Wednesday cause I KNEW it was gonna be a chore with miss Alex fighting me the WHOLE time! It was a pink castle! I had these great plans but Alex wasn't having any part of it!! First box of mix Vanilla! First batch of cupcakes outta the oven dumped them on the counter to cool... went to the bathroom was in there for maybe 2 min come out and Alex had taken a bite out of half of my cup cakes!!! I had already used the rest of the batter to make a layer and it was already in the oven! grrr .... Next up the strawberry mix for the bottom layer ... Alex got a little too helpful while we were getting the cake outta the pan it broke on half was ok the other half was in like 6 pieces so one part made the bottom and one part of the very broken up half turned out to be the top of the cake .... AFTER I made this AWESOME HUGE cupcake the bottom was square and the top looked like a huge cupcake top I put it on the counter to cool ... I kept Alex entertained I thought all was well. Then FIL and BIL came home and took my attention. Well I forgot all about my beautiful GIANT cupcake cooling on the counter by the time I remembered it (was reminded by Ethan) Alex had hollowed out the thing!! it was just an empty shell of a giant cupcake :( So at that point I saved enough of the badly broken up half of the strawberry cake and put it on top ...
So imagine this if you will ...
An ok-ish half of a strawberry cake, a almost perfect middle vanilla layer and a salvaged strawberry top layer ... and 4 towers 2 made of 2 cupcakes 2 made of 4 cupcakes ...
all glued together by icing then put in the freezer .... :)

Ok day 2 need to sure up the towers and start icing this thing ... Well Alex thought it helpful to make the towers lay down ... AHHHHHH so tooth picks are added to add a bit of stability!
3rd day .... finish Icing (I had to do this in 2 days because I thought 2 cans of pink frosting would be enough I was wrong!!!) So .... I finish up the pink :) ... but not without one more Alex incident that involved her sticking her little finger into the icing on a tower .... it was crooked and I couldn't fix that anymore cause it was pretty much all iced!! So its Friday evening and I put it back in the freezer. Saturday D-day!! I pipe it and run to the party store to get tiara's, wands, and princess lip glosses .... fix it all up and as best I could and ......

IT WAS FINISHED!!

it went for 22 bucks I was happy with that ... I know how sad it looked LMAO it did have quite a few bids on it tho it started at 5! ;)

a bit-o-halloweenie

Happy Halloweenie!!

I was a puppy NOT a brown noser

as my mom so sweetly pointed out!

Well, Halloweenie was a bit different this year for us ... in years past we have go to Micah's parent's neighborhood and since his mom passed and his dad and bro are living with us that seemed well like a waste of gas since its a 45 min drive. plus it would have been too hard for M to deal with I think. So with 5 days to go til Halloween and the temps being 20 degrees when I got outta bed in the morning I suggested Chucky cheese in their costumes Micah said sounds good so I had to take it to the board (you know the bosses ;) ) Well E that it was a GREAT idea!! So we went to Chucky cheese for Halloween and we bought the kids each a bag of candy the day after when it was all on clearence!! We had a GREAT time Alex refused to wear her costume and E was all about his he wore it for 3 days straight! hahaha I know I know how bad am I?!?!? ok ready for pics???

Alex: she was supposed to be cowgirl riding a horse ... she thought she was the horse ... so she found that TINY horse sticker that is on her shirt and decided that was her costume *rolleyes*

Ethan: My Mario! he had mustache but it was itchy and he wiped most of it off scratching that's why he has those strange black markings LoL Oh and we couldn't find a red hat and I am not a sewing lady like my dear friend over at homeschoolmadness ;) So I had to get a bit creative friday morning so E had a "fire ball Mario hat" LoL
Oh micah micah micah ... *shaking head* I asked him why he didn't get a costume and he said I am wearing it ... I raised my eyebrow at him and then he pulled his pants down the boxers up and pulled the hat to the side .... don't worry he didn't leave the back yard this way but have no fear I was armed with a camera so that I could blackmail his butt bwahahahahaha
he looks chubby in this pic too .... oh when he sees this I am in TROUBLE!!!
Ethan: never to be left out

The box!! *taking a bow* yes thank you thank you I know how clever I am LoL ... I thought it would be a cool thing for him to have a ToT box that matched the costume! So I got one of those nice paper boxes from A.C. Moore inside it had a jewelry tray and a lip that held that part up ... SO I ditched the original lid took the tray and flipped it upside down and cut a hole in it, modge podged the yellow paper on it, cut out question marks (sparkley felt), drilled holes in the side and used gimp as a handle. He LOVED it! hehehe


At chucky cheese
Ethan: he LOVES this ride!

Ethan and Alex: up in the tubes

Alex: She LOVES this ride!

Micah and Jonah: Even the boys had fun!



thats it for our Halloween I hope the candy faries were kind to you ;) Oh and Thanks to my friend MamaShea for skooling me on the mommy tax (mommy tax: mommie has the right to pick through any and candy brought into the house and pick out what she wants) hehehe I love it Shea I LOVE it!!

I thought this was funny

So this weeks letter in Mr. Wirsz class (E's teacher) is Ii so I googled (probably used "goodsearch.com" because everytime I search a penny goes to E's school ;) ) "I words" cause he has to take something in on friday that starts with I ... So I usally get some ideas from the internet on tuesdays and discuss options on wednesdays and have him pick on thrusday ... anyhow this poped up as a result http://kottke.org/08/04/saying-words-wrong-on-purpose

this got me thinking ... how many words have we started saying cuz the kids do! (yes I did just use "cuz" you wanna take this outside???)
Fee-ner - finger
boo-k-er - booger
member that? - remember that?
daddy-ya - that's what E used to call Micah
donalds - Mc Donalds
tico bell (bell with a southern draw not a twang) - taco bell
inner - in there
farakeet - parakeet

hehehe thats in addition to the things we say just cuz we like to say them you know like "let me check me Shed-yool" in the BAD british accent and all!! bwahahahahaha

Ahhh well anyhow ... I guess that's it for now .... pics up next ... ;)

Ok Ok ...

So it's been a while I have several "blogs" to make so first a QUCK update pics will be AFTER I pick up the Boy from school ;)

Me: I am SICK SICK SICK!! It was passed from the BOY. Ummmm Other than that I have been doing well a bit short tempered but overall good ;)

Micah: seems to LOVE his new job and he is doing VERy well! I am still trying to adjust to him not being her ALL the time ... it's strange sometime I get lonely.

Alex: ummm she's 3 ... I know I know this is not new ... but She is REALLY testing me and that's what I keep telling myself ;) she's 3 she is ONLY 3!! Seriously she is So darn cute but she is a handful ;)

E: he was sick not last week but the week before with a fever ... he missed Thursday and Friday from school ... He went to school last Monday and came done with something else that night and missed tuesday, wednesday and thrusday ... and I got to be reminded why I sent him TO school and decided to retire from homeschool! I only had to teach him 3 days ... he was back to school friday :) and he is pretty much all better now :) Alex and I are a different story.

Ok... more indepth with pics will be coming later today ... I hope!! if not def tomorrow while E is in school! I need to get Alex dressed .... yes dressed ... She is pottytraining and no pants is just easier ;) plus she likes to be nekkie so I really hate to fight if I don't need to hahaha (she does have a shirt on so she wont catch a chill) like I was trying to say before my mind went somewhere else I need to get Alex dressed so that I can go to get E!! I miss that kid when he isn't here .... he does such a good job of watching alex!! hehehe I am totally joking ... or am I!! Ok Ok I really am going so I can go pick up my cuddle butt!!