carousel cake

Yep, you read that title right. That means that the carousel cake wasn't a total disaster! ha! Now, I've said it before that I'm no expert obviously! But I thought the cake was pretty cute.

Excuse the lighting in the photos...it was 1:30am when I took these!

My inspiration was this cake. Had I had more time, I would've used bigger animals for the carousel. Maybe cookies? And I would've used candy sticks for the poles. Or I thought that it would look cute to punch holes in the top of the canopy so that the straws could come through, then add a small gumdrop at the top of each. But, with just 2 days notice to make the cake I was happy with the outcome. And Career Day went very well!

 

Star Wars birthday cake - v.2

So Friday my husband came home from out of town and we celebrated Ben's birthday...again. On his actual birthday I took cupcakes to his school & he opened all his presents except the ones from mommy & daddy. He agreed to save his birthday cake and a few presents for when daddy came home. I was a bit rushed for time to finish his cake.  Don't get me wrong, I am NO Duff Goldman. But I really wished I could've spent a little more time on it. 

Despite that, I think the birthday boy liked it, don't you?!

My daughter kept coming in and saying "I just love your cakes mommy! I'm not just saying that to make you feel good, I really like your cakes!!" Yep, my kids are pretty great!!

Saturday and Sunday were pretty much spent laying around the house as Ben was fighting a fever off and on and I felt like crud for whatever reason. So we did a lot of stuff like this

I swear, this season has been the worst EVAH. I'm so ready for spring. Now, I'm not a mom who generally freaks out about stuff. But ever since my daughter was in the hospital last Nov I'm a bit paranoid every time someone gets a sniffle. 

Spring??!! Where are you??? We NEED you!!!

ok, freak out over..... HA!


But, we're both back to normal...you know, our own crazy version of "normal"!! So the Valentine's treats had to be put on hold for a couple days. But I have several cute Vday things to show this week so I'll be back with more of that later :)

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Oh, and those of you that found your way here from Jen's blog (aka tater tots and jello) ~ Welcome!! Isn't she the sweetest?? I love "meeting" new people in blogland! I haven't had a chance to visit everyone's blogs yet but you can be sure I'll be coming by and saying hi! And I hope you come back and visit :)