Office Cake #2

Here is the office cake for this month. It was hard to know what decoration to do. Here were the ideas I was given: Dogs, hearts, or scouting. Ya.. see my problem. So I decided just to make a few little dogs and put fresh flowers on it. I put the flowers on for a pic and then took them off. I'll put them back on before Aaron takes it to work tomorrow.
The cake is choc. with vanilla filling. Choc buttercream frosting and choc. ganache on top. Luckily I have lots of extra frosting so I might make a little one for us tonight. Yummmm.
Its nice to have it all done for this week.

Last night Parker was eating some crackers and wanted to save one. So he went to get a baggie from the drawer. This pic is what he ended up with. It was pretty funny. He said he just wants to save it for later.

Going Camping...

Done! It only took a few hours to complete. And KC slept the whole time and Parker was at preschool. So nice to have a few hours totally uninterrupted to get something done. The only thing it is lacking right now is the snowmobile which I still need to paint (with food coloring). I didn't have enough room so I had to forgo the stream, but maybe next time.

Cory's Twin

Hey Cory, I bet you didn't know that you have a twin out there! I went to my Wilton class last night and I swear the instructor is related to you. She could be your twin sister, not identical but very close. You personalities are very similar and even the tone of your voices. It was so weird. the class what a lot of fun. There are a lot of people in it, from those that can't figure out how to even bake the cake to begin with to people who have been decorating for years and come to take the class with their daughters. I'm really excited about it and hope that I get a chance to learn some stuff from these ladies that have been doing it for a long time.

I've decided that just having cake stuff on here is kinda boring. Maybe not for me but for anyone else who might read it. so I'm going to start putting more on ere from our everyday lives, although that may not be anymore exciting. But oh well. I've really enjoyed being able to read other peoples blogs. It's so fun to get to know everyone a little better, you just don't really get to do that when you only see each other for maybe an hour or 2 every year.
So here's our update. Aaron started his Remicade last week and is feeling so much better!!! He hasn't had any bad side effects other than some tiredness occasionally and so we are really excited about it. It has been so great to see him be happy and have energy. The kids are having lots of fun with him. I know hes benefiting a lot because he feels so much better, but I almost think I got the better end of the deal. He's so much more easy going and fun to be with. It's so nice to have him back. He goes in for his next treatment on Monday and hopefully it will go as well. Then he only has to go every 6-8 wks.
Parker is making me crazy getting into the pantry. Any ideas how to lock it? Its just those big doors that slide open and fold up. Every time I turn around he is climbing up in there. It drives me nuts because we live in a pretty old place and I don't think the shelves are very sturdy, I'm afraid one of these days it will all come crashing down with him in the middle of it all. And it's so hard to get him to eat at meals as it is, when he snacks all day he won't eat a thing for dinner. I almost don't want to ever buy him fruit snacks or things like that because he won't leave them alone. Poor kid. I feel like the snack nazi. He just wants treats and bread and I'm always trying to make him eat cheese and yogurt or other things. But have you seen that show on TLC "Honey we're killing the kids." I can't believe the way some people let their kids eat. It's so sad. Plus it's hard for me to try not to eat all the treats when we have a lot of them in the house. :) Maybe cake decorating isn't the best hobby for that.
Anyway I just think it is hard to eat healthy as it is as a grown up, I want it to be a little easier for my kids.

Well that's enough for now, but I'm finishing the camp cake today and I'll post a picture when it's done. I might try to get the office cake done too since I need it on Friday. It should be fine if it has to sit for one day. We'll see. And Bruno, I like the little stream idea, I just might have to do that. :)
I want to make a cake for Aaron next week just for fun. Any ideas of what to do or flavors to make. Sarah I wish you were closer I'd make you one for your birthday. Maybe you should come and visit your mom.

Class

I start my class tonight. I'm excited and I hope that it's fun and that I learn some stuff, I'm sure I will. And for only 12$ even if it's mostly stuff I already know its okay.
This last weekend Aaron got me a really great bakers rack. I actually bought it, but since hes the one making the cash I figure he got it for me in a way. It's so nice to have all the cake stuff off the kitchen counter and have a place to store stuff. And my Grandma, who is one of the greatest ladies I know, came to visit on Saturday and brought me tons of decorating stuff. Tips, books, and pans and more! There is so much. I am so excited. If I'd had to buy it all it would have cost me so much money. Thanks Grandma!!!!
Now I just need my own separate refrigerator. :) Aaron complains that when I'm making a cake there is no room on the fridge for us to actually have food. But hey, if he wants to eat cake there should be some sacrifice right?
I'm making a cake for a lady Aaron works with. The guy who's birthday it is for really likes hunting, camping, snowmobiling, etc. So it has been really fun to work on. I made a bunch of trees and a little campfire. I made a guy in a sleeping bag and a little tent for him to. and all but the tent frame is edible. I also made a little snowmobile for it. I'm going to make a little camping scene on it and make lots of snow on it too. If it turns out the way I see it in my head it should be really cute. Things don't usually turn out quite the same way I envision them, but I think this one might actually be close.
On another note, to keep with tradition, KC woke up with a cold this morning. Coughing and sneezing, throwing up etc. And he keeps trying to rub his ear like it itches. Its really cute. He tilts his head and rubs his arm on his ear, it looks like he's trying to wave at you. But he's happy and not running a fever or anything so we'll see. Silly guy. And luckily, for me not Aaron, I had just left to go walking this morning when KC lost all his breakfast all over Aaron. Its only fair that I'm not the only one getting soaked with various bodily fluids right?
Funny for the day--- Last night at dinner it was Parker's turn to say the dinner prayer. He started with the usual thank you for the food, and for Mommy's food, and for Daddy's food over there, and KC's food way over4 there(pointing at everyones dinner as he went). Then he usually(when hes really wanting to pray all by himself) goes on about random things to be thankful for. Last night it was "Thank you for ours brains" It's so funny to hear the things they think about. But as silly as it seems it really is a good reminder of how to be grateful for all the little things that come our way. Kids are so fun, even if they drive me nuts half the time. I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

YEA!

Enrichment was great and everyone loved my cake! It was so fun. I had lots of people tell me that it tasted great, even better than their wedding cakes had tasted. And I even had people asking me to do cakes for them. The cake was a white cake with a little almond flavor to it, a strawberry cream filling, and a raspberry almond buttercream frosting. It was yummy! I'm especially excited because I didn't have a chance to taste it all put together so I was just hoping that the flavors would all come together good. I even have some left in my freezer that I haven't frosted of anything yet, so I might use it today and make a little cake for us since it was so yummy and Aaron didn't really get to have much of it. This is so much fun. But I have to admit at times I am a little insecure and so I am a sucker for praise. I just love when people tell me that they like what I have done. It's so fun. It makes me excited to be able to learn more and do better.