Happy Birthday, Mom & Dad!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day today. I would like to wish our parents a very happy birthday!! Can you believe it? They don't look a day over 45!! (Any younger might look a little suspicious with two 30-year-old sons...)I always thought it was neat that they have the same birthday, just a few years apart. It sure makes it easier to remember birthdays- there are only three we have to remember.
So, in honor of this oh-so-special day, we have a birthday cake to present them. We would have made them a much tastier cake, but the frosting would have made a mess in the box.

Look at all that delicious frosting and the decorations. The stars look like they're 3D. Oh, wait, they are! And the border around the edge- I wish I could get mine to look half that good. Very well-done. Let's slice into it:

Yum! Chocolate cake with a vanilla frosting!

What's this?? the frosting comes off and offers a surprise?? How can you possibly go wrong?! OK, corny, I know. Anyway, continuing with the birthday theme this week, as you can probably tell, it's actually a set of party favors, shaped into a cake.As if you didn't have enough cake at the party, you can take some home with you! How awesome is that?! (And, just so everyone knows, our cake was absolutely delicious. The only problem was that it didn't last nearly long enough)

That's all for today. Thanks for looking, and join us tomorrow for another smashing "Kid-Friendly Friday"! 

Today's Party Trivia:

- After producing more than 15million vehicles, the last Ford Model T was produced 85 years ago.
- Mickey talks! The first cartoon of Mickey Mouse talking was released in 1929.
- Happy “National Macaroon Day”!

Cupcake Saturday

Well, it's a little more than a cupcake. It's a whole cake today! What kind of Alice in wonderland birthday party wouldn't have a cake?! And since our birthday is tomorrow, we needed a cake anyway. So here it is, our Un-Birthday cake. (I have to say, it's probably the most elaborate cake we've ever had for our birthday. OK, it IS the most elaborate.) I think it looks pretty good for being amateurs. So glad we figured out the best ways to use our Cricut Cake machine. (Remember our carrot cupcakes? The carrots didn't look so hot...)
Can't wait for all of the possibilities for Cupcake Saturday!

I think we got everything or part of everyone in. Well, we had planned to. Cheshire Cat and White Rabbit didn't make it. There was a lot less room than we thought there would be! Which is a good thing, because it means less cake to eat. We made the top layer Alice's dress and bow, both of which came out pretty well, I think. And before I forget, I bet you're wondering what kind of cake it is. It's a White Chocolate Strawberry cake: white chocolate cake, strawberry filling, and white chocolate butter cream frosting. I hope it lasts until tomorrow!


It's been a wonderful week in Wonderland. We hope you had as much fun as we did!

I also decided to (try) to enter this into a challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2. I know it's a little outside of the box for a challenge, but I figured that since it was made in the kitchen, using the Cricut Cake, that it was worth a shot!

Today’s Party Trivia:
- The first witch hanging took place today in 1647, in Hartford, Connecticut.
- In 1783, the town of North Stratford (now Trumbull) celebrated "A Great Jubilee Day". It was held to celebrate the end of fighting in the Revolutionary War. It is considered a precursor to today's Memorial Day celebrations. (How cool is that?!)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula was first published today in 1897.

Happy Halloween??

I know it's been a little while since we updated the blog, but it's been a crazy week. Actually, it hasn't, since we didn't have power for the last week. On Sunday, the day before Halloween, the crazy fall Nor'easter came and knocked out power. This is how it looked when it first started:

It doesn't look too bad, but at the end we had at least a foot of snow! We wanted to get away from the snow!!  I was getting a little upset with The Weather Channel because they kept sending e-mails every hour and kept increasing the snow totals. Also, unfortunately for them, Mom and Dad had to cut their vacation short, but got home safely. Since all of the power went out, the town officials decided to postpone Halloween, and then they ended up cancelling it, and had "trunk or treat" in the park's parking lot.  We eventually got it back around 12:00 yesterday afternoon and we all went back to how it was before the power went out. I can't complain because there are still a ton of people without power.
This is the last project we were working on before we lost the power. It was supposed to be for Mom's Game Night, but that was cancelled because of the storm. So, we were able to enjoy it, instead!!

This is the first step of the cake. It doesn't look like much. A cornucopia? An elf? Well, its a good thing I had a plan!!

The elf was a good guess, but a little early in the season! It was a witch. I was told it was too friendly, but then added the wart and somehow it made it look a little meaner!!

And, a Happy Belated Birthday to the Twins!!

So, now that we're caught up our posts, we can spend the extra hour catching up with our crafting!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to the best mom in the world!

The outside reads, "Make Gnome Mistake..."

The inside reads, "You're the Best!"

 

 

This was our attempt at making a watering can cake to go with the gnome/garden theme. The spout was just a little too heavy, so we had to keep the can there. Hopefully next time, we'll get it right without having to keep anything up with cans!

Finally, our gift basket of gnome and garden things!

Happy New Year!

It's been awhile since I've added pictures here. It's been a bit busy here. However, since I have some time tonight, I decided to update. This post has pictures of most of our holiday projects.
First, this is a picture of our cards for the holidays. We did three different designs- a gingerbread, penguin, and a "'twas the night before Christmas". The cards are double side-step cards.



Last year, we decided to make ornaments for our family members. We wanted to make a new one for each year. The ones for this year are amazing- because they sparkle so much! Everything should sparkle and be as bright! This is just one that we made. There were about 18 in total. We added the year to one side of them.



The last set of pictures are some of the other gifts we made. I have to give all of the credit to Robyn, who worked endlessly on these projects- and finished them in time! She made simple fleece blankets for our aunts and uncles, and a wonderful quilt for our mom. She made 2 more amazing projects, but I don't want to post those pictures yet because we still have to surprise one of our brothers.  

 

*Updated- Here are our last two quilts, made for our brothers*

 
The one on the left is made with UConn Huskies fabric and the one on the right is made with Dallas Cowboys fabric.

And, for our last projects (I think), here is our Christmas Eve cake. It was a green, red, and white checkerboard cake. I must say that the cake wasn't decorated necessarily to our liking, but we pulled it off, enough! The inside picture isn't great, but it gets the point across.

Phew! I think that is the end of the list of Christmas projects! Now that it's already another year...