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!!

Making the Most of Another Snow Day

As of today, we have had our 10th snow day. Three of them since Tuesday. To make the most of it, we decided to spend some time in the kitchen. Just like our last snow day. We continued to work on different cupcakes to add to our repertoire. We tried to make six different varieties, all of which were delicious, I must say!!

Up first: CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHIP

This is a chocolate cake, with chocolate chips and cherry chunks in the mix. It is topped with a cherry buttercream, and, of course, a cherry on top!

Next: ORANGE CHOCOLATE WITH GANACHE

This doesn't look like much from the picture, but it is a chocolate cake with chocolate chunks, along with orange liqueur. The ganache also has a hint of orange in it.

Next: PINA COLADA

 

Thinking of summer!! This variety is a vanilla cake flavored with rum and pineapple juice. It is topped with a pineapple frosting, with shredded coconut, pineapple chunks, and a cherry.

Next: WATERMELON SPRITZER

 

This is a watermelon cake with a 7-Up frosting. Simple, but delicious!



Next: CRANBERRY LIME

 

This cupcake is a cranberry-lime flavored cake, topped with a cranberry rum buttercream.

And last, but not least, STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI

This cupcake has a strawberry banana mix, with a strawberry rum flavored filling. The frosting is also rum flavored.

It was a fun snow day, to say the least! Two of the best ways to spend a few snowy days!! Now it's back to reality and back to school. On a good note, it's Friday, on the bad note, another storm is on the way. We shall see what happens!!

Is It Summer Yet?!

We've been busy over the last week, but not with the important stuff. Mostly shoveling, but some crafting. We've had seven snow days in the last three weeks, and you would think that would mean a lot of time for being creative. Nope. We've had to spend a lot of the time shoveling or at track meets. Oh well.

Here are some of the things we have been able to do!

Today's theme: Think Warm Thoughts
Summer drinks were our inspiration today. With all of this snow (4' and counting), summer can't come soon enough!

These were the first cupcakes we made today. They are delicious Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes. The cake is wild strawberry with a fresh lemonade frosting.

Our second type of cupcake today was an Iced Tea Cupcake. These were made with iced tea in the cake mix, with a lemon iced tea frosting.

Both were delicious and had us thinking spring!

Another Snow Day...

After two large snow storms in the last 2 weeks, and another one tomorrow, it's enough. When the snow piles are already higher than you are tall, it's rediculous. The only good thing about a snow day is that it means it's another day for crafting. There are a few projects we're going to work on and finish tomorrow and there will be pictures to follow.

Snowy Weekend!

An unexpected three day weekend is always nice, except in June. Especially this year. So we made the most of it and decided to finish a few of our crafts that have been on our "to-do list" for quite a while. Robyn was able to finish a dress for this summer. It's so cute! I finally put the finishing touches on my wall. We also spent some time in the kitchen and made delicious chocolate-peanut butter cupcakes. It's a good thing they're so big because then they'd be all gone by now!