My Niece Emma's Cake for her 14th Birthday

My Niece Emma decided she wanted a Popcorn themed birthday party since she got her braces off last week so I made her a popcorn "cake" made out of Rice Krispy Treats and then they will decorate cupcakes at the party to go with it.

                                                                                             

                                                                            

Cupcakes

Russell's school is having a Halloween Carnival tonight so I volunteered to make cupcakes for it since it's a fundraiser for the different departments of the school. Thanks to pinterest I found some cute ideas for Mummy's, Frankensteins, and Bats, and then I made up my own Spider ones. They were super fun to make!

 Bats

 Frankensteins

 Spiders

 Mummy's

All 48 Cupcakes

Birthday Boys!

       I absolutely love that Russell and our cute nephew Nate share a birthday. This year Russell decided he wanted to celebrate his birthday the Sunday before so we invited the Mildensteins to come celebrate with us. Since it was Nate's birthday also and Aaron was going to be out of town during the week it worked out perfectly to celebrate them both that day.
      Russell decided he wanted an ice cream cake for his birthday so I decided to attempt it. It turned out really good for a first attempt but I will definitely do some things differently if I make it again. It was a chocolate cake, with chocolate swirl ice cream, crumbled cookies, carmel, and ganache on top!
     Emma made a pumpkin cake for Nate. I didn't get a chance to try it but I hear it was delicious!

Happy Birthday Boys!

1st Cavities Filled

We took Kennadee to the dentist last week and they discovered that she has 4 cavities! They are "kissing cavities" meaning that she has touching cavities between two sets of molars. Today I took her to get the first set filled. It was so great. She didn't wince or cry or anything. She just sat there and let them fill the cavities. She told me afterward that she really was scared and that she was shaking. I'm very proud of her that she kept her cool and didn't freak out.
   While we were sitting waiting for the numbing medicine to take effect she was watching Phineus & Ferb and it was the episode with "Meep" the alien. She tried to say "meep" and it came out "meepfh" with a little farting sound and she was laughing so hard. After she was all done I had to get it on video! It was hilarious!

 Waiting for the medicine to kick in

 All done and super numbed up!

 I love her mouth in this pic! It was so funny watching her laugh!

 The video starts out sideways but then I remembered you have to turn it the other way!

I also had to have a couple cavities filled. She insisted on taking a picture of me!

Piano Lessons

   This year we decided that Kennadee was ready to try an extracurricular activity so we asked our sweet friend Valerie if she would be willing to give Kennadee piano lessons. Kennadee could not wait until the day she finally got to go to lessons!
    Hopefully she will keep it up and be an excellent pianist!

First Day of School: Second Grade

I say this every year but I seriously can't believe my kiddo is in 2nd grade!! She is getting so grown up I can't believe it. She is in Mrs. Horvath's class this year. I think she will like her teacher. I am looking forward to seeing her progress this year!

Losing Teeth

    Kennadee lost her first tooth on March 6, 2012. Four days after she turned 7. Her tooth was loose for what seemed to be FOREVER! Finally we told her that I was going to pull it out. She threw a big fit and wouldn't let us anywhere near it so we told her that the next day I would be pulling it out no matter what so she should prepare herself.
     The next day we sat down and I told her to let me pull it. She opened her mouth and using a tissue I grabbed the tooth. She jerked her head back out of fear and pop! The tooth was in the tissue. She laughed and laughed and laughed that she had made such a big deal out of nothing. The tooth fairy brought her two dollars. She was so excited!

    Her second tooth was not such a treat. She lost it July 2, 2012. It had been loose for awhile and I thought it was ready to come out so I got a tissue and twisted to pull it out and it made this tearing sound oops! She cried and cried. I felt so bad! After it was out she was excited afterward so I didn't feel so bad. 

    She lost her third tooth August 13, 2012 right when we got home from vacation. We had wiggled and jiggled it since the last week of school and it just took forever to come out. I had told her that since the last one had been so traumatic that she could pull this one out by herself. She waited and waited and I told her that if she didn't pull it out before school started that I would be pulling it out. Well that night she woke up in the middle of the night and the tooth fell out into her hand. Luckily she caught it so it didn't get lost.