Cakes

So apparently every fall I will be elbow deep in flour and sprinkles. With all these birthdays lumped together I've been so busy in the kitchen baking and, more time consuming, decorating.

For Scott and Tate's birthdays, Tyler and I picked a Golf cake. I think this was one of the best looking birthday cakes/cupcakes I've ever made but really it was pretty easy. We did it in an afternoon and managed to keep it a secret until Scott saw a picture of it online! Argh!







Then, Tyler asked to do a "girl cupcake" and a "boy cupcake" for her class party. So, we did butterflies for the girls and turtles for the boys. Both were fun but neither turned out exactly as I was picturing in my head. Regardless, the kids thought they were great and ate all the little decorations more than the actual cupcake.





Somehow I've gotten myself into making these elaborate (for me, anyway) cakes for everyone's birthdays. I really do enjoy doing it - it's a labor of love for me. Anyway, I don't think I ever put Eben's cake on here that we did for his party back in July. I thought this one was really cute.

Birthdays!

Within five days of eachother, Scott turned 31, Tate turned 1 and Tyler turned 6. Scott and I celebrated his b-day with a date at Trapani's Eatery in Bay St. Louis where we had incredible steaks. Then, with my brother and sister-in-law visiting, we had cake in honor of Scott and Tate's birthdays. Tyler turned six a couple days later and we were happy to have my dad in town to help celebrate. We had gifts and dinner out but Tyler was sick so her school party had to wait until later in the week. Then, at school, we did cupcakes and favor bags for all her classmates. So, now we have about nine months until the next birthday. Whew!

Go Saints!

So, Scott got tickets to go to Monday Night Football yesterday to see the Saints get killed by the Tennessee Titans. Although stuck at home, Tyler and Eben wanted to support the Saints too and did so by donning temporary tattoos.

Ready for the Races!

Here's a quick video to show how fast Tate has gotten on his feet.

Oh, and check out his curls too!

What happened to September?

So, I'm noticing my last post was on Sept 1st and here we are, heading into the last week of the month! I don't really know what's been happening to keep me so busy but apparently I have been. So, here's what up with us ...

I'm primarily keeping busy trying to keep up with Tate. This boy is all over the place! I'm really mourning the loss of my baby! He really thinks he's much older and should be able to do everything the big kids do. He's walking everywhere now, climbing on everything (up tree trunks, slides, couches, chairs), he stands up in the shopping cart even when I've buckled him in - he really is a crazy man. He's saying a couple words - dada, Tyler and banana. We're anticipating his first birthday next week!

Eben has still been riding his bike all the time. He stays busy with our moms and tots playgroup too. We recently took a trip to the fire station and weekly have playdates in homes, playground visits and attend Bear Cub Club every week. For the first time we're starting to see him look forward to seeing friends and play well with them.

Tyler is loving her teacher and loving first grade. She's doing girl scouts and this weekend we have our first day at camp to learn a lot of girl scout skills. She loves the Food Network and still likes to cook although she hasn't been as adventursome lately. She really shows what a beautiful person she is - she loves to take care of Tate, she picked out something for Eben from the prize box at school after a week of good behavior ... it's a real pleasure to watch her grow. She'll be six in a week and a half!

Scott has had meeting after meeting for the last month and has stayed so busy trying to manage all his usual duties and these extra things. He has been enjoying getting back into golf though and is looking forward to seats at an upcoming Saints game! I'm keeping busy running this house and am really enjoying friends here. I feel like it's taken a year to settle in but it's starting to feel more like home! I'm really looking forward to family and friends that will be visiting over the next couple weeks!

So, that's where we are! Hopefully soon I'll get some pictures and video on here. I need to show everyone our adopted/wild kitten and how much Tate's walking has progressed.

James Blunt on Sesame Street

After our morning trip to the park, we've made a habit of coming home and watching Sesame Street.

For a long time I've always stopped whatever I was doing to watch REM's performance on Sesame Street - "Shiny, Happy Monsters Laughing". They aired it a couple days ago and I liked seeing it again. But yesterday I came into the living room hearing one of my favorite singers of the day, James Blunt on Sesame Street. You'll only think this is funny if you know his song, "Beautiful". I think it's hilarious but that's me!

Tate's amazing feats!

Tate has begun walking! Here's a clip of some of his first steps and other amazing acts. Last night he traveled across two or three feet on a couple of occasions. By next week, he'll be running! Oh my!