Riley & Syd each have to bring "treats" to their preschool Halloween party this week. I was bored, surfing the net for some creative baking project to do, and came across this idea. Not sure where I saw it, b/c I was on so many different websites, but thought it was a great idea! So, you frost the cupcakes with white first, then use a tip point (I have a Wilton decorating kit) to do concentric circles on top of the white. Then, take a toothpick, run it through the circles to create the spider web look. Finally, top with a plastic spider ring that the kids can have to wear later...and presto, cute Halloween cupcakes. They were actually fun to make & not too terribly time consuming. Hope the kids like them as much as I do!
So, for those of you who don't know...and are wondering WHY I am posting both girls birthday pics..their birthdays are only 3 days apart. So far, I've been able to get away with having ONE party for both girls. I'll take that as long as I can! Even more interesting, our nephew's birthday is three days before Sydney's, and my mother-in-law's birthday is 3 days after Riley's!! So every 3 days for 12 days, someone in our family has a birthday! October is a BUSY month!
"Two & a half," she says. "No you're three now", I tell her. Took her awhile to figure it out, but once her party started, she was fully aware that she was three. And let me tell you, that girl can bust a move!
I had to put this on here...it was too cool not to (at least in my mind). We were driving to dinner tonight, and Riley looked out her window, to where two planes' exhaust overlapped. She said "look mom, there is a cross in the sky, like what Jesus died on & every time you see a cross, you should remember him". I guess she listens in church more than I realized....it took me a minute to actually see the cross (which could've been dangerous anyway, b/c I was driving). It was a moment when I think God sometimes speaks to remind us through a child. I loved it!
I know, I'm a dork, posting baked goods pictures...but I thought this was the cutest idea, and I've never seen it before. I found this brownie baking tray @ a craft store in Billings. You bake the brownies (they come out shaped like a flower) and then decorate them w/ icing (of course, Sydney picked pink frosting) & then put them on a stick. Comes out like a lollipop brownie. Sydney said she wanted to take brownies to preschool for her birthday, and this was so much more fun than regular old brownies!! And, best of all, its SUPER easy! More birthday photos to follow, I'm sure....
I broke down & bought this laminator today....I needed it for the project below. I was going to take the papers to a local UPS store or something & have them do the laminating...but it was a LOT of laminating. So, this really works well if you ever need one! Its super easy to use, and your pages are laminated in seconds! I think I'll be laminating tons of things now, could get scary.......!!!
