The Process of Making Cupcakes with Kids

What could be more fun or messier than making cupcakes with kids?

Every once in a while I decide to have a creative moment with my grandchildren. Today while I was at the grocery store I decided it would be fun for us to make cupcakes. My granddaughter LOVES cupcakes, and has been wanting to make them for some time. She is four. Her brother is seven, and he was quite excited about this adventure too.

So tonight after dinner we got started. They wanted to do it all. We got everything in the bowl and got it mixed together. Then the fun began... I let them put the badder in the cupcake papers.

These are marble cupcakes. Yellow cake mix with chocolate cake mix swirled in.

This is what they looked like when I took them out of the oven.

After they cooled they iced them.

Then they started with the sprinkles, but couldn't wait for me to take the picture. So this was my final picture.

This is the process of making cupcakes with kids, and as you can see it was a success!

Silver and Pink Embroidered Polka-dot Dresses

Silver and Pink Embroidered Polka-dot Taffeta Baby Dress w/ Tulle Overlay

Lovely polka dot embroidered taffeta dress with tulle skirt overlay has cap sleeves, zip back, and tulle sash that ties in back. Made in the USA.
Size 6 months through 3 toddler.

Silver and Pink Embroidered Polka-Dot Dress w/ Tulle Accents

This is such a pretty dress. Polka dot embroidered taffeta dress with tulle accents has cap sleeves, zip back, and tulle sash that ties in back. Made in the USA.
Size 2 toddler through youth size 7.

 

Personalized Character Big Sister & Big Brother Shirts

Personalized Character Big Sister Shirt

Don't forget the BIG sister! She'll wear this shirt proudly to announce that she is the "Big Sister". This custom designed shirt is created in the Big Sister's image and is personalized with her name too, for no additional charge! Size 6 months through youth size 12.

So many personalization choices to choose from!

Character's Dress Color
Child's Name
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Hair Style:
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Skin Tone
Text Color Personalized Character Big Brother Shirt That big brother is sure to feel special when he gets this shirt! He'll wear this shirt proudly to announce that he is the "Big Brother". This custom designed shirt is created in the Big Brother's image and is personalized with his name too, for no additional charge! Size 6 months through youth size 12.

Fighting with my Blog

Well I had a little fight with my blog, but it seems to have shaped up, and now is behaving nicely.
It's time to get serious and start catching up on my blogging.

Life has been good! I went to the beach the other day. It was so much fun! I told one of my girlfriends, and she commented on how she couldn't even remember how to do that. It had been such a long time since she had been. So I explained it to her.

You get a bunch of stuff together. Pile it in the car, go to the beach and drag it all back out and haul it to the sand. Then you set it all up neatly, and plop into a chair. After a minute or two things are not so neat anymore and there is sand on everything. So you sit there and vegetate for a while. Then you try to walk through the HOT sand that feels like quicksand beneath your feet to the water so you can get some of the sand off. Hopefully you don't get knocked down by a wave. Then you work your way back through the quicksand, which is very HOT, and plop back in the chair. After you do this two or three times you pack everything back up and haul it back to the car so you can try to get it all in there again. Drive home feeling quite grimy. Unload the car, clean everything up, put it away, get a shower, claps, and say, "I went to the beach today. It was so much fun!"