This year Timmy asked for a Nyan Cat birthday party. So he got one. He didn’t have a party last year, since we took a cruise that particular week a year ago. I don’t know where he thinks of this stuff. It took a little bit of creativity, but the kids got a kick out … Read more
It’s been hard this year. The media has been inundating us with holiday-related retail commercials and the radio stations are already playing Christmas music. I guess it started the same week as Halloween, which seemed pretty crazy to me. Has it always been this early? Don’t get me wrong…my family and I LOVE Christmas, we … Read more
I just got home from the Hurlburt Spouses’ Club Charity Auction. This year was the 25th year of the auction. The auction is the year’s biggest fundraiser for the organization’s scholarship fund. Being that this was my first HSC auction experience, I didn’t really know what to expect. All the ladies said “It’s a really … Read more
I’m making a cake later this week for the Hurlburt Spouses’ Club Charity Auction. I hope it turns out really pretty and yummy…the money earned from the auction will help provide scholarships for members of the Team Hurlburt family! Tonight I decided to start on the roses, since I hadn’t made roses in several years. … Read more
The box on the right was purchased in mid-July. I thought I needed two boxes of cake mix for something, but I only needed one. The box on the left was purchased this morning. Darned straight I took the box tops! But note the size difference….did someone think we wouldn’t notice??? I’m baking Jacob’s birthday … Read more
I will admit I don’t play the game (yet), but this is an AMAZING cake! Enjoy! Let me know when you see a playable Bejeweled Blitz cake!
This week my youngest son is celebrating his 6th Birthday. I won’t be specific about which day, but with family in town this weekend, I made some pre-birthday cupcakes to serve as dessert. Last weekend we were at our local mall-like-shopping-location. It isn’t really a mall, since it doesn’t have that old-school enclosed building thing … Read more
This past weekend my oldest son turned 8. I had a great time working on his birthday cake. Since his 4th birthday, I’ve always taken on his cakes as a challenge each year, and this year was no exception. Jacob’s first soccer game was this past weekend also, so I thought it would be fun … Read more
I’m currently in possession of a Big Top Cupcake pan. From 2010 03 08 Big Top Cupcake A giant cupacake. The ad claims it’s 25x larger than a standard cupcake, but I’m not sure what they’re using to measure that — Math Time! I put about 1/4 cup of batter in a single little cupcake. … Read more
From 2010 01 23 Timmy’s Mickey Mouse 5th Birthday Cake This is Timmy’s birthday cake (duh!). Due to a series of unfortunate events, Timmy’s birthday was reduced to having a friend over for cake and ice cream after dinner tonight. We were planning a trip to the local indoor water park with the same friend, … Read more