Tuesday, September 25, 2007

So cute I could eat them!


I love putting Cecelia to bed at night because she is such a cuddle bug! She wraps her arms around my neck and holds on for dear life as I sing her two songs. I swear she thinks if she holds on as tight as she can then I won't put her down in her crib. She is my only child that will go down without being cuddled or rocked. Don't get me wrong-- she is spoiled beyond belief! She already knows how to look at Daddy to get what she wants. And if we don't shovel the food in quick enough (especially ice cream), she screams to let us know.


Here she is being a big goof ball. She makes the funniest faces and noises. She has this guteral laugh that cracks me up. Robert can make her laugh like no one else. She goes to Shane for a hug. If he is laying on the floor watching TV she will just crawl to him and kiss him.











As I said-- she LOVES TO EAT!!!













Shane is my sweet one. He has such a sweet spirit and is the biggest goof ball. He honestly could run for miles. I go walking almost every morning with some women from my church and the trail is 2 miles. He gets out of the stroller about half way through and literally runs the rest of the way. It amazes us! Shane will sit in the back of the van and sing as loud as possible to Hannah Montana (he knows every word to every song) and if there is no music or not any music he likes he will just sit there and sing to himself. He also talks to him self constantly. I mean full on conversations! It is so funny to hear. I will purposefully turn down the music in the car or stand there where he can't see me just to listen to what he is talking about. Most of the time I can't understand it but he is having a ball none the less. He makes me laugh EVERY DAY!!! He is truly a joy to have around!

This picture perfectly exudes ROBERT!!! Sadly to say he is the most like me! Robert has no problem voicing his opinion as well. He has a sweet spirit as well. He does not like it when anyone is upset or hurt. He also dotes on his baby sister. He was the same way with Shane when he was a baby. Now he is just his annoying little brother. Robert also seems to think he is older than he really is. He feels he has the right to run around the neighborhood with the older kids. I have explained that this is not acceptable but he lets me know that it is because he knows how to "take care of himself". Which he does. When I put Shane and Cecelia down for nap I will come downstairs and there will be ice cream bowls in the sink and chicken nuggets on the counter. He has heated himself up chicken nuggets in the microwave and scooped himself out some ice cream. I should have known he could do whatever he wanted when "Yaya" asked him at about 13 months to go get her a diaper and he did it! Now speaking of Yaya (Aunt Kara), they have a special bond!!! He will inform me at Target that..... "if you wont get me the toy then I will call yaya and she will get it for me". And usually he is right! He lives for her weekend sleepovers. His other interests are skateboarding and video games. I am extremely against video games but he does get some time when he is good to play. He can olley on a skate board already. He NEVER ceases to amaze me.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Holy Harry Potter!





Hello-- OK--so I was asked to make a cake for this Harry Potter party. I decided to attempt making it in the shape of the "sorting hat". Now remember, I am not a Harry Potter fan. I have only read 1 book and yes, I have seen the movies. But, that is as far as my Harry Potter knowledge goes. I did not realize how coo-coo people were for Harry Potter. Everyone had to dress as a character from the books. I went on line to look up pictures of the sorting hat and got like over a million results. Anyway, here is the cake I made. The pictures do not do it justice. I have to say, it looks pretty awesome!