Pirates and Bats...oh my!

I will admit that I am a sucker for kids costumes! I usually find some really good deals and buy a few for the kids to dress up in during the year!

Since we are going to be at DisneyWorld and on a Disney Cruise for the week of Halloween, I'll go ahead and post some pictures now! I'm sure I will have tons more later ;-) I know there will be a Minnie Mouse dress in the near future :~)

Here is Pirate Daniel and his little Buccaneer Arianna off getting set for an upcoming voyage on the Disney Wonder! Daniel will also be havig a Pirate makeover at the Pirate League in the Magic Kingdom before we attend the Halloween party- that should be tons of fun!


Tony's birthday was last weekend and Daniel insisted on throwing him a Batman party...which they both enjoyed. I decided you couldn't have a Batman party without the special appearance of Batman and Batgirl. Tony thought it was great and we had lots of fun! Arianna did not want to take her costume off and wore the arm pieces most of the weekend :-)



Have a great weekend!!

Kids!

Here are some updated pictures of the kids!


Daniel is close to 5 1/2 and getting taller! He loves school and is doing great! He is such a sweetheart and a really good kid! He is really enjoying that Arianna can do more things with him now. Sheesh...he's growing up so fast! He is very excited about our upcoming Disney trip and is planning out the things we are going to do while there!




Arianna just turned 22 months....another one that is growing too fast! She has most of her teeth and has some words that she knows. Although she sometimes calls Tony "Daddy"and other times calls him "Mama"- whatever! :-) Her favorite thing to do right now is to climb up the back of the stairs- she's a darn good climber too! She really misses Daniel when he is at school and runs to give him hugs when we pick him up from school.

Thanks for looking! :-)

Cakes!

Things have been crazy busy around here lately! I've had quite a few cakes in the last few weeks on top of everything else. Some days I wasn't sure if I was coming or going or if I had even take a shower! I am thankful that the cakes are behind me! I do enjoy doing them when they are much more spaced out! Here are some of the cakes that I did recently...

This cake was for a baby shower my neighbor helped plan. I loved how the colors came out on this one! I am a little sad that this neighbor has since moved though :-(

This cake was for a repeat customer... I have done all of the cakes for her little girl. This was the first topsy turvy type cake that I have ever made and I was nervous! I could not have done it without my wonderful friend Sharon and her Topsy Turvy DVD! I made this one as she requested down to the colors, but I don't think it was quite what she wanted. And to top it off, it was for an outdoor party during a weekend of rain...so the party was rescheduled (another cake to follow...) I thought it turned out cute...

These cookies were part of a gift to Tony's current boss who is expecting a little girl. I always try to include the older siblings in some way and thought these turned out cute!

This is the cake for her shower at work. Her nursery is decorated in a monkey theme with pink, orange and brown! I have done quite a few baby shower cakes for people he works with. I told Tony that I suspect they move him around to whichever one is having a baby so that they can get a shower cake! As he said "whatever if it keeps me employed"! ;-)

This cake was for the the rescheduled birthday party. As I said before, I didn't think she was thrilled with the previous cake. She sent me a picture (sorry-I do not know the original decorator) of what she wanted and this is what I came up with. She seemed more pleased with this one. As she left, she mumbled "I hope I don't destroy this one"...not sure what that meant and really don't want to know!

This cake was a simple baby shower cake for my SIL who is expecting her first baby- a little boy!

This cake is by far my least favorite of the bunch! It turned out way more cartoonish than I had planned, but as I told myself..."it is what it is...". I was just glad to be done at that point! I was able to get the kitchen cleaned and enjoy some time with my family!