Let them eat cake...

Andrew had to bake a cake for the Father-Son cake auction for the Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet.  Of course Andrew didn't just want to make any cake... NO... he wanted to make a dinosaur cake.  A meat-eater standing on 2 legs or a Spinosauras to be exact.   

So I searched the internet to get ideas and 2 boxes of confetti cake mix, 3 cans of frosting, 2 cans of spray frosting (aerosol food coloring), several skewers, fruit roll ups, candy corns, a few lady finger cookies, gummy rings and a few smashed up gram crackers later... this is what we came up with.  There is even a "rock" made from a left over piece of cake a  few gummy frogs were thrown in for food. 

Now if we can get it to the banquet in one piece that will be a miracle

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Celery... enter stage right!

Last night was Andrew's second grade musical.  The Fruit of a Loom guys can eat their hearts out... they don't have anything on the fruits and veggies (dairy, protein, grains and junk food too) that stole the show.  Andrew was celery and who knew that celery could talk or should I stay stalk... at night when the grocery store is closed... well that is exactly what 4 kids found out when they were accidentally locked in a grocery store one night.  The kids did a great job and the songs were so cute and all kids did such a great job with their singing and speaking parts. 

Of course my camera battery died just as Andrew was taking the stage for his speaking part... and of course the back up batteries that I scrambled to replace were also old too {note to self... remove old batteries from camera case right now and put new ones in the camera}  But he did an excellent job and we were so very proud of him.  

CELERY:  YEAH!  When you are brimming with vitamins and minerals, then you can talk.... until then pardon me if I just stalk on by!

I will love him and pet him and squeeze him and call him Garth

Sean has been a bit under the weather the past few days but he is beginning to feel better and the cat knows that better than anyone.  Sean is constantly chasing Garth, loving and squeezing him and feeding him way too many treats.  I don't feel sorry for the cat one bit... he could easily get away if he wanted to and yet he subjects himself to Sean's smothering.  

This is an amazingly tolerant cat.  He has all of his claws and I rarely see him lash out at any of the boys...and when he does he rarely even brings his claws out.  I am sure that he knows on some primal level that he has a pretty good life here and therefore he keeps his attitude and manners in check most of the time.... even when a bit of schooling is in order.  

So Sean is once again on the prowl and Garth is on full alert.  Sean will pick him up and carry him around every chance he gets.  He will pull him out from under the table, off the bed and he will push him in the laundry basket (yes the cat will sit in the laundry basket, much to Sean's delight for a ride).  Now Garth is not a docile animal but his willingness to bow to Sean's will is commendable.  Sometimes I wonder if Garth tolerates Sean to the extent that he does because he knows he will be rewarded handsomely.  Sean routinely climbs up onto the counter to retrieve a generous handful of treats for Garth who is well aware that Sean pays no attention to the 3 treat a day limit that the rest of the household abides by.  

Heeeeeeeersssssss Johnny Sean!

I love my boy

Good kitty Garth

partners in crime

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

XOXO

(thank you boys... i love you too, mom)

homework break

Over the past few days we got something like 10+ inches of snow... no snow days from school but lots and lots of snow, even more shoveling and more snow.  Andrew has been thrilled... in part because of the fluffy frozen wonderland that is now our yard  and because I let him play a little longer in the snow before having to come in a finish his homework.  With a reported less than 6 weeks left of winter... enjoy it my little man... it won't be around much longer.

let the races begin...

At this year's Cub Scout Derby race Andrew wanted a Wright Brother's inspired car.  He worked hard and Papa Moore helped him realize his design.  Andrew took a 3rd, 2nd and 1st place ribbons on the day of the race and he won a trophy for the "Most Original" design.  With the wings, his car would have been too wide to race... so for display purposes the wings fit nicely on the frame but are removed for the actual race.  Andrew painted the car but purposely wanted to leave the wings unpainted so they looked like the original plane built by the Wright brothers.

   

Andrew's car is on the right.

Andrew receiving his award for Most Original car.