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The scan of this little painting I did isn't all that good due to the fact that the paper wasn't all that good. Next time I should try to do one of these on watercolor paper. The paper wrinkles make it look like my 6 year old has wrinkles. I'm pretty sure she doesn't, just pink eye. I didn't paint that part in.
Saturday Bit woke up and said, "Is today my birthday!!!" It wasn't, her birthday was in August. It was a big day though, it was birthday party day. We had a combined birthday party for Bug and Bit this weekend. It was at a place full of inflatable bounce houses and a dance floor with black lights and a bubble machine. It was great fun.
I had planned on buying a cake from someone or other but Bug had different plans. She asked me to bake the cake. I told her that it would be so much easier just to buy one and we could have it look however they wanted. She didn't go for it. She's a smart kid though, she knows just how to work me. "Mommy, you know you make the best cakes in the world. Our birthday would be much better if you made the cake. You're the best." Yeah, what am I supposed to say to that?
So that's the cake I made, up there. The bottom tier is yellow cake, the top tier is dark chocolate. It is iced with swiss meringue buttercream and decorated with candy and lollipops. I made everything but the candy from scratch and the cake is huge. It weighs more than you can probably imagine a cake weighing.
This is how it looked all lit up and ready for candle blowing. See the look on Bitty's face? The cake was hard work but that look made it totally worth it. I got MANY compliments on the cake, both on how it looked and how it tasted. I like that. I'm glad it made people happy and I'm glad that the party was a success.
The girlies have already started planning next year. Children are so funny that way.
For her birthday, Bug asked for... A rainbow macaw, a scorpion, an iguana, a bunny, a hedgehog, and a salt water aquarium. You've already seen that they got a kitten instead. I'm just not sure we have the time required to care for all of those other creatures right now (and cost, do you know what a macaw costs?) Upon hearing of all these animals requested by the sister Bug, Bitty suggested we get her an ant farm. Hmmm, ants, just what everyone wants in their home, isn't that why we have a regular exterminator?
What is a mommy to do? When a little sister says she wants to buy a big sister some bugs, and her nick name is Bug after all, you go out and buy a Nasa designed ant farm.
This is Bug's farm shortly after the arrival of 28 Harvester Ants. Oh my goodness is she having a wonderful time with them. I have to admit I am enthralled as well. Here they are again 24 hours later.
They've made several more tunnels to the surface since last night when that picture was taken.
Things have been crazy at our house with back to school, birthdays, an anniversary trip to NYC, etc. I have been doing a little crafting though.
This is a pair of jeans for Bit that I am hand embroidering. Actually this pair is finished I just haven't taken final photos to show you this flower and the initial on the other leg. I have also started stitching a lizard on the knee of a pair of jeans for Bug. Someone remind me to take pics of that for you too, K thanks.
Last week was that little one on the right's 6th birthday. This week is smiley there on the left's 8th birthday. It's very hard for me to even imagine.
