Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/30/07
Happy Birthday Marcel!
(as messy as these cupcakes look they took all evening to make! Dipping marshmallows in chocolate, making green slime pudding filling, frosting-- whooo-ooo.
Photo of the Day 10/29/07
Stylin' some uncle Phish Mad Scientist hair.
Photo of the Day 10/28/07
Rock! stole this cucumber out of the trash- I threw it away because it was bitter. He apparently didn't think so- he ate the entire thing.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/27/07
Marcel first sees the guitar we put in his room while he was playing in the front room with Gramma and Papa Toots.
He stopped in his tracks- it was awesome.
He stopped in his tracks- it was awesome.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/26/07
It's Cold here!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/24/07
View from hotel room balcony- I'm glad I stepped out there this morning too the sun coming up.
Photo of the Day 10/23/07
"Use cotton swabs for OUTSIDE of car only. Do NOT place inside ear canal, may result in injury"
Photo of the Day 10/22/07
Salado really, really wants those carrots that Zack is snacking on.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/21/07
Sunday we will complete the transformation of Marcel's room- what once was a dull, boring room with tan walls and mismatched furniture will now be...a very bright room with matching furniture.
The furniture in Marcel's room was made by my father years ago. I mean years- the bookshelf was made for my mother when they were still in college, and the nightstand (pictured) was in my room when I was a child. I have been meaning to fix them up for years, and finally, I did it this weekend. Marcel wanted orange, his favorite color, so he got orange. In addition, he will have an orange desk as well- also something my father made (and I painted) as well.
We will be moving everything back into the room today and Marcel will finally be able to sleep in his own, new, room.
Next up I have plans to repaint a bookshelf for our bedroom, from black to "Sienna Clay".
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/15/07
Mission accomplished-Marcel's room is painted!
I brought him to Home Depot last week to pick out colors for his room. He wanted 2 colors on his walls and he picked this bright yellow and blue. On Saturday, before we started the painting we asked him to label the walls with the color that he wanted on each- he chose yellow-blue-yellow-blue. So that's what we did. I'm happy with the way it turned out- have a few touch ups to do, but it turned out better than I expected.
I brought him to Home Depot last week to pick out colors for his room. He wanted 2 colors on his walls and he picked this bright yellow and blue. On Saturday, before we started the painting we asked him to label the walls with the color that he wanted on each- he chose yellow-blue-yellow-blue. So that's what we did. I'm happy with the way it turned out- have a few touch ups to do, but it turned out better than I expected.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/14/07
Photo and decoration by Marcel.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/13/07
Today we are painting Mar's room- he has picked out 2 colors, alternating walls- hope it turns out ok!
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Photo of the Day 10/05/07
Penguin Family at the Zoo.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Sushi Cake
Sushi Cake:
Cake mix and ingredients to make cake
Frosting (I got 3 tubs and one of the pre-filled tubes of white)
Food coloring- 4 basic colors
Green sprinkles
Frosting knife
Green grass from Sushi counter/restaurant
Cantaloupe jelly bellys (I got them from bulk candy section)
A small round bowl to press circle onto cake
Decorator tips (star, tube, and petal) and decorator bags
First I missed up the frosting and put it in the fridge to soften. I used store-bought frosting this time- the classic white kind.
Sides and “cucumber”- White frosting with green only
Wasabi/ Avocado- White frosting with Yellow and green (started with yellow first then added the green)
Ginger/Crabmeat- White frosting with red and yellow (jut a little bit of yellow)
Bake the cakes, cool, and stick together. Frost top with white. Let set.
Frost sides with green. Immediately sprinkle green sprinkles on the sides. Take a round smaller bowl or a Tupperware container and press a circle in the middle. Take a chopstick or something like that to draw the circle into 3.
First, I made the rice with white frosting and a small tube tip. I just squished it out like rice everywhere but the circle in the middle- it took a while- but was easier than I thought. You could use coconut as well to save time, if they like coconut.
I piped the avocado (light green) on one third, and spread with a knife. For "crab" I made the top third pink, and the bottom white. I piped them on and spread them as well. I did the "cucumber" (darker green) the same way, the darker green on the top and the bottom white. I put cantaloupe jelly bellys in the middle to make the salmon eggs.
I piped wasabi around the bottom (large star tip) then put the plastic sushi grass on the side. I piped the “ginger” in one of the tips that you use for flower petals. I added one of those grass things and wasabi on the side and added chopsticks.
Finished photo below!
Photo of the Day 10/01/07
Viola! It was cake making weekend...
Here is the sushi cake that I made for Nicole for her birthday yesterday- it is decorated with frosting (even the rice) except fot the jelly beans and the sushi grass.
I used Coke in the cake mix instead of water and put peach preserves in between the layers.
I'm ready to make another cake...now i just need an occasion.
Here is the sushi cake that I made for Nicole for her birthday yesterday- it is decorated with frosting (even the rice) except fot the jelly beans and the sushi grass.
I used Coke in the cake mix instead of water and put peach preserves in between the layers.
I'm ready to make another cake...now i just need an occasion.
