Avast ye swabbies, wheres me treasure?

Tomorrow is Ben's Pirate Birthday party! He is so excited and has asked a thousand times 'How many more days till my party?'. As he is having a pirate theme, I decided to try and be all Martha Stewarty and make his cake myself. The result is seen above with his 'treasure chest' cake. The whole thing is cake (bottom square and top rounded section). The 'loot' is beaded necklaces and toy doubloons I found at the party store. I am really hoping that the back of the bottom section holds up as the cake is actually quite delicate (next time I will use a homemade cake recipe as I find the resulting baked good is much hardier than a mix, but this time I didn't want to make EIGHT batches of cake batter, which is what this cake took!) and the top is laying on it with more weight on the back as the front is propped up on some dowel rods hidden in the bottom layer....we shall see in the morning if Bens cake holds up!
The second picture shows the cake with his 'pirate candles' on it (two are actually on the bottom sitting on the cake board). We will post more pictures tomorrow of his party and all the fun we have!

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Jaye

Happy Birthday Ben!

Today was Ben's 6th Birthday! Hard to believe he is that old already (ok..six isn't OLD, but it sure feels like my 'baby' is growing up way too fast!). He is having his Pirate Birthday party next Sunday, but today we had our 'family' celebration. He chose my homemade chicken strips and tater tots (gotta love kids!) for his birthday dinner, and then had a devils food cake for dessert!

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Jaye

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Let The Holidays Begin!

Fall is here. There are several things that usher in Fall for me. One, the days start and end cold, with midday being sunny and clear but still a bit chilly. The other thing that ushers in Fall for me is that Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner (October 8th). I have started to put up all our Thanksgiving decorations. Having TWO Thanksgivings a year can be a bit of a decorating dilemma especially as there is one on either side of Halloween. So I have solved the problem by collecting pumpkins and turkeys for Thanksgivings and pumpkins and ghosts for Halloween. All the pumpkins and turkeys go up, then the turkeys get replaced with ghosts, then the ghosts get replaced with the pumpkins! Alot of shuffling, but well worth it! I went 30 years without holidays, I plan on making up for it for years to come! :)

Hugs to all
Jaye

More Cheer Videos

I didn't realize that Paiges' cheer videos would be such a hit! So here is one that Mark took today. You will notice that the movies I took are MUCH better than the one he did today! :)

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Jaye

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Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

For most people, once they are past the age of 25 or so...definitely by 30, birthdays are something to be avoided at all costs. For the record, I am not one of that crowd. I LOVE birthdays! I always reflect on where I was last year, where I want to be next year,and how I'm doing on my goals.

I also love cake. And in case you didn't know, birthday cake has NO fat and NO calories! :)

I also love gifts (of which I have received very thoughtful ones as usual this year...Thanks Mark, kids, Mom and Dad- yes, Dad, you guys sent me a gift!).

Ben and I have birthdays five days apart. So in the midst of having my own little celebration, I am feverishly planning a "Pirate" themed birthday for Ben this year. I'll take a picture of his cake as I believe I have come up with an awesome idea...we'll just see how it actually works out!

So...Happy Birthday to ME! I am eagerly awaiting the cake that Mark is bringing home for me, and am enjoying the gifts I've gotten. Yup..I definitely love birthdays!!

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Jaye
ps. I'm 41 for all you who were wondering!:)

Are you ready?

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