melting
Grace and Isabel are teaming up for a summer sitting job. Sophie spends a few morning a week with Isabel until Grace gets home from rowing (Duluth Rowing Club) at o'clock. Today Isabel and Sophie melted plastic beads in muffin tins forming colorful discs. From the looks of it, should be a fun-filled summer for these two :-)
record high
88°F for May 16th was a new record. Planned dinner on the deck, but by the time the grill was hot, a chilly 45°F wind chased us inside.
bigger tub... or smaller dog.
odocoileus virginianus
A small group of Odocoileus virginianus' caught Isabel's attention at breakfast this morning.
cook smarts
Lacking homework I attempted to divert Isabel from her phone to the kitchen... It worked, sort of. She made soup for dinner, but watched a couple baking shows while doing so.
christmas camp cake
Christmas Cakies ~ chocolate cake sandwiched between two chocolate chip peppermint pattie center cookies
Santa's Mug Cake ~ Alternating layers of 7 minute frosting and chocolate cake.
Reindeer Food ~ Twix bars, chocolate chip cookies, candy canes all chopped and held together by melted chocolate.
and lottsa SPRINKLES!
new construction
New on the market is this stunning single ginger bread family home. Built with attention to every sprinkle and story book style, Isabel and her friend Claire are sure it won't last long.
movie night
Mom's in Minneapolis rockin' with Bono and friends. Grace is footballing and shakin' a leg at the post game dance... high schooler ya know. So Isabel, her friend Claire and I decided to go big for movie night.
happy birthday
Two layers of cookie dough, a chocolate cake, separated by layers of frosting made for nearly 10 pounds of birthday love.
Happy Birthday Shari !
motley resort
Spent the weekend at the Motley resort. Good food, fun family, and lots of time in and on the water.
camp cake
Isabel went to Camp Cake today, a day long live video stream with Yolanda of "How to Cake it". It's a YouTube channel of baking videos and fancy decorations. She loves this stuff and has watch more episodes than there are sprinkles on her cupcakes. Anyway, today she and a few hundred others spent from 10'til nearly 5 with Yolanda via live video stream making taco cakes and sundae cupcakes.
Believe it or not, they tasted even better than they look.
hard work
This one's from 2011... Grace laying the ground work that would earn her a top spot at tonight's Honor's Banquet. She's among a handful of kids to graduate from middle school settling for nothing less than straight A's.
Smart she is, but it's her hard work that makes me smile the brightest.