Papa Bear's birthday

singing to daddy

Goldilocks took this picture of us after dinner!

um, turn your head sideways...

Book signing with Bakerella

 

Around here, we like to make cupcake pops

 The other day, we went to meet Bakerella, a sweet lady who managed to come up with an idea for cupcake pops.  I originally saw her on Martha Stewart a few years ago, and have followed her baking blog ever since.  Now she has a book explaining how to make them.

 Goldilocks told her about how she likes to help me bake, and Angie told me I need to visit the CakeArt store, which sound dangerous for a baker like me!

trying out the scary pumpkin pop (picture by Tom, the nice photographer who shared a picture taking tip with my husband)

Curly Bear picked out a cat cake pop, she is currently obsessed with cats.  She rubs her head on me and meows, and pretends to lick her paw

baby shower cake!

Treasure Hunt

 before we left the grandparent's house (day after wedding), we had a treasure hunt with Goldilocks and Curly Bear.

 First we found a key.....

 Pico the cat joined our quest

 next, they found some lollipops

 look! the treasure box!

my brother's wedding

 curly bear was helping goldilocks practice

 some of our relatives

 yummy yummy cake that was a joy to make!

 she approved of the cake

Zoo time!

We took the girls to the zoo that is close to my parents' house.  I hadn't been there in years, so it was interesting to see all that had been added over the years.  One of my dear friends and her baby girl were able to meet us there for the afternoon.

a week ago

 we went up to see Mama Bear's family for her brother's wedding!  Goldilocks and Curly Bear enjoyed playing outside after the long car ride.  We went up a day early so that I could work on stacking the wedding cake.  I baked the layers, filled it, and gave them crumb coatings at home, then took the icing and everything else I needed with us.  My dad helped cut the dowels for the cake, and my mom helped wave the crazy gnats away while I worked.  Papa Bear helped by going to Sonic.  I lost count of how many times he went to Sonic over the weekend.

Finally, I got a nice smooth layer of icing and the border on the cake - flowers will be put on the morning of the wedding :)