The Ultimate Preppy Party Animal!









Alexander is bringing cupcakes in for his class Birthday party tomorrow. It was supposed to be last week, but a few illnesses held us back a bit. He wanted the "Dragon" that I made for his end of the year class party last year. (It's an alligator, really, and the school mascot.) So I did what any (insane, out of her mind mother would do) and opt not to get the $5 pretty cupcakes with sprinkles at the grocery store and spend an enormous amount of time to create Old Swampy. Actually. It's pretty easy to do. I got the idea from my Hello Cupcake cookbook. Every mom who likes to bake should have one!

There's an alligator in my car!!!



Isn't it cute?! I made it for Alexander's PreK-3 graduation party this morning. It was a huge hit. The Alligator as well as the graduation. I bawled my eyes out. My baby, the last of my three, has now completed his PreK-3 year. He's almost in college for crying out loud! And, that's not the only reason I am crying... all the good pictures of the Alligator were on a different camera. Somehow I erased all of the pictures, ALL of them as I was downloading. I am really hoping that someone took some good pictures... Really hoping. Off to a Second Grade pool party now and will post again later, perhaps with a recipe for a Watermelon Martini. How does that sound? Ooh, I could really go for one now... just that kind of melancholy though gorgeous day.
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Our Most Egg-cellent Day!








I felt terribly when I dropped Alexander's Easter cupcakes yesterday. On the floor. On the garage floor! Splat... He made two cupcakes at school and he was so looking forward to eating one when he got home. He was disappointed. He was sad. But I was amazed that he didn't have a tantrum. That he didn't shed a tear. I certainly would have. I wanted to. I felt terribly and told him that we would make some new ones. Tomorrow.

Well, as of Midnight tomorrow became today. And I had a promise to keep. Since both boys were a little sad that Rebecca had a play date and they didn't I told them that I would be their play date and we would have a great day!

We took Rebecca to her friend's house then went out in search of cake mix, frosting, m&ms and other decorating goodies. Since Wendy's was just down the street I took the boys there for lunch. It is Christopher's most favorite place ever. And since I don't let my kids eat fast food much, I decided that today would be the day. What more could he ask for? A day with Mommy and Wendy's and decorating Easter cupcakes? Nothing could be better than that!

After lunch we came home and I sent the boys to the playroom while I baked the cupcakes. Yes, right out of the box. After all, we know the kids will eat the candy and the icing and toss the cake part... so I'm not going to much effort on that part!

I set all the goodies out on the table. I had some m&ms together in a bowl, and the rest were all separated by color. We had the frostings, the sugar sprinkles... everything ready to go. Once the cupcakes were cooked and cooled they were ready to be decorated... Didn't they come out great?
I'm so proud of my boys and I had an equally wonderful day as well. Tomorrow, the cookies!