Happy Birthday Mum!

I had to work last night so Arthur and I made some cupcakes in the morning for Joanne's birthday so they could have some after dinner. Arthur helped by putting the cups in the tray and putting the decals on after I frosted them. He snuck in quite a few tastes of course, and yes I'm letting him eat raw cupcake batter...bad mommy. :)

I made a really yummy twist on the buttercream frosting. Frosting is so easy to make that I never even look at the tubs of it at the store anymore and the real butter is just so good. Yum.

Jen's Orange Buttercream Frosting:

1 stick of butter softened slightly

3.5 cups confectioner's sugar

2-3 TBS half & half

1 tsp natural vanilla extract

1 TBS natural orange extract

Beat on high speed the butter and sugar. Add half and half in 1 TBS increments until blended in smooth. Add vanilla and orange extracts and beat on high until light and fluffy.

Apple Picking

Just Playing

A couple of weeks ago an online friend of ours sent Robin a little fabric ball that she made herself. Robin thinks there are no better toys in the world right now. I've taken to hanging the ball on the foam supports of his playmat and no matter what side I put in on, that's the side he migrates over to so he can bat at the ball. It's really cute and I wanted to get a video of it so Liz could see for herself how much he enjoys it.

I love doing this comparison....

Boston Children's Museum 9/9/07

Sears Retakes

At the end of April we had Arthur's 2 year pictures taken at a Sears Portrait Studio and they came out pretty terrible. We had a new girl and she just wasn't used to taking pictures of young children. We felt a little pressured to order some anyway but overall we just weren't happy. I ended up returning the photos.

So there's a long story involved but finally we were able to get retakes done and since I had already had excellent photos from the Picture People for Arthur's 2 year shots...we used the credits for Robin's 3 month photos and one of the boys together.

Arthur Climbing a Ladder