My niece's birthday:)

So, my sis www.mooseintoque.blogspot.com is having a fairy themed birthday for her daughter's 5th birthday, and is doing fairy-cakes (cupcakes). Soooo, cute:) We rambled on and on about them today and I came up with an idea to turn cupcakes into lotus flowers using fondant and shimmer powders, and have the fairies sitting inside the flowers on top of the cupcakes. I hope my sis will go for it;) I would love to try my hand at flower forming, and the lotus would be a simple one to start with! I would love to see the look on M~calf's face when she realizes she gets to eat what looks like a real flower!!! Is it sad that I am already thinking of what I can do for Babybee's 2nd birthday? LOL

I also discovered that you can make fondant by simply melting marshmallows and blending them with powdered sugar and flavoring or colouring paste. I would think that it would dry out quicker, but a little shortening should prevent that. Would be fun to try out, and even less expensive than buying fondant pre-made. At least for practicing;)

I also bought the purple and pink candy melts for the fairy wands. Those will be a blast to make! I also entered a contest hosted by http://www.makeandtakes.com/ to win some fairy wings:O Girls really are a lot of fun!!

Tooth #7

Yup, it's finally here and Babybee seems to be happier. She's been eating like she's 10 lately, but today she finally decided to slow down. GOOD! I could do without another growth spurt for a couple of months. She has outgrown almost all of the new sleepers that she got 1 month ago!! and they are 24 month!! Thankfully it will be warming up soon, and won't need to worry about jammies:)

Glad it's the weekend. Going to take Babybee to the energy plex tomorrow and let her jump and leap at her leisure, lol. I hope she sleeps in tomorrow, because 4 hours a night isn't cutting it for me lately. I don't know how I function most days. Good thing Tim gets to sleep until 7 or so each morning. Babybee only occasionally gets up before 6:30, so at least I may get an extra 1.5 hours than normal!

Made the mistake of going to Michaels :)

Yup, and spent very little considering.... Got Babybee some very pretty daisy garland to hang paper lanterns from. And some BIG cardboard butterflies to get crafty with (she stole them from me as soon as she saw them, ran into a corner and tried to hide the fact that she had them, so cute). Some MORE paper. Yes, it is an addiction, but fuck off and leave me alone about it!! Especially when it was originally 24.99, on sale for 9.99 and I got another 20% off my entire purchase!! Glue sticks, scissors, baby yarn (1.49 each for good stuff). Still have to buy a star mold sheet for my niece's birthday. I am making her some candy fairy wands. Not the easiest thing to find.. but I keep looking. Need to finish her wooden butterfly magnets. She spotted them yesterday and has been "searching" for them ever since. She squealed and giggled and vibrated when she saw them. It was a far better reaction than I could ever have anticipated:)

OMG you have to try this!!!!

Okay, I was VERY skeptical on this one, but tried it anyways. Boy am I glad I did!! I did make a couple of changes bc I thought they made sense:)

Microwave "cup" cake

Use a wide shallow mug for best results

Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons cake flour (or bread flour)
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
pinch salt
1 Egg (optional, if omitted add 1 tbsp. more milk)
3 Tablespoons milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Tablespoons pure canola oil

Mix dry ingredients (I even sifted mine) in mug. Add wet ingredients. Mix well. I added 3 frozen truffles to make it a LAVA "cup" cake. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. It will puff up a lot, but don't stop the cooking! Cool slightly on a rack (or window sill like I did to hurry it up! LOL) I even made a cream cheese frosting in a jiff as well:

1 tsp. cream cheese
1 tsp. milk or cream
3 tbsp. powdered sugar

Blend well, pour over warmish cake:) YUMMY!!!

Please feel free to hate on me for giving you all a reason to enjoy warm cake any time. I can't wait to try this with Babybee when she's bigger (big ass grin here!) Mmmm.... next time I will try it with vanilla ice-cream on top. Then after that some hot fudge, then after that caramel sauce, then after that mint chocolate chips, then after that mini cream eggs, then after that rocky road, then after that.... you get the idea.

The strongest baby in the world!!!

So, I get home after a crappy, boring, long and physical day at work (8 hours standing and lifting, standing and lifting, standing and lifting~ small break for a paid-for-by-work lunch) and there are toys EVERYWHERE! Why, you ask? Well, apparently Babybee decided to try lifting her book/toyshelf today, over her head no less. DaddyBee had told her several times not to do this, but to no avail..... so the book/toy shelf is in the dining room and what used to be kept on it is strewn across my living room floor :S sigh I think that tonight will be picture drawing night again. Unless the little monkey shows no interest in doing so. I have no intentions of forcing her to do anything. I have pretty well finished painting her small butterflies. I used some bold colours on them and used my stamps and inks to decorate them. WOW!! It was much faster than if I had decorated them by painting, and they turned out lovely. well, at least I think so. The real test will be when Babybee gets to use them on the fridge:) Well, that's all for now!

Cornbread Recipe

For bread machine:
1 cup warmed milk
1tsp. sugar
1tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
1 tbsp. veg. oil
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 1/2 cups bread machine flour

Put in machine in this order and set to "rapid bake". Allow to mix for a minute or two then add:
1/2 cup whole kernel corn
1/2 cup sharp shredded cheddar cheese
1 tbsp. chopped fresh dill

Then kick back, relax and wait for yummy bread to slather butter all over:)

YIPPEE!!!

I came home to a clean kitchen. DaddyBee did ALL of the dishes, organized the cupbaords and counter and even organized Babybee's bottles, bowls, bibs, washclothes and tupperwares!! I may actually get to continue on the painted butterflies BEFORE 9pm!!! Very happy about that :)

Baby is happily playing with her peek-a-block wagon:) Or should I say, happily turning it upside down to check out the underside!! hehehe She always does that. No toy left unturned I suppose ;)

I am currently making her some chicken with veggies and rice to put in the freezer. So far, very yummy! Then off to so a few loads of laundry, YUCK:(

Hello again!

Well, been a few days since I last posted. I just wanted to jot down a few things because today, like most days, Babybee just amazed me:) Here is a list of the animals that she makes the sounds of on a regular basis:

elephant(moves her arms to mimic a trunk)
monkey
lion(claws in the air)
tiger
horse
chicken
owl
kitty
dog
rabbit
squirrel
butterfly(she flaps her arms and makes "wind" noises!)
goat
sheep
cow(her first and favorite)
zebra
bear
penguin(puts her hands low and wiggles saying "nenenene")
frog
snake
duck
bird
fish(even makes a fish face)

I think that's all.

She also knows purple, blue and red! She knows star, ball, balloon, circle, heart, flower and square. She has begun "comparing" things. Example: she has a Little People giraffe and picked it up one day, took it to her toy box and held it up to the giraffe painted on the side of the box. Then she squeaked for DaddyBee's approval:) She has done this with Thomas the Train, Elmo, Cookie Monster, other animals, balls and clocks.

WOW. Now that I am writing down what she knows I realize that she is exceptionally aware of her world. The funniest thing so far is when she wakes in the morning and calls for DaddyBee. All you hear is: "Da? Dada? Da? Daddy? Daddy? DAD!? Nanas..nanas... Da? Da? nanas! nanananana!! DAD!? I will never forget the first time she did this. She was completely obsessed with bananas for about 3 weeks.

She just went through her first allergic reaction as well. The culprit was either eggs or nuts. I (for the first time ever) allowed her to have a coffee shop treat~ banana bread (for obvious reasons stated above). I won't do that again. There must have been ground nuts in it:( Thankfully it didn't seem to bother her at all!

Well, off to raid her toys and hide a bunch. I spend, no exaggeration, at least 1 hour putting away books and toys each night and am tired of it! On top of that is the dishes and laundry and quite frankly, she can go without her billions of useless toys if it means a bit of time to myself at night.

I am going to start a little craft for her tonight. I purchsed 1 large and 5 small wooden butterflies to paint and attach magnets too. Babybee just loves butterflies and always points them out. I hope to have them done by Friday. I am going to get super crafty with them:) Hey, either go all-out or just don't bother! (I generall just don't bother ;))

mmmmmmm, yummy!

If you are ever on the Westside and want great eastern food, then go to the WOK BOX. Soooooo damn good!!!!!! That's all I have to say for now:)

It's the WEEKEND!!!

Finally the week is over. Well, at least the hellish work week is:) Baby is having supper, I'm having a vanilla cappuccino "yummy~yum" and the bread machine is making some delicious spice bread dough for me. That will become cinnamon rolls to bake up tomorrow morning for breakfast.

Must say, I'm really tired right now, and it's only 6pm. How sad is that? Going to try the whole "tag it as a recipe" thing my sis told me about. Maybe once Babybee is in bed though. Tonight is splishy~splash night, so am looking forward to bubbles all over the bathroom and a clean baby as a bonus! I am so glad that the bathtub fear thing is over.

Well, hopefully I'll be back in a bit:)

Well this just sucks:(

Yup, another night at home alone because DaddyBee is working a much later shift... Why? you ask. Well, where do I begin? In short, it is hard to find suitable daycare by a person who actually knows what they are doing. Plus, it's really irritating when said "caregiver" cannot keep her own child from biting mine!!! and then says that my Babybee bit herself. Sure she did, right after she contorted her wrist, grew 4 extra teeth and lost the ability to feel the pain of biting herself so hard that it left a mark for 4 days! Needless to say I canned the incompetant moron and am debating on whether or not to report the "daycare" she is running in her illegal basement suite. And no, I did not know this prior to taking my daughter there.

Oh well, I do get to see hubby for about 45 minutes a day, which is better than nothing. I am, however, very tired and still have laundry and tidying up to finish. I also need to prepare Babybee's breakfast and lunch for DaddyBee. And make him a sandwhich for when he gets home.... and I just remembered that I said I would make burgers for him to take for "lunch" tomorrow. Sorry hun, but this MommyBee is too tired for that now. But I did make some fantastic cornmeal and dill white bread for him to devour (I love, love, love the bread machine). I am wondering how to make a section on here for recipes..? Hmm, I need to investigate the possibilities (if there are any).

Well, nighty~night! Off to clean away......