Birthday Cake Trials

We seem to have survived the first week back at school. A huge one for Ruby - starting high school - but she seems to have thrived in the new environment and hopefully there's no looking back now. Business as usual for Archie but plans ramping up to hold his birthday party for 17 six and seven year olds at an establishment so aptly called "Monkey Mania". The planning alone has him in high spirits next week is keeping him in high spirits. I practised making him a dinosaur cake yesterday and lucky I did. Why is it so hard to make it look like the picture in the book? I am sure they are leaving out vital information. Something like "Must use professional food colourants available only at industrial outlets on the outskirt of town" or "Just outsource the cake!" Lets hope the actual party effort is an improvement.

Comments

belinda marshall said…

wow ~ high school! glad it's going ok. good luck with the party ~ the cake doesn't look so bad to me :)

February 14, 2011 at 9:34 AM

Minnado said…

The cake looks good - you should have seen the racing car cake I made a few years ago...it looked more like a tank. Your hallway looks good.I like it. HIgh school seems so grown up. My son turns eight at the end of feb and that seems so big :)

February 15, 2011 at 1:09 AM

Ros said…

Jo,
I thought your hallway was a picture from a magazine. You are supremely creative. You are absolutely right about the new storage. I think you may have started something. Send it into a magazine .... and see what comes of it ... maybe a cheque??

The cake is fabulous. I am hoping you have frozen it and don't have to make it again.

February 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM

Kokeshi Doll Chandelier

Bigger than than the sum of it's parts? For Ruby's bedroom I made this chandelier, combining two of our favourite things - Kokeshi dolls and an old chandelier -a lucky junk shop pick up for $5. The kokechi dolls more expensive than we would have liked but by then we were fixed on the idea.

Please No Kisses.

About a year ago,Archie made a sudden switch to his Dad as Most Favoured Parent, as boys do around this age. That's a while ago now but doesn't mean I have given up trying. In fact I have come up with a brilliant reverse psychology strategy that involves going in to say goodnight, after story time with Dad, and saying I just want to give him a little cuddle, but please no kisses . It goes like this. Me: Goodnight. I'm just going to give you a quick cuddle. Remember though no kisses. Him: (confused, and hiding under the covers to resist my cuddle): No kisses? Why not? You love kisses. Me: Yeah, I used to. But not any more. Him: (still confused) But why? Me: (casual) I don't know why. I just don't like them. So just a very quick cuddle. What happens then is I get covered in hundreds of little delicious quick kisses ("just to annoy you"). I know what you're thinking: I really should write a parenting book.

Pretty in Pink

Had a great time last weekend at lifeline Book Fair with Ruby. Among other fabulous finds was the movie Pretty in Pink for $1 (in VHS video form it's true but doesn't that make it all the more nostalgic?? Okay, no - cross with self for not getting there earlier before all the good DVDs were gone ...). The weather was abysmal - sleeting rain, dark skies and the coldest temperature ever recorded for a spring day in Canberra - perfect for cuddling up in front of the TV with a feel good movie though Col was in a gruelling bike competition. I had forgotten how good "Pretty in Pink", was. The acting is genuinely good and Andrew McCarthy's cuteness really does transcend that awful hair do (or is that just me getting old?). No doubt the best part though were the clothes and the settings. Annie Potts apartment was to die for (in Memphis style) and possibly even responsible for the obsession I've had with leopard print half my life now. As for Molly Ringwald her ...

Luna

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