Tiger Season

Reason #27 why I love this man:

Impromptu Safari Hunt with the babe.

Be ve-e-e-wy quiet. I'm hunting tigers.

The mighty huntress spies her prey!

There he is!

Apparently it's open season on tigers. Don't tell PETA.

Birthday Cake

My husband recently turned 45 and I knew my old softy would like nothing better for his birthday than a home made card and birthday cake decorated by his little girl. One cooled box cake later and Abby was in sprinkle heaven!

Upon assessing her options - confetti, nonpareils, jimmies, hearts, candy covered sunflower seeds - she jumped head first into creating this confectionary masterpiece. She quickly deemed frosting the first layer to be a chore because she was eager to just get to the good part: the decorating. And you know, although her technique may have been a bit unorthodox, it definitely got the job done.

Quality control

Painstakingly pressing each pink pearl deep into the gooey frosting proved to not cover enough ground fast enough, so she moved on to dumping fistfuls of heart shaped sprinkles into a tidy pile in the middle of the first layer (mmm... crunchy candy-centered surprise, anyone?).

Check out the intensity

With the second layer on, and even more flair applied, I noticed the cake had begun to develop a deep crack down the middle. I can only assume this was due to the tremendous weight of all those unevenly distributed sprinkles. (But I have to say, the more she added the better it looked.)

The artist at work

The finished product

And what did the birthday boy think of his cake? Surprise, surprise - he loved it! Happy Birthday, Brad!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my dear sweet husband Brad! I asked him what he would like for his special breakfast this year and he said, "pumpkin pie." An odd request (well, not really - thinking about breakfast the day after Thanksgiving...), but his wish was granted and he had a big slice of pumpkin pie and hot coffee waiting for him when he got up this morning. He doesn't actually like breakfast IN bed so we had it at the dining table like civilized humans.

In addition to his pumpkin pie appetizer I insisted on continuing with our Father's Day tradition of serving up a fluffy stack of dadcakes. I look forward to making these freeform pancakes that spell out D-A-D every year and can't wait until Abs can really lend a hand in making her dad's special Father's Day treat herself. Happy Father's Day everyone!

Dadcakes!

Brad's first Father's Day - 2008