Crafts and Cakes

When he's angry he finds a toy or a piece of furniture to bite. I suppose I should be thankful that Declan is not grabbing one of US to bite, but it is unfortunate that he has to let out his aggression in this way. I am praying that he doesn't lose a tooth over it. He and his sister were playing on the bed yesterday when Maya decided to push him off causing Declan to land on the wooden corner. Now he has a red mark across his eyebrow and eyelid. When I told Jeremy, he started singing the ROCKY theme song. I think he secretly hopes to have an ultimate fighter son in the future.

The antibiotics are starting to kick-in for Declan, but now Maya is starting to get a cough. I didn't think this was contagious but who knows. I am praying they are better real soon so we can have some fun play dates with other kids.

I am hosting a Craft & Tea time on Saturday for some of my friends. I have a lot of projects that I am currently working on, but I think I will spend most of that day working on an Easter wreath for our front door. Yesterday I decided to surprise Jeremy with a new wall project. There was one wall in our bedroom (across from our bed) that had nothing on it so I ordered a designer quote from http://www.simplestencil.com/ and measured and installed it on the wall yesterday after it arrived in the mail. It turned out to be smaller than I had anticipated so I will have to add some pictures around it but I thought I would share my little surprise project with you...


("Waking beside you is more lovely than any dream")

There are many websites that I enjoy reading and that inspire me. I love to decorate so I am usually drawn to sites like DO IT YOURSELF and BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS . Today, however, I came across a picture of a home-made cake that someone had uploaded to the BHG site:


Now we all know that I am into making fun birthday cakes:


(Maya's 1st Birthday cake)


(Maya's 2nd Birthday cake)

And even Jeremy got into the cake decorating this past year. He made Declan's first birthday cake all by himself...

So I may just have to try this flip flop cake this summer while my mom comes to visit. After all, this will be the first time she will ever step foot on a Pacific Coast beach. Looking forward to your arrival mom!