It is Thanksgiving. I can't believe we are into the holidays! Time flies! My girls keep asking when we are going to put the decorations up. They are so excited for Christmas! I have to remind them that we will not put decorations up until the day after Thanksgiving. We need to take time to celebrate each holiday before moving on to the next. As much as I want to decorate, I know that this is the time to be thankful for all that God has given.
I am thankful for healthy, beautiful children. My girls are so blessed to be well inside and out. God has taken care of them and I will never forget that. The girls each have their own personalities and I am glad to be getting to know them more and more as they learn themselves. They are so much fun, even in their challenges! I wouldn't trade it for anything!
I am thankful for celebrating 10 years of marriage to my Brian! We have definitely had challenges and I know there will be many more but we have triumphed through it so far and I know that we will continue to succeed!
I am thankful for a wonderful family. Brian and I have been blessed to put both our families together and have infinite amounts of love given to us and our children! Even those that aren't able to be with us that often are special to each of us.
I am thankful to my friends. They are truly my support and I know God placed each of them in my path. I love that I can have fun and be real with them. And no matter how much time goes between talking to them, it seems as if we were never apart!
There are so many more things I am thankful for that I would never finish writing! I must thank God for each and every thing that I have and that I am. Without Him, nothing is possible.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Let them eat cake!
Okay, I know that this happened awhile ago but I do need to share this story:
Carolyn has always been fond of sweets. I'm talking, OCD fond. For her birthday, she had this really cute and special cake that I baked and decorated.
I did not share that she was LOVING the wonderful job I did on her cake and was constantly admiring it in the fridge off and on. Well, in the morning before her birthday party, I open up the fridge to get the cake out so it will not be too cold and there before my eyes, is a huge chunk taken out the side. Definitely the size of a slice of cake. I try to remain calm as my blood begins to boil. I KNOW who this defiler is. Carolyn is in such trouble! I ask her about it and she ducks her head and smiles, or rather smirks. She knew what she did was wrong but it was so worth it for her! I was thankful that I still had icing and could fix this so no one would know the injury. I'm not exactly sure who ended up with that piece, or lack of. Someone with a love for icing I'm sure!
So, then comes September. I worked hard again to make these beautiful individual princess cakes, I made eight of them by the way.
I was so proud of the detail that was involved in getting each girl to look like the princesses that Michelle requested. She wanted Belle, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. I finished them early because I still had Leah's 2 cakes to decorate. I placed them in the fridge, scattered throughout since they were small and left them.
I had to go to Fort Worth in the afternoon the day before. Brian was with Carolyn but he needed to work on the yard so it would look nice for the party the next day. I got a phone call when I was in FW and Brian says, "I know you are going to be upset but I need to tell you that Carolyn has taken bites out of all the cakes." Thankfully I am in public and can't react as much as I think I could have when I hear these words. I take a deep breath, and realize that there is not much need for me to get upset. I can fix it. Thankfully I've already dealt with this situation before and I almost expected it! This Carolyn is something else!
We are at a birthday party over this past weekend and they had this amazing cake (I'm not showing you because it will make all mine look like a kid did them). Michelle and Carolyn sit down in front of this cake, we sing happy birthday and all the while they keep asking for some. Carolyn was in a zone. She would not take her eyes off the cake. I would not take my eyes off her. Her hand slowly crept up to the cake, and then would look at me and pull her hand away. She did it over and over again. It was killing her! Thankfully she was able to practice self-control and made it through to her piece. I would have been so embarrassed if she had taken a hunk of this one!!!
We have some work to do to keep her from going full force to grab cake everytime she sees one!
Carolyn has always been fond of sweets. I'm talking, OCD fond. For her birthday, she had this really cute and special cake that I baked and decorated.
I did not share that she was LOVING the wonderful job I did on her cake and was constantly admiring it in the fridge off and on. Well, in the morning before her birthday party, I open up the fridge to get the cake out so it will not be too cold and there before my eyes, is a huge chunk taken out the side. Definitely the size of a slice of cake. I try to remain calm as my blood begins to boil. I KNOW who this defiler is. Carolyn is in such trouble! I ask her about it and she ducks her head and smiles, or rather smirks. She knew what she did was wrong but it was so worth it for her! I was thankful that I still had icing and could fix this so no one would know the injury. I'm not exactly sure who ended up with that piece, or lack of. Someone with a love for icing I'm sure!
So, then comes September. I worked hard again to make these beautiful individual princess cakes, I made eight of them by the way.
I was so proud of the detail that was involved in getting each girl to look like the princesses that Michelle requested. She wanted Belle, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. I finished them early because I still had Leah's 2 cakes to decorate. I placed them in the fridge, scattered throughout since they were small and left them.
I had to go to Fort Worth in the afternoon the day before. Brian was with Carolyn but he needed to work on the yard so it would look nice for the party the next day. I got a phone call when I was in FW and Brian says, "I know you are going to be upset but I need to tell you that Carolyn has taken bites out of all the cakes." Thankfully I am in public and can't react as much as I think I could have when I hear these words. I take a deep breath, and realize that there is not much need for me to get upset. I can fix it. Thankfully I've already dealt with this situation before and I almost expected it! This Carolyn is something else!
We are at a birthday party over this past weekend and they had this amazing cake (I'm not showing you because it will make all mine look like a kid did them). Michelle and Carolyn sit down in front of this cake, we sing happy birthday and all the while they keep asking for some. Carolyn was in a zone. She would not take her eyes off the cake. I would not take my eyes off her. Her hand slowly crept up to the cake, and then would look at me and pull her hand away. She did it over and over again. It was killing her! Thankfully she was able to practice self-control and made it through to her piece. I would have been so embarrassed if she had taken a hunk of this one!!!
We have some work to do to keep her from going full force to grab cake everytime she sees one!
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