It worked!

So I've been looking into fondant for a little while, and my Beehives decorated a cake with fondant, and it worked so well that I had to come home and try one of my own, and it is so easy to work with! It's really forgiving, and if it's too dry you just add a little water, and if it's too sticky a little powdered sugar. It is so easy to work with! I mean, it tastes horrible, but it looks pretty cute. And Emmaline loved her cake :)

The Crazy Aunt

Okay, I think I'm officially the "crazy Aunt." You know how you always have that one Aunt who sends you really wierd stuff? I think that's me. For Christmas this year I think it would be so cute to make all of the little girl cousins matching T-shirts, but Royce thinks I'm crazy. He's been teaching me to use Fireworks, so I've been playing around on the computer, and made these little things(with his help). I'd put the flower thingy on the back, and their first name on the front. So I don't know...tell me what you think.

Where did all of Emmaline's toys go?

Oh yeah, there they are.






Yep, that's daddy under there.



I've been really sick the last couple of days, and so Royce has stayed home to take care of me/Emmaline, and Emmaline has had so much fun with Daddy. He went to work for a few hours today, and then he called to say he was coming home, and Emmaline kept looking out the window, saying, "I can't see Daddy's car yet." It was so cute. We love Daddy so much!!!!

Finger Paint

I found a cool recipe for home-made finger paint. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks pretty cool. It's on the "A Place of our Own" web-site.

Supply List
1/4 cup cornstarch

2 cups water

½ teaspoon of food coloring

How-To
The first step in finger painting is creating the finger paint. You can make your own by mixing ¼ cup of cornstarch with 2 cups of water and ½ teaspoon of food coloring all in a saucepan. Boil the ingredients until the mixture thickens. Allow the paint to cool before storing the paint in an airtight container. Kids can help mixing the ingredients together, but the boiling of the paint should be done by the provider. Kids shouldn’t eat the finger paint, but because we’re making it using cornstarch and food coloring, our finger paint is safe, in case any kids do ingest it.