Take 39

This past month was my Grandpa's Birthday, and we were very blessed to have many members of our extended family who were excited to throw a celebration for him. They even gave the party a theme (which you know I just love), AT THE MOVIES, and my talented mother made my Grandpa a birthday cake and cupcakes:

 

I personally loved the popcorn ones--not only cute, but extremely tasty!

She didn't stop there--butter-cream, marshmallows, fondant, shimmer dust, modeling chocolate, 3D wires--it was amazing!

"Take 39"--since I can remember when asked of his age, my Grandpa always replies that he is 39 years old. :) Well, regardless of what his "physical" age may be, I support that at heart (and in action--he has more energy than I do some days!) he truly is still only 39 years young. :)

Happy Birthday Grandpa! :)

Penguins and Narwhals

I can't believe it--my little brother is 14 years old! Not only that, but suddenly he is taller than me--when did he grow up? I must have missed it... to celebrate his birthday, I decided to page homage to his two favorite animals:

PENGUINS and NARWHALS!!!

Sean has always been a HUGE fan of penguins--when he was younger I took him to see March of the Penguins on his birthday--I was amazed that such an energetic little kid could sit through an entire documentary with so much fascination!

 The narwhals fascination is new this year--apparently there is a popular youtube video about narwhals that the teenagers are really big into these days. Not gonna lie, after watching it several times it does become rather entertaining--but I will warn you, it will get stuck in your head for days and days and days and days... sometimes I even hear it in my dreams, it's slightly creepy... at least my narwhals are cute! ;)

 Although, I have to admit that the penguins were my favorite! :)

 and of course I had to make a few simpler cupcakes for those less inclined to devour a mound of sugar and sweets--so, Swedish Fish were a definite must.

 We kept them in the freezer until it was time to feast--so that they would stay in one piece for a little while at least--when we took them out a few of the mouths started to drip, so Sean took the liberty of adding some skewed Swedish Fish to the more bloodthirsty narwhals.

I just love those penguin eyes! They remind me of Sean's too-cute-to-get-in-trouble-because-I'm-the-baby-of-the-family-face. 

 Sean was pretty excited about his birthday cupcakes this year!

 Savoring every last bite...

 and the very best part about black frosting:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN!!!!!!!!

My cupcakes were featured!

Cupcake Rage

This pretty much made my day--for the full article, click the link below. Enjoy. :)

http://bakingbites.com/2011/03/woman-trashes-bakery-in-cupcake-rage/

“The woman went absolutely ballistic when she was told we didn’t have the cupcake flavour she wanted… She didn’t even wait for us to tell her that if she waited we could bake some fresh cupcakes for her. She threw herself on the floor ranting and raving while her children screamed and shouted.

“Then she came round to my side of the counter and grabbed me by the hair before I could get out of her way. I managed to tear myself free before the woman started smashing glass display units and spilling cakes all over the floor. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Almost an Auntie

I'm almost an official aunt! Just a few more weeks before my little niece is born, and I'm not sure I've ever been this excited--the only bummer is that Carolyn and Daniel live out in Michigan... so I need to get a job and get some money so that I can visit them! Any suggestions? I'm kind of broke at the moment... oh well, somehow things always work out, right?

On the wonderfully BRIGHT bright side, Carolyn and Daniel spent Christmas with us! It was by far the best Christmas yet, and I am already missing them (and so is Guy--he doesn't quite know what to do with himself).

It was pretty awesome--I finished the scarf I started after my surgery (finally! I got frustrated with a knot, and with not being able to see and all, so I kind of quit on it last year... but Carolyn helped me relearn and get it done!), I learned to crochet, we made loads of treats, watched movies, and got to spend time with my favorite sister. <3>

So the day before Carolyn went home I threw her a baby shower. Disclaimer: I've never been to a baby shower before, so I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but I ended up being quite pleased with the whole deal. I even made cake bites and everything (and I'm pretty darn sure I gained at least 10 pounds from them!).

We even had all three grandmas come! Grandma Carolyn (on the right of sister Carolyn),

Grandma Donna (left), and Grandma Marva. We love family!

She got a few things...

Yay for Carolyn and Daniel!!! <3

Halloween is almost here!

Halloween is like a second Christmas to me--I love it! And it's next week! Yup, I'm SOOOO excited!!! So here are some Halloween treats in preparation for my holiday:

Sugar cookie ghosts

And candy-corn Jack-O-Lanterns

And pumpkin cupcakes for my Gospel Doctrine class

Happy Birthday Sean!

Happy Birthday Sean Patrick! 13 pretty much is the coolest number ever! :) We decided to make cupcakes this year, mixin' up the Mario theme just a bit.