Happy Birthday Sweet Magoo!

Myah had her birthday a couple of weeks ago.  And since I tend to run a couple weeks behind (at least) on blogging, I'll post a couple pictures now.

So here's the deal.  I'm a pretty ok cook.  My kids can't complain.  We certainly don't go hungry around here.  But.....I must admit that I have struggled in the birthday cake department.  Over the years, we've had some cakes where we just 'have to use our imaginations'.  Good thing kids have good imaginations.  I just always tend to get this great big idea in my head, and it never seems to work out.  So although this is a bit embarrassing, I'm going to share anyways.....

Myah wanted strawberry shortcake for her birthday.  Derrick doesn't really like strawberry shortcake.  So I thought I'd plant in her mind (like good mothers do), that she wanted this other strawberry cake that is so delicious!  It's a white cake with a cream cheese topping, and then topped with strawberries and danish dessert.  Normally, I would make it in a cake pan, but I thought I'd get fancy.  I mean, Myah really is that special.  So I decided to make a double layer cake, with cream cheese filling and the strawberries and danish on top.  It was looking pretty good, until I tried to top it off with the strawberry mixture.  Let's just say that the cake lacked integrity.  That the foundation wasn't strong enough. (Hmmm, sounds like a family home evening lesson just waiting to happen).   And just like the foolish man's house that was built upon the sand......The cake didn't survive.  I wasn't happy.  It took me half the day to put together this dumb cake.

Here's the best part though.  Myah LOVED it.  She was so excited to have her very own 'Volcano

Cake'!  And that is why Miss Magoo is so AWESOME!!!

So happy belated birthday little girl!  I don't know quite where the last 6 years have gone, but it has been such a HUGE blessing to have a sweet daughter around to enjoy life with!  

Yesterday, I planted the garden.  It took me all day.  Des' sandals gave him a blister on his foot.  So when he came out after his nap, I decided it might be better just to let him wear socks.  After a couple hours outside in his socks, this is what was left.

        

It looks like one of those biker gloves with no fingers.

And then this morning, he wanted to go back outside.  This is his shoebox (yes, it's an old diaper box, and I have no intention of upgrading in the near future).  But do you see anything wrong with this picture?  Look again....

There are no matches!  He has one of every shoe, but no matches to go with them!  Every time he wakes up, he grabs some shoes before even leaving his room and brings them to us, thinking that he can go outside.  And so they end up all over the house.  But he doesn't necessarily grab matching shoes, which leaves their matches still sitting in the box.  This is when I know it's time to clean up the basement (which I try to avoid at all costs) and clean out the car.  

My organizational skills are top notch I tell yu, top notch.

May 6th (I think)

This is my house.  

Right now. May 6th. 

Just 2 weeks before school gets out for the SUMMER.  

Yes, I said SUMMER!  

So much for getting a little yard work done today.

And this is my flowering wheeping cherry tree.  

With it's pink blossoms.  

Just hanging out in the snow.

One of the crazy guys at work told me that there is a new ice age coming.  

He said it will arrive within about 10 years.  Maybe he's right.