Cake Decorating Contests

After I won the Art City Days Cake Decorating Contest my kids really wanted to decorate their own cakes. So, we decided to have a cake decorating contest of our own! They used the left over cake, frosting, decorations, and fondant from the Art City Days contest and came up with their own creations.

Here is the front of Leah's cake

A picture of the back

Leah posing with her cake

This is Caleb's "Beat Box" cake

Caleb with his cake

Alex went with a volcano and dinosaur design

Alex with his cake
(I like how the little orange sign says "RUN!")

The cakes on display for judging

Waiting patiently for the results!

Nanny and Papa were the judges for the contest.
Caleb won the "most creative award"
for having the most creative way to stack and decorate a cake.
He won a box of play dough!

Alex won the "best theme" award
for having the best use of a prehistoric theme.
He won a dinosaur set!

Leah won the "most colorful award"
for using the most colors to decorate a cake.
She won a box of crayons!

They all had a lot of fun.
I'm a little caked-out for now...

Out with the old...in with the new

Fluffy-head, the rabbit, has been a good pet for Leah for the past year or so...But, he's just not as friendly with her as she would like.

She likes to love her pets and hold them.
Fluffy-head would rather be left alone.
So, we sold Fluffy-head so she could buy a new bunny.

Meet "Fuzzy"Fuzzy is 3 weeks old and Leah LOVES him!
He is a special needs rabbit.
His mommy chewed on his ear when he was born,
leaving him with only half of an ear on one side.
Leah knew she could give this special bunny the love he needed,
so she chose him out of 10 other baby bunnies (who were not deformed)

Since we will be raising Fuzzy from a baby, he will be more used to being held and played with than Fluffy-head was. I think Leah will like this bunny a lot more.
In other news...our pigeons (one pictured here with Jon)...hatched two babies!

They're not much to look at right now, in fact they are UGLY.

Hopefully they will start looking cute soon

Leah's 1st Dance Recital

Leah was so excited to get to wear make up for her dance recital
She is so beautiful!

Dressed for "Ballerina Girl"

Her costume for "Hard Knock Life"

She did such a great job! I was so impressed!
She'll be doing dance again because she loved it so much.

April Fools

Taco Salad for dinner...

...or is it dessert?

Strawberry Reservoir

Alex turns 10 year old!

"10" pancake for breakfast

Donuts to share with his school class

Lego Star Wars Wii game from Nanny and Papa

Alex thought he was getting cereal for his birthday,
But inside was his webelo's scout uniform
from mom and dad.

Mom made a snowman birthday cake

Christmas Break

We went to zoo lights this year as part of our Christmas break activities

We visited with Opa and Oma and enjoyed watching Christmas shows, eating yummy food, and visiting. Leah found the pickle on the Christmas tree and got an extra treat from Oma!