fancy nancy is my name, making cakes is my game!!

my niece is turning 5 and having a fancy nancy party. if you have all boys for children, like me, you might say, "fancy who?" that's exactly what i said when my sister asked me to make her fancy nancy cake. after searching on the web for two seconds, i was in love with nancy, and everything that makes her fancy! we found two cakes on the web that we loved and combined them to make one *fancy* birthday cake! i spent the afternoon at my parents house making the cake. it was so much fun!! i wish there was a fancy nancy song, because you all know i would totally be singing it, in harmony, no doubt. anyway, here is the picture of the cake. the party is tomorrow and all the girls are dressing up. tiff asked me to go to help with the party. you better believe i will be a.f.a.p. (as fancy as possible.) i don't have anything fancy, but i'll just throw on my old bridesmaid dress and wear a crown!!
carson said more funny things today, as usual. we were just leaving for preschool and i was singing a silly song to him. i glanced back at him and of course, he was picking his nose. i said, "i hope you're not picking your boogies and eating them." he said, " of course not! i helping my mustache grow in. see." i looked back and he was "picking" at his mustache area. i was dying.
then at preschool, we were gluing and i was using a new glue that tiff got. it's clear instead of white. apparently carson had gotten it all over his hands. from the corner of my eye i saw him look at his hands then wipe them on his shirt. the other kids at his table were all nervous for him and "oh-ing", like he's going to be in trouble. then he said, "guys, good thing it's clear glue and my shirt is white. that's convenient." i was totally laughing. these might not sound so funny just reading them, but his tone of voice is hilarious. he doesn't sound like a four year old. he's so matter-of-fact. here is a picture of him dead-asleep in the car when we got home about 15 minutes ago. he's totally bent over sideways, poor guy. enjoy!

fancy nancy loves her sunglasses, tea sets and ballet slippers, butterflies and flowers. on top of the cake is another cake in the shape of a pillow fully equipped with tassels. there is a fondant tea set on the right side of the pillow and ballet slippers on the left, but you can't see them from this angle. sunglasses on the bottom next to some feathers and flowers. on top of the pillow cake is a crown, behind that are feathers, flowers and butterflies. there are bits of sparkle, also hard to see in the picture. hopefully tomorrow i will get a better picture.

ummm... yeah...ouch. and falling asleep right in the middle of eating frosted shredded wheat too.

carson and i homemade slurpees on tuesday. it was super fun!! i also found the timer on the camera that we've had for 4 years. better late than never!

me, tiff and jujy at emily's shower

these are all the sisters and sister-in-laws in my family plus my mom. my niece is trying to poke her head in, but didn't quite make it!! sorry sloaney! from left to right, heather, juliette, me, mom, tiff, jamie, and tracy!!

carson says...

kids say the funniest things. i just love hearing explanations and arguments of all kinds from carson. he seriously kills me! just this morning, as we were driving to preschool, he looked at me and said, "wow mom! your earrings are big!" now, if any of you know me well, you know i love, love, love, big earrings. so, naturally i was wearing my biggest ones. i said to him, "yep" and he said to me in the most animated voice, "i dreamed last night that you were wearing big earrings!! they got bigger, bigger, bigger and you loved them and they made you happy!!" i totally had to laugh! it's so true!
this evening too, we were arguing about something minute. finally he yelled, "WELL, I'M WIGHT! AND YOU'RE WONG!!" most the time he can say his "r's" but sometimes, for some reason, he doesn't. i was laughing so hard for two reasons, A)the argument was me just telling him to eat in the kitchen and he said he didn't want to...then yelled. 2)he gets heated up at the drop of a hat. so when he explodes and doesn't make sense it's hilarious!!
he topped off the night with telling me that my costume for my niece's fancy nancy party was "really cute" and saying, "yeah, yeah, wear that. that's good. let me buckle your sparkly shoes."
he's all boy, dirt, boots and all, but loves to encourage and help me when it comes to my wardrobe. maybe i'm not as stylish as i thought when my four year old has to help with my wardrobe!!!

i still got it!! 2 posts in 1 day! i AM amazing! woo!

almost everyone i know who is married, either just had a baby or is pregnant. i am not, nor do we plan to be for some time. (okay a year or two) but still, everyone has a baby!! it's nice to know i still got it!! let me splain. my brother-in-law and his wife and two daughters came over for sunday dinner. their new baby was crying for a little while and i wanted to try my hand at trying to calm her. it worked!! i totally calmed and comforted just like a well-seasoned mother!! i tried swinging and singing. but she didn't like it. however, she did love the shhhhooshing and swaying. i held her for a very long time and she slept soundly when i figured out what she liked. i felt very good about myself, especially when my sister-in-law said she had been really fussy for about the past week and a half! wow! i'm amazing!!

the amazing cherisse!

she can calm and comfort even the fussiest child!!

just kidding! it is nice to know though, that i can still calm and comfort a new baby after a year and a half. it comforted me too, not to mention made my day!

snake!! crikey!!

yesterday, jonathan, his dad and his uncle matt were using the stump grinder on a few stumps of trees they recently cut down. they were first trying to dig one of the stumps out that was rotting and was coming apart quite nicely. there was a little cavity in the stump. they were a little startled when they saw something slithering around in there. it was a snake with an egg living in this old rotted stump!! they called for me to look up what kind of snake it was. i was typing furiously to figure it out so they could quickly dispose of it if it was poisonous. it was a king snake. black and yellow striped. no biggie. but it was cause for a few minutes of frantic excitement/fear!!