Christopher is THREE!

Three.

3.

My son, my BABY, is three.

 

 It happened just a few days ago, on the 5th! He is growing like a weed. It seems like yesterday he was a newborn, and I was afraid to let anyone touch him. Especially my husband. I don't know what it was, but I am sure many moms have felt that way, if I wasn't IN THAT ROOM, no one could do it right when it came to my baby.

Now? He goes to daycare five days a week, spends weekends and nights over and his grandparents, some of them HOURS away.

He has really become his own too. He has such a personality. Sassy, smart, very imaginative, and independent.

He loves superheros still, music, Power Rangers, Dora and Diego. He likes to read and go to the park. His two best friends are Holden and Noah, and a little girl named Anastasia follows him around.

Having him has been the most amazing experience and has made my life so much fun and full of meaning. I love my son so much, it's hard to describe.

The only thing missing is his little sister (or brother)! But that is still in the future, Josh needs to finish school first at least!

Twenty Four

Today is my birthday, I turned 24.

In the twenty fourth year of my life I did these things:

Re-enrolled in college, and haven't gone a semester with out a class.

I caught my very first costal fish.

I began this blog.

I began my food blog (The Tiny Kitchen That Could).

I stayed at the same job the entire year, but worked 4 different postions before settling in the one I am.

I celebrated 2 years of marriage (and in four days will celebrate three years!)

I celebrated my husband's 26th and my son's 2nd birthdays.

I cut my sons hair.

I have let it grow out again.

(That is from Halloween.)

My 24th year hasn't seemed like a big year, but each year has it's own special memories.

I look forward to a wonderful 25th year and a lot more memories!



Happy Burthday Ah-Murica!

I love love love the Red, White, and Blue! I love cakes! So here is an ALL AMERICAN cake!

First, I made two batches of cake mix, one full, one halved. You can do box, or scratch, what ever you want!

I then colored each batch, one red and one blue! I recommend these food colors, they are stronger so you can use less, but I still used almost ALL of the container, just FYI. Wilton brand, you can get them at Hobby Lobby or Micheal's, even Walmart!

The red batter I mixed in two 9-in cake pans, and the blue in a deep 6-in pan. I also had enough for a tiny one too, I made for my son, buts that's for another post!

Cook until done (about 30 min) and let cool 100%. You will be cutting the cakes into thin layers, and frosting warm layers is a pain in the butt!

Next I cut the blue cake flat, and the red cake into a total of six layers (three for each cake). I have an Ultimate Cake cutter, so I don't have to worry about uneven slices, but you can use a knife if you don't have a cake cutter).

You are going to do the first three red layers as cake, WHITE frosting, cake, frosting, cake, frosting.

With the next three, cut the middle out of the layers (I used the blue cake as my size guide) and layer the rings the same way as the bottom three. They will probably break, but that's OK, you have enough frosting to 'glue' them back together.

After you have all the red layers down, put the blue cake where you cut the hole in the top three layers.

Use the white frosting in a pastry bag to fill the gaps and hole in the cake, anywhere they may be. The cake will probably get crumbs in the frosting, but it's OK, it'll still look good when your done.

I had to cut the blue cake down some to make it fit, all the frosting between layers made it to big. I just eyeballed the sizing for that.

I didn't really do anything fancy on the outside, just some sprinkles and marshmallows, because I wanted to surprise everyone with the inside of my cake! It looks AWESOME and I can't wait to make this again for the family this 4th of July!

Try it, it is actually very easy to make, a little time consuming, I did it in about 3.5 hours from start (baking) to finish (before clean up).

Happy soon to be birthday America!

Paintball Cake

My cousin (in-law...) Ethan just turned 12! Woot, go him! One more to being a full blown TEEN, AHHHHH!

I just so happen to be off and available to make a cake for him, so I literally, whipped it up the night before. It's not the most brilliant cake or anything, but I think I did pretty darn good. And the best way to get better is to keep doing it. I printed up a picture of a paintball mask clip art and used it as reference for what I drew and use as my template for the fondant, and rolled little balls with fondant to put in the middle of my splatters to create the just shot look. Ethan liked it, it was his favorite activity and the mask was his favorite color! And he was the only customer I wanted to please!

It's Party Time

Well, I have a arm and leg full of pictures from the whole weekend. My family came into town, and I got to see and meet my niece and nephew too! Christopher really liked his cousins and ha d a lot of fun. I wish they could come up more often, or that we could go down to Albuquerque to visit. Then I could see all my other family too. I miss them and want Christopher to see them so bad. Someday, I know I will be able to go down to visit.

I have a ton of pictures, from the whole week of his birthday. Here are the best ones.

Thumbs up from my Two Year Old

Coloring together. 

Park time. 

 Zak loved the camera.

 Christopher can climb anything!

 The wind was against me on Saturday.

 Opening presents!

 With Grandpa, although he wanted to walk, not take pictures.

 I love the color coordination.

 Running and chasing!

I can hardly believe that I have a two year old! Josh and I have had so much fun with him, and have occasionally talked about when we want to try for a second one. Well, no promises or guarantees, but MAYBE, if we are in a good position on a whole with home, work, ect. we will begin truly thinking about it around September, although honestly, I was ready for a year now. Gotta be on the same page though. Haha.