At Home With Me...

New Cake

Here's a more grown up version of the rag doll cake I made recently.

It's about time....

 

Look! I finally posted some cards made with Stampin' Up products! All of these cards have been put together using the Simply Scrappin' Christmas Jingle papers and stickers.

Makes a change from cake doesn't it?!

Alternate Universe

Some days I feel like I am living in a bad comedy movie. I wasted 17 minutes of my life today trying to convince UPS deliveries that my house really did exist.
Apparently if it's not on their database then it doesn't.
Was I sure I had given the correct address? Yes I was. I am prone to moments of madness but I do know where I live.
I realised how ridiculous the situation was when I heard myself have to say
"Well it does exist, I'm standing in it"

Heck Royal Mail managed to find it and we all know how miraculous it is for them to get post to the right place.

(Sent from my iPhone)

More Cake

Here is the cake I made for Garys mum.

Tennis Cake

My latest creation.

Ethan is 7 today...

Today Ethan turns 7 years old. He requested a "Sponge Bob sitting on a Crabby Patty" cake for his special day and I just finished it:

New York, New York

A couple of weekends ago Gary and I went to New York for a long weekend together to watch the US Open Tennis.

We have been before and so did more non tourist stuff this time but couldn't resist going up the Empire State again. Last time we went up it was night time as we went up to the top of the World Trade Centre during the day in 2000. If you look closely at the picture above you can see the Statue of Liberty.

I really enjoyed the tennis. Most of you know that I'm not a huge tennis fan but the combination of Americans, their love of sport and the hot weather made for a great evening. We watched Nadal and Venus Williams play matches until 1.30 in the morning!

Gary was extra pleased as we saw John Mcenroe and Andy Murray up close.

I also found the shop whose cook bookes inspired my cupcake obsession. Magnolia Bakery. Of course we sampled some....... Yummy!

Disney - MGM Studios

Ok so our last stop on the Disney tour is MGM Studios.

We all loved the Star Wars ride that took us into space amongst the Star Fighters with a first time pilot who was crazy!

Ethan met Mater and Lightening McQueen. as you can see from the photo he was unable to peel his eyes away from Lightening!

 We also met these two amongst others.

The best ride here was the Toy Story ride. It was a 4d ride that made you feel that when you shot at the targets you really hit them and if you missed and hit the water you got splashed by water. Needless to say we all looked great in our 3d glasses.

Pirate Cake

Here is my latest cake creation delivered to Ethans friend yesterday at a picnic lunch. He was really pleased with it and couldn't wait to eat the Octopus!

Goofy

As I mentioned in the last blog entry ethan loves Goofy. He watched for him in every parade and yelled his name as he passed in all the parades that we saw. We even bought him a goofy hat with ears so he could look like him. We didn't buy an autograph book as Ethan wasn't bothered and we weren't either!

One day whilst we were at MGM Studios we queued to see Goofy and Ethan got very enthusiastic about him whilst chatting to a cast member as we waited.  We had his photo taken:

Then we saw the cast member whisper to Goofy. Gary and I assumed he was telling him how many people left in the queue until he got a break but then Goofy was suddenly very interested in Ethans hat:

Next thing we knew Ethans hat was off and Goofy was signing it. I think that this was the highlight of the holiday for Ethan. He shows everyone his hat and tells them the story.