swinging good time

good morning! we've had beautiful weather the past couple days. this morning, brandon is back to school and me & brybry are back to our regular schedule. this morning, we went to the playground with a friend. any guesses to where we went this past weekend? more pics to come later :)some more altered pocket calenders i'm making for friends, coworkers AND sister. hey sis, you want either of these?

always have to smile back at the smiley egg! LOVE!

just a quick post today......need to get ready to go take bryan to meet up w/ another friend to the kiddie pool to enjoy more of this weather. hard life i have, don't i? ;) happy tuesday! thanks for stopping by!
BTW, there's a new video to the right of this post of the boys playing just dance kids on the Wii (the middle video). guaranteed to make you laugh!

sweet tooth

for the past 3 weeks, i've been having such the sweet tooth. it doesn't help either that a mom friend wants to go to sprinkles every wednesday after dropping off our kiddos at school! who can refuse a get-together at sprinkles anyways?! nothing wrong with a cupcake for breakfast! [at least that's what i tell brybry who comes a along for the treat!]

have a great weekend!!

monster birthday

quick post today. i've had a migraine since sunday and been doing nothing much. mix that with real bad allergies and i am useless! just feeling better today.
be back sooner...........or later. thanks for checking in!

cupcakes vs. muffins

ain't that the truth!!

springtime cupcakes (and blog candy winner)

springtime just screams cupcakes!! BUT, i love them anytime of the year! and what better than chocolate flavor?!

this is 1 of many cards i am going to make for the cards for kids card drive. i participated in the 1st round and this is the 2nd one going on. please, if you can send some of your cards to these kids, please do! it will surely make a HUGE difference! to the child, their parents and to their siblings.sorry for the late posting but the winner of the blog candy is........JACKIE!!! here is how the winner was determined: put every commenter on a piece of paper (dups were only counted as 1), cut them up, put in a bowl and had my 5 yr old pick. very scientific ,huh? i couldn't figure out random.org......anyways, JACKIE, please email me with your info if i don't email you 1st. be sure to check back near the end of march for another blog candy giveaway to help me celebrate my birthday. i'm off to enjoy the day with the family. hubby took today off!!

bryan's 3rd birthday party

yep, we had a blues clues birthday party as requested by the birthday boy himself! we had it at the same place as last year but did things a little differently.have to please all the party goers by having 2 flavors of cupcakes! i DID not make these cupcakes but if you want to think that i did, that's fine! i only requested that the cupcake frosting be all blue. i did make the cupcake picks though!

this plain little cake naked (another request i made so i could decorated myself)

all i added were blues clues upcake rings and a #3 candle later w/ a little bit of confetti sprinkles

instead of messing with food, i did treat jars. filled were bryan's favorite treats: goldfish, dumdums, smarties, circus animal cookies, gummy lifesavers, and chex mix. i also had some kettle popcorn, baby carrots, cheese & crackers, chips and fruit. the big hit were those animal cookies! i made all the little tags to identify the yummies in the jars.a collage of the party (click on the pic to get a bigger view)[cup]cake time!!

sneaking some frostinggotta love that frosting evidence!the best i could do getting a pic of all the kiddos outsidedon't you just love little kids reactions during cake time?happy birthday bryan!! love your smile! love your laughs! love your personality! love that you talk so much! love that you are so sweet! LOVE THAT YOU ARE POTTY TRAINED!!!! love you brybry!!had a little time to make thisthanks for stopping by!

hello cupcake

hello! i am back with some more cupcake cards! so craving some chocolate marshmallow ones from sprinkles!!

the tops are cut opened just for a little variety. change it up a lil', KWIM??!! inside says 'hello cupcake'. can be used for valentines or just a friendly friend card.

this is a new hero arts cupcake stamp. i love the size of it! thanks to my friend, leesa, for sending it to me all the way from GA!when my mom was here over the christmas holiday, i asked her to rethread my sewing machine. it was sewing fine on top but the bottom stitching was ugly---obviously, it was threaded wrong by me not knowing how to follow the diagram directions. i would also be the same person who does not know how to read a map. anyways, my mom threaded it correctly for me and here is my 1st card using it. my mom asked me what i was going to sew and i told her cards and she just laughed.

can any paper-sewers give me tips on how to finish off the thread?? i DID mean for the stitching to be crooked but not for them to be sticking out.
BTW, potty training with bryan is going extremely well. we will definitely make the he-WILL-be-potty trained-by-his-3rd birthday deadline! [and yes, bryan is holding a motorola phone. my kiddos gets to play w/ all our old cell phones]

cupcakes & crying

we decided to bake some cupcakes one day at home. it was one of those days where i ran outta things for the kids to do when eddie was at work. so i braved making a dozen with the boys. and yes, i let brandon hold the ELECTRIC mixer per his request (aka begging me).

such a ham....

still 'hamming' it up.

lil' bryan wanted to get in on the action.

ok, so everyone always thinks our kids always laugh & smile. here is proof that they do not. here's bryan having his fits when he doesn't get his way.

my best friend from SF came for a short visit in my neck of the woods & we got to spend a few hours together. we had dim sum & then we took them to sprinkles cupcakes to send them back home with a few yummy goodies!