Never again...

A while back, I tried making "Cake Pops" with my sister in law.  I saw the website, a tutorial and thought I could make those, no problem.  I was first drawn in by the Hello Kitty ones and knowing how much my daughter loves Hello Kitty, I had to try them.  They were HARD!  Really hard!  Probably not the best ones to do on my first attempt at Cake Pops.  Half way through the Hello Kitty attempt, I ended up rolling all the heads up into balls and just making the simplest version of them.  They were great in the end.  The yumminess of these things gave me the desire to try them again.  I wasn't up for all the work, but I just couldn't resist.  They are that YUMMY!  I figured, Jack O Lanterns would be another EASY version, basically just round balls.  I went for it.  They take hours by the way!  I began dipping the balls into the chocolate and it was going great.  But then, one by one all the heads began to crack.  UGgggghh... I turned them around, put the faces on and took a picture just to show the attempt.  It was too much work and I vow NEVER to make these again.  Sorry friends and family.  I know you all fell in love at first bite.

Happy Halloween!

Today, I took the kids up to Neils' office to Trick or Treat.  They go from cubical to cubical and it's fabulous.  Neils gets to show off his cute kids, the kids get MASS candy, it's warm inside the building and I don't have to worry about the actual Trick or Treating.  The kids are completely okay after this version.  Some call me a lame mom for not taking them out door to door, in the dark cold night and letting them really experience Trick or Treating.  Oh well!  It's just not my favorite holiday so I guess I short change my kids in because of that.  I just don't get into it like some do.  So after going up to Neils' work we came home and went outside.  The weather was gorgeous.  The kids wanted to stay in their costumes and I let them.  I decided to go out with my camera and take pictures.  I don't have pictures in the past of them in their costumes, I'm that lame when it comes to Halloween.  They hammed it up for me and I love it.  Jett insisted on showing me he had the "force."  Brooke (Brookey-Bee as she likes to call herself) ran around saying "buzz... buzz.." and Sky wanted to look as if she were really flying.  Here are the pictures...

 

 
 

Sky's 7th birthday.

First of all, I can't believe I'm typing a 7 but, I'll get used to it, I'm sure.  Sky's birthday was a hit.  We invited some friends and their moms, to have a girls day out with us.  We met at Chili's for lunch and then headed over to the dollar movie to see Ramona and Beezus.

The girls were cute, at lunch they sat at one end and us moms at the other.  They acted so grown up, ordering their own food and chatting like little adults.  It was fun to just sit and watch them interact with each other.  After eating our yummy food and Sky getting her birthday dessert we headed over to the dollars to see the movie.  It was a great show, mixed with laughs and even some teary parts.  Here's the evidence of our great day.

Sky woke up and put together the gift bags for her friends...

Then off to Chili's we went.  Outside waiting for friends to arrive...



Getting the table ready...

Her great friends





  On to the presents