Cub Scout Cake

They asked each scout family to make a cake for the Blue and Gold. The theme was Knights of the Round Table. I only make 2 cakes, ugly and ice cream. But in the interest of trying to do the right thing with my boys, we attempted to make a cake we found on Pinterest.  After spending $17 on cake supplies, this is how ours turned out:

Although, not quite the same or as nice, the boys were thrilled and they thought we would win first prize. I told them that prizes don't matter, what's important is we had fun doing it together. I knew we wouldn't be taking home any great awards. We did walk away with the award for "Would Do Most Damage to My Waistline." There were lots of goofy awards like that one.

I must admit that the entire time I was making it with them, I kept repeating over and over in my head how much I hate doing crafty things like cake decorating. But I did enjoy how excited they were about actually attempting to make a themed cake. So it was all worth it. Plus they got lots of compliments on it at the banquet. I think it was definitely the most "chocolatey" cake there.

Amtrak Train to Virginia

I'm thinking about taking the kids on an Amtrak train to meet up with Mario this summer in Virginia. For some reason, the big kids aren't excited to spend 30+ hours riding a train. I think it sounds adventurous. Nate and Zach want to go. I'm thinking I need to send Eric and Erin off to boarding school so they stop interfering with our vacation plans. I have 3 trips planned for spring break and summer and they don't like any of them. But they do like the Florida trip at Christmas. They are trying to get us to agree to a cruise while we are there. Sounds like a good plan to me. Now if I could just get them on board for these other trips. The sad thing is, once the big kids leave home, our twins will be teens and they won't want to go anywhere either. But maybe we'll get revenge on the big kids by making them babysit the boys while Mario and I go away.

Baby Quilt

I sent off my last quilt to the quilter and now I'm off to buy fabric to make this baby quilt for Mario's sister who is pregnant with a baby girl. I'm so excited to make a baby quilt. I told Mario that this quilt tempts me into wanting a baby. I, of course was kidding, but he wants another one. I say no way!!!!! I will be 40 in 2 months.

Triangles and Pinwheels

I'm so excited to learn something new in quilting. This quilt border has 188 small triangles. I think I'm going to be dreaming about triangles for a while but they are so much more fun than just boring squares and rectangles. I can't wait to see the finished project. I love the colors. Reminds me of spring and I am looking forward to spring. Actually maybe not anymore...Mario was accepted into a class in virginia that will run from early April until mid June. Guess I'm no longer looking forward to spring. But Virginia is a whole lot better than Afghanistan so I won't complain too badly. At least I have a hobby to keep me very busy for a few weeks while he's away.

Brushing Sophie's Teeth

I bought dog toothpaste and toothbrush when we first got Sophie. She had such perfect white teeth when we adopted her and so I figured her last owner must have brushed them. We never brushed Buzz's teeth and so they were pretty gross the last few years.

Well, I tried brushing her teeth and she wasn't very cooperative. I asked her old owner how she did it and she said she didn't ever brush her teeth. I put the toothpaste away and figured she'd have nasty teeth like Buzz. But this morning, Zach got out the toothpaste and brushed her teeth with no problems. He said that he always brushes her teeth. Wow, that's awesome!

Eric and Erin

Eric is dating a girl named Erin who has an older brother named Eric. Plus, her mom's name is Teresa. How crazy is that?


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Competing with the Webbers

The Bishop's kids win the pinewood derby every year. They always take first and second place. In fact, their family wins every competition they enter I think. One boy just graduated out of cubs so we are down to only one Webber to compete against. This is our boys' last race before turning 11 years old. Mario went and bought a book and all the tools necessary to get the axles perfect. "Too bad those darn Webbers use the same book" and all the techniques in it.

They want to win this year and they aren't stopping until they build the perfect car. It makes me laugh. My dining room table is completely covered between tools for the cars and my quilting stuff. Not sure when we will use our table again. We had our Valentine's dinner last night on the living room floor.