First day of Kindergarten

So yesterday was Ian's first day of "big kid" school. Just so you know It was terrible... for me. I went home and bawled. Ian on the other hand, had a blast. He came home asking if he got to go back the next day. When I told him he'd get to go for the next three days before he got the weekend off, he was very excited. I think he got tired of people asking how his first day of school went though, by the time he got to talk to Gramma and Papa about it his answers became positively monosyllabic. Except for about his teacher he came up with some whoppers about him!

He did have fun though. He's been singing some new songs and he shows off his work papers he's done. He says he has a new friend named Kaden, but he can't remember the name of the girl who sits next to him. He'll get it though.

It's hard for me to really look and see how grown-up he's getting. But he seems to be managing in spite of me.

Ian, Sunshine, I'm so lucky you are my kid.

Ready to go!

Marching off to school!

Waiting in line.

Ian's teacher, Mr. Mednick. As you can see, Gramma and Papa, he is NOT green and he DID wear clothes!

Waiting....

Marching into class.

Me: "Bye sweetie, I love you! Have a good day!"

Ian: "Yes"

After school with the hat he colored that says "school is cool"

THIS Is Getting Annoying!

So, I was supposed to start a new cake class today. I got all my supplies together, I made the frosting and divided it up as per the instructions. 1/2 a cup of stiff consistency, 1/2 a cup of medium consistency with 1/2 a t piping gel added, and 1 1/2 cups medium consistency. Hubby got home on time and he and Ian went out for a "boys night out", dinner and haircuts. and I gobbled a jr. whopper and a small coke at BK. Guess what? They cancelled my class and forgot to tell me! ARRGGG! I was very upset!

So I asked them when their next class would be. They didn't know. So I went to Robert's Crafts and asked them about Wilton classes. The first lady knew nothing about them and the second acted like she just didn't care. So I went to Michaels. They were very polite, but had just hired someone to teach their classes two weeks previously and didn't know when they would be starting up. So I went home and called ANOTHER Michaels store and THEY had just started their classes last week.

I'm sad and annoyed, but I hope I can get a class soon, I miss it and I really enjoyed it.

BTW, does anyone need any frosting?

New Harry Potter Book

There is a new "Harry Potter" book coming out and my husband is entering a BBQ competition. Hang on, there is a connection here.

So, J.K. Rowling wrote a book called "Tales of Beedle the Bard" that is related to, though not really part of, her Harry Potter series. And a couple of nights ago I stumbled across this information on the Barnes and Noble website. I thought "Great! I'll pre-order my copy," since it's not coming out 'til December. Then I thought I'd take a gander at the price on Amazon's website. Well, Amazon bought at auction one of the six hand-crafted originals that Ms. Rowling made and they are offering a collector's edition that emulates their copy for the low, low price of $100. Yep, one hundred dollars. But on the upside this qualifies for free shipping.

I thought "Sheesh! Who can afford that?" I've never even spent that much on a dress, or a pair of shoes! But wouldn't it be nice to own a book like that? Written in J.K. Rowling's own hand? With her illustrations? And some other special extras that the standard edition doesn't have? (Sigh)

Then I got to thinking, Brian is entering a BBQ competition next weekend, and he could win some money. And I'm going to have to help him. There's no way he could do it alone. So if he wins it'll be because of me. I will then deserve a treat.

Yup, you guessed it. I pre-ordered that book. I rationalized it by telling myself that if he loses I can always cancel the order.

Here is the link so you can pre-order yours. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0956010903/ref=amb_link_7226372_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=02385SP4MGT8RK7WD1D6&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=423015801&pf_rd_i=1000179911
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There is no WAY I am canceling that order! He better win!

Dress Up

So yesterday Mikayla (I'm sure I spelled that wrong), and Lydia came over to play with Ian. Ian has a drawer full of dress up clothes, old Halloween costumes and stuff Gramma and Papa have sent or bought him. So the kids decided to dress up. Ian was a Power Ranger, he doesn't know what a Power Ranger is but he loves the costume. Mikayla was a dragon in a costume about three sizes too small for her and Lydia was Superman... er... SuperGIRL.

I thought they were all perfectly adorable, and they all played quite nicely together.

When it was time to go home Lydia had to look for the hat she brought over and when she put it on I had to take another picture.

I thought that was the end of dress-up for the day, but after dinner when we told Ian to change his clothes because we were going to meeting he came out dressed like this:

He loves cowboy clothes because he can wear them out of the house and he still feels like he's playing dress-up.

Aren't kid's imaginations wonderful?

Hailstorm

So on Tuesday July 22, we had a hailstorm that pretty much devastated our garden. I would have mentioned the whole thing sooner, but it took me this long to get the pictures downloaded.
I was actually driving home when it hit. It was hailing so hard I couldn't see the houses on the side of the road, all I could see were the tail lights of the car in front of me.

I took some of these pictures when I got home, and Brian took the rest.



This is what our deck looked like.


Our strawberries are gone!


These used to be beautiful flowers, geraniums and such.


Our Sunflowers, tomatoes and potatoes were flattened.

The leaves and vines to our giant pumpkin plant (Yes, that was all one plant.) were shredded.
They even have divots in them because the hail was coming down so hard.


The one remaining light in our front yard got flattened too!

On the up side, the cars windshield did not break as I was driving (and fervently praying it would remain intact). Our basement did not flood. Our fence remained standing, and, with the exception of a few plants, we sustained no bodily harm or loss of life. So I'd say we did okay.

NEW New Look

Okay, I figured out how to put one of my backgrounds on my blog, (Thanks Wrena!) but for some unknown reason it won't go wide enough. I'll have to work on that.

(Note: 2 hours later and wayyy past bedtime....)
I figured it out! It only took me two hours, but I managed! Now my background goes all the way across! Yeah!

New Look... New Idea

I changed my look! I got the background from a website that offers free ones for blogs. and I made a new banner. I like the effect.
I decided maybe too I would change the content a little. I'll still blog about my cakes and stuff, but maybe I'll add a bit about what's going on in my life and my thoughts on that too. Not that I'm very interesting, and it's not like anyone reads it anyway, but it will give me a place to natter a bit.

Okay, well maybe in August

Starting August 4th is a new class. I hope this one works out!

AWWW! v2.0

They cancelled it again! I've got to find a new place to take these classes this is so annoying!

Class reschedule.

Okay, so I'm supposed to start class on July 11th. This will be a fondant and gumpaste class. I have no idea what gumpaste is but I guess that is why I should take the class. I am very excited, and if they cancel this one I shall personally scream, holler, and throw a conniption. (I know conniption is spelled right because I have spell check. Great invention.)