The cake

I really wanted to make I. a princess castle cake for her birthday. However, it requires quite a bit of room in the freezer in order to cut it the right way and such to build it...I was going to use my Grandma's freezer, but when it came down to it, I decided to buy a cake and alter it to my liking. :-)

So, here is what I was going to make: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKh75uxKN4

Instead, I bought a pumpkin cake from Costco and two single servings from Albertson's...et voila!

This is what I bought and made. It was fun! Tomorrow, I will include the little statues of the princesses. I'll post a final photo tomorrow.

Avoiding a Thanksgiving Statistic

Isn't it true that most accidents and fires and such happen during the holidays? Well, that was almost us yesterday.

The kids were playing in H.'s room. H. ran out and yelled, "My light just burned out and there's smoke coming down from the light." T. and I yelled to him to get out...so, of course he ran back in and turned the light off...anyways...

I ran in there and grabbed I. and A. and shut the door.

T. went in after I'd gotten the children out. He took the bulb down and sure enough, it had faulted and would've caused a fire had the kids not been in there at that time. I emailed the company yesterday, but, of course, it is a holiday.

H. had to sleep on the floor in the other bedroom last night. H.'s room is still COMPLETELY stinky. It smells like burnt electrical wiring and plastic. We've had an air purifier going in there for more than 24 hrs. We had all the windows in the house open all day yesterday. I don't know how to get that smell out...and smells aren't just smells, they are molecules of something, I just don't know what. Those fluorescent bulbs have mercury in them, too, so I hope that that didn't leak out all over, too...

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Happy Thanksgiving

We had a fun dinner together and then went over to my Grandma's to play a game and give her a plate of food, too.

My Yearly Hobby...

I just wish it were more often, but here is my latest creation (well, I actually used a pattern this time). I. needed a black and white dress that had no bling...impossible to find for a 3 yr. old... So, I found this pattern at Walmart and found some material at my favorite fabric store. The material was perfect, I didn't brake any needles and didn't have to pick anything out...I take that back, I pulled out the zipper because the way the pattern had me put it in wasn't how I like to do it. I didn't need the overhanging zipper cover with the material because I had a dress zipper.

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Okay, so our children are like little sponges. They remember virtually everything (well...not what I ask them to do, but everything they hear and see other than that). We were finishing up the Book of Omni tonight. Last time we read, H. said, "Zarahemna is the guy in the movie that we have that fought against Captain Moroni." So, tonight, I. said, "We have a movie about Zarahemni!" T. said, well, we're reading about Zarahemla, not Zarahemna." H. put interjected that they were the same...on and on...

Anyways... I just walked past H.'s room and T. was reading him the section from Alma where Zarahemna was told by Captain Moroni to put down his weapons and promise to not fight them anymore lest Captain Moroni and his army would kill them.

The funniest thing about this whole situation is that the movie is The Book of Mormon Seminary movie. I have seen it before. I have read the Book of Mormon multiple times. I don't remember the name of Zarahemna.

Disneyland AGAIN! :-)

We love Disneyland. It is such a fun place to be. I will upload a bunch of pictures to here soon, but today, I just wanted to upload one. I's art of Belle. I is still 3 and she is learning so many things. I love this picture that she drew today for a piano student of mine...I wanted a copy before she gives it away. :-)