cupcakes and shoes

Isabel has a Princess cookbook, with fairly easy, fun recipes for kids. She has been asking to make the Cotton Candy Cupcakes. So, last week, we did! They are super simple...you just mix up your cupcakes and frosting (you can used boxed/premade even, if you wish). Then, add cotton candy on top. We did two different batches. The first one we used plain icing, and added some sprinkles. The next one we used neon food coloring with the icing...it didn't look neon AT ALL to me, but it did make a really cute, girly purple. The kids LOVED these. OK, David and I actually really liked them to...I mean, what's not to like...cupcakes, icing, cotton candy, sprinkles even!







Also, this past week, Blake got his first pair of shoes. Well, actually they are not the first pair we got for him, but they are the first pair he has worn. Joseph put them on him, and they were soooo cute. Needless to say, he kicked them off about a minute later.

And, for good measure I had to throw in these last two pictures. Blake makes this face all the time, and it reminds me of a bird. I think it looks hilarious when he does his mouth like this...Blake Birdy :)


We also finally found a bathtub seat. Who knew they were so hard to find these days...then again, maybe that was just me who had trouble. It's about like his Bumbo...he really likes it for about 10 minutes...but he's not strong enough to sit in it any longer than that. Still, I see plenty of use for BOTH of those in our future :)