In the previous post, I mentioned baking 4 8" rounds. That was so I could decorate a unicorn cake for my twenty-five-year-old unicorn-obsessed sister and Four's combined birthday party.
Except I completely failed in planning the construction of this cake. Didn't freeze the cake or use dowels and cardboard for support. FAIL.
And it just kept getting worse. This was on the freezer in my mom's garage when I was frantically trying to get freezer space in an attempt to save the cake. Instead, I called time of death.
Plan B: Unicorn cupcakes!
Other party items included a fruit rainbow,
rainbow doorway, unicorn headbands, tutus, a portion of Lori's unicorn collection,
{Three, One, Two, Lori, Four, Five}
and Unicorn poop marshmallows.
Birthday buddies! (Two weeks apart)
{Lori and Four}
Unicorn kisses!
{Lori, Four, Five}
Photobomber removed...
{Five, Lori, Three, Four}
{Lori, Four, Five}
{Four and I}
{Two, Three, Shad, me, Four}
We played ring toss with glowstick bracelets and my horn. I can't find the pictures of it.
Goodness! I let myself get 3 months behind again. Speed blogging! After we got home from our Utah trip in October, we had several events scheduled. Our favorite little buddy Spencer was turning 3 and all he wanted for his birthday was One. Then was Four's birthday and the day after was the adoption finalization for my sister Becky's family.
I wrapped One on Spencer's porch, then rang the doorbell.
And then his poor older sister stepped out on their package and got scraped up.
After they went to dinner, we joined them at the house for a PJ Masks-themed cake party. Four was thrilled to be Owlet.
Oh, how we missed our forest!
{Five and Momma}
{Three and a forest friend}
"Mom, look at how strong I am! Take a picture of me!"
{Three}
We also missed watching football.
{Five}
Okay, only some of us. I didn't. But I can appreciate the bonding and cuddle time it is for the kids with Shad.
{Shad, Two, Five}
More football time.
{Four, Three, Five}
{Two, One}
I don't remember what we were at my mom's house for, but the kids were so excited to find a mantis in the backyard.
Grandma's bar stools are fun.
{Five}
Lots of traveling means that we cross time zones, stay up late, wake up early, do lots of activities that throw off naps. So it takes a while to recalibrate when we get home.
{Four}
We got Scarlet back! Yay for bunny bonding!
{Scarlet, Five, Four}
{Two}
New food: Ramen with dried seaweed, boiled eggs (Instant Pot!), and beef base, soy sauce, sriracha broth. Also new: success in using chopsticks!
{Two}
I like to humidify in Colorado's dryness and the kids like to practice window steam art. I taught Two how to make "footprints" with her palm. And I teased Five by freezing his feet off on the window.
Also Amazon boxes.
Five gave me a Katy Perry concert
Quiet time: kids playing Minecraft together.
{One and Two}
Right before I took this picture Three was panicking about dying. Apparently One thought it was better NOT to set her up in Creative mode...
When I come downstairs and find the kids entertaining themselves with Just Dance on YouTube.
{Five, One, Four}
Or experimenting with body art.
{Three and Two}
And bare-legged piracy.
{Five}
Back to my routines: morning bunny yoga. She likes to maneuver herself into cuddle positions when I'm planking or doing sun salutations.
{Scarlet and I}
She acted innocent for the picture, but she took advantage of my plank position and helped herself to chewing on my drawstrings.
All tuckered out from yoga!
And then I had this day...I don't remember all that I was making, but I think over the course of two days, I made 4 8" round cakes, 1.5 gallons of yogurt, 15 cups of granola, soup and homemade bread, zucchini bread, homemade ground chili pepper. The latter is not for the faint of heart. You freeze the peppers (harvested from my self-watering buckets and frozen in September before leaving for Utah), dehydrate them, then throw them in the blender or food processor. At this point, gloves and mask are necessary because some of the powder gets so fine and floats up into the air. I know from firsthand experience what that nose burn feels like. After blending, you sift the pepper powder to separate the flakes that don't blend. Then you've got ground pepper and pepper flakes. Tastes soooooo good!
