New Family Addition

Well...I've been missing Angus terribly. He was my favorite dog of all time. So...a few months have passed, our other dog has been lonely...so off to the shelters Maddie and I went. No dog really spoke to us until this little guy. He's a Cairn Terrier Mix...and extremely thin. Such a nice little guy with Maddie and he and Max are in love. Today was his first day alone (always scary) - no accidents and no chewing. He's a pro with the dog door already thank goodness. After much deliberation and names that couldn't be remembered...we settled on Bohti.

Chinese Take Out Christmas Tree

Make your own free digital ecard Every year we chose a different theme to pull our tree together. This year is Chinese Take Out. Maddie did a great job dressing the tree!!!

More Fun with Fondant

Okay...I need to practice more...but it sure is fun. I was asked to make a Baby Shower Cake for a friend at work. The bottom layer is Red Velvet and the top later is White Cake with Lemon Cream between. Since the gender of the baby is unknown the colors covered both. The vegetables and fruit on top are a joke - each week on Facebook, it tells how far along the baby is and compares it to the size of a fruit or vegetable.

30 days of Giveaways

My goodness...and the timing couldn't be better. Head on over to see Stefanie's blog at Ni Hao, Y'all :) Here's the link!

Halloween 2010

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The Chinese invented toilet paper. Need I say more?

Calandars to support Orphans in China

Our 1st Fondant Cake Attempt

Don't laugh...I know the ladybug looks in pain. But...for a first attempt...we had a great time and that's all that matters!! And...the taste was pretty good. I went cheap for this and got a box-cake. For the next few practice cakes...we'll stick to that. But...it really is a lot of fun. It was sort of like play-do...so Maddie could easily kneed and make the dots and eyes. More to come :)

My Monkey Memories - 19 months

I can't get over we're looking at Maddie starting Pre-school in a couple of weeks. Where has the time gone? She's so big...I remember thisvideo like it was yesterday. She was just starting to really say English words. She would double up on a first letter of all words...so Angus was "Ah - Ah" or Rylan was "Rah -Rah". Max and Maddie were "Ma and Mama". Too cute. Now it's words like "actually", "in fact", and "abnoxious".

A Fish named Maddie

Ever since we brought her home, we've been astounded by Maddie's ability to channel Ethel Mermin. She loves to swim!!