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I’m back!

March 17, 2010 by Shannon

What do you get after you work part-time for six weeks, plan for and execute a three year old’s birthday party and lose one hour of sleep due to Daylight Saving Time? For me, at least, you get pretty tired.

During that six weeks of work, I had to take a little time off from blogging. And after I was done, I had to take a couple days off just to recover. But now, I’m back! And I have all kinds of plans and ideas brewing in my head that I can’t wait to share.

But first, may I brag a little bit? Okay then…don’t mind if I do. I pulled off two major successes for Kellan’s recent birthday party (and I have to thank my in-laws who entertained him for quite a while the day before so I could accomplish these major successes).

First, I totally redeemed myself after the Great Guitar Cake Debacle of 2009. For Kellan’s second birthday, I had big plans to make a rockin’ guitar for his rock star birthday party, but the cake did not release itself from the pan properly. Well, that’s a nice way to put it. The damn thing fell apart. So instead, I  stenciled “Kellan U are 2″ (a play on his U2 themed party) on the one intact sheet cake with powdered sugar. Not exactly what I’d planned. But this year? I found a super simple tutorial for a monkey cake online, and I followed it to the letter. It turned out so great! The cake came out of the pan in one piece, which helped. From there, it was just a matter of following the decorating instructions. I cannot tell you how relieved I am that I didn’t screw up two birthday cakes in a row. Maybe that’s a silly thing to be proud of, but you know what — I don’t care. I made a Monkey Cake, and I am proud. There. I said it.

Second, I sewed a Superhero Cape! And I didn’t totally mess it up!!! The sewing is certainly not expert quality, but so far, I haven’t seen Kellan check the stitching. He has spent a lot of time “flying” around in it, so apparently the crooked stitches have not affected the cape’s magical powers. Once again, I followed a simple tutorial I found online. Thank you, Internet.

Okay, thanks for humoring me. In other news, we are expecting some serious spring-like temperatures this week and I CANNOT WAIT. I’ve got a few springy activities floating around in my head, which should be posted next week. Yay!