Easter cupcakes

                                                                                          

Blank canvas - cupcakes with choc frosting

Chocolate sprinkles make a great "nest"

Eggs anyone? I think these were Whoppers in springy colors.

Easter egg baskets are ready to gobble up by the kiddos at daycare :)

Closeup (a little out of focus)

Cheers, mom!

What better to down a snack than some wine?

And just in case you were wondering, it is not wine - just sparkling wine - lol.

Dance starts again...

Dance started again a couple of weeks ago. Annika was so excited - she thought it was time to go to the "big" stage on the first day - lol. She was practicing her wave when everyone clapped ;) Its amazing what a difference 3 months makes - now A gets ready by herself to go to dance.

Thankfully for mom and dad, no new outfit. But a proud mommy has to brag about her cutie pie. Here's a pic - all ready to go :)

Funny things...

Its been a while since I blogged and before I forget (yet again) let me put these down for the record...

1. Every time the microwave buzzer goes off, my almost 4 yo thinks that her time out is done!!!

2. I am afraid to give the kiddo any gum (yet). So I give her Starburst softchews and she thinks that is gum - lol.

3. My daughter wanted to go see the lobsters at the meat counter yesterday and I didn't have time. So I told her that the lobsters were taking a nap and that we'd see them next time when they'll be awake. She bought that!

Child Labor anyone? ;)

This past weekend, my DH wanted to sheetrock our basement and not the walls - the ceilings, to be precise! This project let me tell you is a pain where it shouldn't be! So we decided to have some fun family time and brought Annika down with us. She turned out to be a pretty good helper. She helped daddy measure the sheetrock, and while DH and I were doing the heavy stuff, she was busy doing the following...

Happy (early) Birthday, Daddy!

As promised, here is the end product of the "Better-than-anything" cake (recipe in the previous post).

We already ate the cake since daddy could not wait until his bday! It was ok. I think it could've been a little more moist and I will have to tweak the recipe a little bit.

Annika also wore her "new" earrings that her grandma gave her when she was born. She has been having some issues with one of her ears with sensitivity to the metal, I think and hopefully it will heal pretty soon. We'll see...

P.S. Just for the records, I still can't believe that my DH will be turning 35!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Last week our daycare was closed since Chris was on vacation to Disney World. What a week to be out - we actually got caught up on our v-day projects ;)

We started by making some favors for the kiddos at daycare. In my earlier post I'd mentioned that nothing like a sugar rush! But at less than 75 cents, it was a no brainer. Not the mention a lot less work for me (the non-creative!). Here there are...

Ofcourse, the teachers Valentine had to be different. So we did that (the how-to is in the previous post). But here is the end product...

My little cake decorator at work and the finished product :) (Please note the sprinkles - heart shaped and in nice Springy colors!)

And then we made a card for daddy...

Annika sticking her tongue out, as usual!

And then a more nicer pose ;) - my little actress!

Card (close-up)

Today her daycare has a V-day party, so she is wearing red pants, black shirt with a sparkly heart and socks with hearts. In our hurry to leave this morning, I forgot to take a pic and was promptly "informed" by missy that mom, its ok. We'll take a pic in the evening!

Hope your Valentine's day was as fun as mine :)

Annika's artwork

This weekend, we were watching "Ace of Cakes" - Duff Goldman was building a cake for some game show character. Here's the cake and Annika's version of it ;)

My goofball!

Dress up with Manj didi!

Ballerina

This year we decided to enroll Annika into a dance class. Mind you, this is not something that I had done when I was little so I figured it would be fun for her. Especially since the older girls at her daycare keep teaching her how to dance. Now you'd think this would get her excited but the strong willed that she is, she refused to dance the first day (this was last week).

Yesterday, I and Chris (our daycare lady) had to give her pep talks. Heck, I even spent $30 getting her an outfit in the hope that she would dance. She was kicked about the outfit and even posed for me.

Here's hoping that this is going to be the start of a good after-school activity for her.