a sweet cake, my sweet lil girl & a sweet trip

i wanted to go ahead and share this cake with you....i'll have 3 more to post on monday for my usual 'weekend cakes' post, but this one was delivered today & i couldn't wait for u to see it - it's too cute!

amelia is the daughter of a co-worker & friend....she also is a sweet friend to my girls & was in corinn's ballet class last year too.....and if u remember, she was mentioned in the Rocktown Weekly article done on me - she's that precious face on my website - the one that expresses what my cake decorating is all about - the reaction of the person who receives one of my cakes is priceless!

amelia wanted a Tinkerbell cake this year & her mom and i decided on this design.....the bottom tier is strawberry & the top 2 tiers are chocolate - all iced in my homemade butter cream & decorated in my homemade fondant.....i bought the plastic Tinkerbell figure & made the wires w/ jewels.....i hope amelia is as thrilled with this cake, as she was with her Mermaid cake last year!

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i also wanted to tell u about the reaction i got out of corinn last night, when i gave her the big news (she got into pre-k!) as soon as i told her when i was picking her up from daycare, she turned around to tell miss stephanie - she couldn't wait to share the news with everyone!

then later last night, she was helping me in the kitchen (as usual)....i grabbed her & squeezed her as hard as i could & started to pretend to cry - telling her that she couldn't go to school - that she was my little girl & had to stay that way forever.....that i never wanted her to grow up!

next thing i know, she's whispering to me through tears "quit mama, u're making me cry too!"

omg - i felt sooooo bad! here i am, scarring my child for life & she's going to do the opposite & be totally scared to go to school now!

so i immediately apologized to her & told her i was just pretending - that it didn't matter how old she got, or how many schools she went to - that she'd always be mama's little girl! and that i wanted her to go to school - that i'm proud of the big girl she's become, & how i'm soooo excited for her!

that seemed to do the trick & we hugged it out some more.....she dried her tears & continued helping me with dinner

then later, she told me that she had cried because she was happy - "they were happy tears, mama" ;0)

she drew this picture this morning.....it's a "dragon chef" - i'm sure the dragon was inspired by her big bro....and the chef, well - cause that's what she wants to be when she grows up! he has a long tail & has an apron on....that's dirt & grass at the bottom

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lastly, i wanted to let u know that i'll b MIA tomorrow....our family is headed to KINGS DOMINION for the day!!!

this amusement park has been a fav of mine since i was little & went regularly with my parents - my dad & i would be the only ones to ride the scary rides.....and now our family goes as a yearly tradition.....(well, we didn't all make it last year - jaden went along with my sister & her family - but funds were too tight last summer for our whole family to go).....this will actually be corinn's first time (unless you count the summer of 2003 when she was in my tummy!).....2005 was gabby's first trip, but corinn was still too tiny......but not this year - she's so excited! usually, either my sister & her family go along too, or my youngest brother tags along for the ride.....but this year, it's just me, curt & the kiddos - can't wait!

see u here on friday - and you know i'll have pics!!! ;0)

i'll leave u with this pic from 2005 - look how tiny jaden & gabby are (they were 5 & 3)!
the other sweetie is my niece, deandra