thursday sweets, a dirty mouth & a perfect view...

last night, i had to bake sugar cookies (undecorated - booo!) to send to school for the kiddos' Halloween parties....i also had to send in some fall colored icing, so i'm assuming the kiddos will b doing the decorating :0)

of course, i couldn't b baking cookies & not bake some of my hubby's favorite ;0)

then i had this cake to do....i've been talking about Darlene a lot lately - and here we go again ;0) this cake is for Abbey, Darlene's only granddaughter....Abbey is very girly, but loves Spongebob - she also knows that grandma is not a big Spongebob fan....so she gets a kick out of asking grandma for anything & everything Spongebob ;0)

Darlene gave me the Spongebob candle (on top) & the Spongebob & Patrick candies that are around the side - she just said to use those & do whatever i want....i also know that Darlene prefers white icing to having the whole thing colored....it's confetti cake, iced in butter cream....i made all the underwater accessories from gum paste

speaking of sweet treats....u HAVE to check out these!

Pioneer Woman (who i LOVE) made a post today about cake balls (i call mine cake truffles - there are as many names for these yummy & easy balls of goodness, as there are varieties)....she was specifically talking about these from Bakerella....aren't they the cutest EVER?! i never thought about putting them on a stick - duh! what a fun & clever idea!

i soooo want to make the mouthless mummies 2nite!

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last evening, Curtis picked the kiddos up from Christ Commandos at church....they had received some goodies & on the way home, Corinn lost her ring in the car....Curtis told her to wait till they got home & she could look then....so when they pulled into the driveway, he turned on the light & said...

"Can you find your ring now, Corinn?"

and Corinn responds...

"No. (pause) I mean, Heeeeelllllll no!"

with this long southern draw to it???

i can only assume she's heard this on TV or a movie or something....believe me, we let the occasional night-so-nice word slip - but neither Curtis say it that way
~lol~

needless to say, daddy & i had a discussion with our 4yr old, oh-so-proper little lady
;0)

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check out the view from my kitchen window - right over my sink


pretty perfect huh?

this pic was taken before we went to florida - before the weather got so cold....u can't really tell, but that's the wall that my kiddos frequent....it's right in our backyard now! it's nice to have this perfect view while i'm busy getting dinner on the table or washing up the dishes....shoot, if it's warm enough out (like this day was) - i can even hollar thru the window at em....yeah, i'm not crazy about main street being right there, but the kiddos know to not even try to go near it!

unfortunately, we lose some daylight this weekend - i doubt our fam will b getting home before dark much any more - at least not until spring....but hey, at least we gain an hour of sleep saturday night! who can't use that?! :0)