Boat Building with Colin
9 years ago
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Rainbow Cake
Last weekend Alex and I decided to try a new recipe for a Rainbow cake, it seemed interesting. The end result was pretty, although it didn't ice very well b/c I made the icing a little too thick, so other than it crumbling when I iced it, it came out pretty nice.
We started with 2 white cake mixes and mixed it according to the box directions
We then separated it into six bowls(about 1 1/2 cups each I think)
We then dyed each bowl of batter a different color, we used plain dye, but it called for gel dye(gives stronger colors I think)
We then put the dyed batter into the cake pans. All you do is measure out some batter, put it in the middle of the round cake pan, then put the next color right on top. Don't spread anything, just continue to work through the colors, adding them to the top, the weight of the batter will force the layers of batter out all by itself:
Then we baked the cakes(yes it was 3 layers-should have probably done 2 since it was just The kids, Ed, and myself:
Iced--you use 2 tubs of coolwhip and 1 large pkg of vanilla instant pudding mix. I used 1.5 large pkgs and it was just a little too much and made the icing too hard to spread. You can also use regular icing, I think it would be really good with creamcheese icing. You don't have to dye the icing but we did.
We started with 2 white cake mixes and mixed it according to the box directions
We then separated it into six bowls(about 1 1/2 cups each I think)
We then dyed each bowl of batter a different color, we used plain dye, but it called for gel dye(gives stronger colors I think)
We then put the dyed batter into the cake pans. All you do is measure out some batter, put it in the middle of the round cake pan, then put the next color right on top. Don't spread anything, just continue to work through the colors, adding them to the top, the weight of the batter will force the layers of batter out all by itself:
Then we baked the cakes(yes it was 3 layers-should have probably done 2 since it was just The kids, Ed, and myself:
Iced--you use 2 tubs of coolwhip and 1 large pkg of vanilla instant pudding mix. I used 1.5 large pkgs and it was just a little too much and made the icing too hard to spread. You can also use regular icing, I think it would be really good with creamcheese icing. You don't have to dye the icing but we did.
Swimming Fun
We set up the kiddie pools a few weeks back. Of course they now both have holes in them thanks to the neighbor kids deciding they needed to swim too. Gah, hate those kids, but what can you do, Alex is convinced they are his friends and have a fit when I send them away. They won't be allowed in next time. Anyway, Aidan and Alex loved it of course. Andrew-hated it every minute, it was apparantly torture for him. Hoepfully just too cool for him, we will try him again and just let the water sit out all day to hopefully warm up.
We also took them to my grandmother's house, she has a big in ground pool. It was rather cold as it has tons of shade, but Alex and Aidan did really well after they got used to the cold. Andrew again screamed and cried, and Edward ended up just holding him outside the pool.
I bought a shirt/short set that is the internal floatation device in it for Alex and it worked really well for him, seemed to give him more confidence and by the time we left he was "swimming" around on his on.
We also took them to my grandmother's house, she has a big in ground pool. It was rather cold as it has tons of shade, but Alex and Aidan did really well after they got used to the cold. Andrew again screamed and cried, and Edward ended up just holding him outside the pool.
I bought a shirt/short set that is the internal floatation device in it for Alex and it worked really well for him, seemed to give him more confidence and by the time we left he was "swimming" around on his on.
Andrew is 9 mths old
We had his 9 mth appt and he got some shots, boo. He was not happy. He also popped his very first tooth on May 25th about 9 mths 1 week old. Thankfully he was a happy teether for that first one and hoping the rest come in just as easy. We weren't expecting a tooth as Alex didn't get one until 10.5 mths and Aidan didn't get one until 13.5 mths, so it was a shock. At Andrew's 9 mth appt he weighed 18 lbs 6 oz and 29-30". He wouldn't be still enough to get an accurate measurement. I went back and looked and at 10.5 mths Aidan was 20 lbs and 28.5" so Andrew is still taller so far.
Andrew moves like crazy, pulls up, cruises, all over the place, but still no sleeping through the night for him. He is up 2-4 times a night, which sucks. He is doing a mix of baby food and regular food, spagetti and meatballs were a big hit, as were the blueberries. All very messy though.
Andrew moves like crazy, pulls up, cruises, all over the place, but still no sleeping through the night for him. He is up 2-4 times a night, which sucks. He is doing a mix of baby food and regular food, spagetti and meatballs were a big hit, as were the blueberries. All very messy though.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
A post about myself
Rarely do I post about myself, mostly it is the kids. However, I am proud of myself right now. I finally decided enough was enough and that it was time to start working out regularly and eating better. Usually I seem to start and then get bored/tired of working out and just stop. The last 6 weeks or so I have been pretty dedicated to it though. I asked my Dr for a perscription to Adipex and I think it has helped curb my cravings a lot. I am down 14-15 lbs already in only 6 weeks and am hoping to be down 15 more by the end of summer. Then I move to the next goal which is to be down another 25lbs by Christmas, and then to be at my goal weight by August 2010. Seems like a long way from now, but I really hope to get there.
what's new
Alex has been enjoying swim class, he isn't very good at actually swimming, scared to float on his back, kind of scared to jump in for the teacher to catch him, but he is learning. We had a scary incident where he was in the pool holding the ledge with a few other kids before class started-teacher no where near us yet. He decided to copy his older cousin and jump in. Yea, he couldn't get back to the side, I freaked, ran to him and was able to reach him and grab him up. Scared both me and him, but no lasting trauma. Class actually ends next week and I think we will sign up for another class-just have to find out when sign ups are.
Aidan has figured out how to escape the crib. Fun times here. He boycotts nap most days and takes me 1-2 hrs to get him to go to bed at night. Unfortunately he won't sleep in the big bed with Alex-he just jumps around and I really don't think he is ready for it. I'd like to get a crib tent where I can zip it shut and he can't escape, but I don't want to spend the money for it. He is trying to copy a few words-like "Hi", we heard him say "Bye" once, but it was a random fluke, he does say "UhOh" in correct context and "Hot" which sounds more like "Haaa" Still babbling mama, hasn't connected it to me yet. And we are teaching body parts-he points to a body part, I tell him what it is. We of course can't say the body part and him point to it, but that will come one day. Right now it is just more exposure to language. His finger got shut in the door at the Dr's office a few weeks back. Yesterday the nail fell off. I am assuming the nail has been dead this entire time b/c it was a little weird looking and something hit it yesterday(not sure what-something Alex did) and he came to me and it was barely hanging on. I pulled it the rest of the way off with no pain or blood and it seems like there may be the beginning of a new nail there.
Andrew is a busy little boy. Pulling up, cruising, he can move between two objects as long as they aren't too far away-not walking, just more of a lean and grab while standing. He has let go while standing a few times and was able to stay up a few seconds, I wouldn't be surprised if he was walking within 6-8 weeks. I don't remember the other 2 doing any of this as early-I think Andrew is about 1mth ahead of Alex, who cruised at 10 mths and walked at 12. I don't remember when Aidan cruised, but didn't walk until 15 mths. Still waking up a few times a night for a bottle, hoping that ends soon.
Aidan has figured out how to escape the crib. Fun times here. He boycotts nap most days and takes me 1-2 hrs to get him to go to bed at night. Unfortunately he won't sleep in the big bed with Alex-he just jumps around and I really don't think he is ready for it. I'd like to get a crib tent where I can zip it shut and he can't escape, but I don't want to spend the money for it. He is trying to copy a few words-like "Hi", we heard him say "Bye" once, but it was a random fluke, he does say "UhOh" in correct context and "Hot" which sounds more like "Haaa" Still babbling mama, hasn't connected it to me yet. And we are teaching body parts-he points to a body part, I tell him what it is. We of course can't say the body part and him point to it, but that will come one day. Right now it is just more exposure to language. His finger got shut in the door at the Dr's office a few weeks back. Yesterday the nail fell off. I am assuming the nail has been dead this entire time b/c it was a little weird looking and something hit it yesterday(not sure what-something Alex did) and he came to me and it was barely hanging on. I pulled it the rest of the way off with no pain or blood and it seems like there may be the beginning of a new nail there.
Andrew is a busy little boy. Pulling up, cruising, he can move between two objects as long as they aren't too far away-not walking, just more of a lean and grab while standing. He has let go while standing a few times and was able to stay up a few seconds, I wouldn't be surprised if he was walking within 6-8 weeks. I don't remember the other 2 doing any of this as early-I think Andrew is about 1mth ahead of Alex, who cruised at 10 mths and walked at 12. I don't remember when Aidan cruised, but didn't walk until 15 mths. Still waking up a few times a night for a bottle, hoping that ends soon.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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