Snow cones, classic Ruby & flowers

"Ruby look at mama."                                      And, this is what I get from her.                         

 The classic Ruby look these days. Reyna went thru this. Now, she likes to ham it up for the camera. Or, she asks for her picture to be taken.

   Every year, I plant big pots of flowers that line the driveway. I decided to get rid of three of the pots and put two pots on our porch. I was sick of spending so much money on annuals, when all they do is die. It was expensive just filling the two on the porch, BUT I put a little more variety into them this year since I was only filling two. Guess who did about 80% of the planting???? Yep, you guessed it....Reyna! All I did was fill the pots with dirt. She is amazing. She knows to squeeze the sides to get the plant out, loosen the roots, make a nice hole for the plant. She just amazes me everyday. Oh, and I never attempt to even water the flowers. This is her job. Her favorite? The purple petunias. And yes, she calls the flowers by their name. No, they are NOT just flowers.

  I purchased a snow cone machine at the beginning of the week. The girls LOVE it. So far, we have had blue raspberry & cherry and we like cherry the best.

Have your cake and eat it too.

This was the cake I decorated on the final night of class. I was pretty pleased with it minus the top of it where I piped the hearts out of icing. I had all intentions of doing roses, but my roses turned out AWFUL and I ran out of time and ended up just doing hearts. Meh!

Reyna may or may not have "tested" out the frosting here on the edges. :))) She wanted to take the rosettes off the bottom part, but I told her no. I give her credit for listening.

 I am glad that I took pictures of this cake. It was the first one I decorated and I hope that I will gain some creativity and my cakes will look better with more practice. Michelle & I are going to sign up for fondant this June.