Monday, September 10, 2007
...ballerina girl....
though the birthday fairy did indeed find georgia this year, her present from mama and daddy was getting to take ballet classes this year. today was the first day of class. this girl loves some ballet.....here are pictures from the first day of class. too cute!
...things i've learned about cooking....
this weekend. first of all, just because it is an easy recipe doesn't mean it looks anything like the picture in the magazine. since i don't believe in annual birthday parties for my girls, i feel like the LEAST i can do is make a homemade (for real homemade, not just made by me from a box which i still say is homemade) birthday cake AND frosting for my child. here's the picture from the magazine that georgia, with a little guidance, chose:
and it looked like a simple, lovely cake.
it literally took me all afternoon to get it done. how my mother can stand to be in a kitchen all day long and put together three hot meals seven days a week is WAY beyond me. nothing else got done on saturday afternoon. of course, i had two little helpers with me wanting to taste every four seconds!
then, i discovered that (probably because i only make real cakes every so often) i certainly didn't have THREE cake pans to make a three-layer cake. so i decided that it would look just as good with two layers (nope).
another lesson learned is that i lack the skills to look into a mixing bowl and tell which ingredients are lacking to make the cake more moist. had i those skills, the cake wouldn't have tasted like an unsweetened pound cake left out on the counter for a few days.
here was my version of the cake, which the children (most importantly!) found beautiful:
last lesson-- i need to invest in a cake pedestal! i think that must make a world of difference.
here are some birthday pictures from yesterday. we are all on the mend for the most part and were able to have a nice, low-key afternoon celebrating the big 0-5.
at the end of the day, happy girls, tired mama and daddy, and lots of magazine-worthy cake left. delilah is going to get a real treat tonight with her dog food!
and it looked like a simple, lovely cake.
it literally took me all afternoon to get it done. how my mother can stand to be in a kitchen all day long and put together three hot meals seven days a week is WAY beyond me. nothing else got done on saturday afternoon. of course, i had two little helpers with me wanting to taste every four seconds!
then, i discovered that (probably because i only make real cakes every so often) i certainly didn't have THREE cake pans to make a three-layer cake. so i decided that it would look just as good with two layers (nope).
another lesson learned is that i lack the skills to look into a mixing bowl and tell which ingredients are lacking to make the cake more moist. had i those skills, the cake wouldn't have tasted like an unsweetened pound cake left out on the counter for a few days.
here was my version of the cake, which the children (most importantly!) found beautiful:
last lesson-- i need to invest in a cake pedestal! i think that must make a world of difference.
here are some birthday pictures from yesterday. we are all on the mend for the most part and were able to have a nice, low-key afternoon celebrating the big 0-5.
at the end of the day, happy girls, tired mama and daddy, and lots of magazine-worthy cake left. delilah is going to get a real treat tonight with her dog food!
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