Cake Pops!

For Mark's birthday this year I decided to make Coconut Lime Squares for him since he is not much of a cake person. But, after all it is a birthday, so for the kids to get to have some cake I made Cake Pops (Tyler and Maleina call them bake pops thanks to some television commercial) and they were super excited. For Maleina, I made Hello Kitty, and Tyler was going to get Smilely face ones. Everything was going along perfectly. I was a little nervous for the dipping part of it, but dipping chocolates is a lot more challenging that it made cake pops easy. When I was all done dipping the Hello Kitty ones, I was delighted in thinking, "now all I have to do is draw on her face." Well, apparently I didn't buy good enough edible markers and it was a PAIN!!!! The eventually turned out okay for my first time and with crappy markers, I can't be too hard on myself. Since the markers didn't work out so well for me I decided to skip the smily faces and just put sprinkles on Tyler's cake pops. They were a lot of fun, and hopefully a big hit for Mark's party tonight! Happy Birthday Babe!!! I love you!

A lot of Firsts!

Where does the time go???? Tyler has started third grade this year and LOVES it! I love it because he is challenged more and has homework to show what he is working on and actually brings home worksheets they did in school. (BIG improvement over last year!!!) He enjoys his teacher and has a lot of friends which helps him enjoy going to school. If he is asked what his favorite subject is, he will respond, "RECESS!!!" What boy doesn't like recess???

Tyler has started karate again (a picture will be posted soon). He just got signed up yesterday after we went and observed the school. He is super excited to learn all different styles. The school he is attending teach Jiu Jitsu, Kung Fu, Kudo, Tai Quan Do, and MMA (my spelling of different arts is a little off). He is super excited and will be attending class three days a week, thanks to help from my mom!!!!!


Maleina has begun preschool. I am shocked at how quickly time passes. It feels like yesterday we were holding her in our arms for the first time. She has grown up so fast and turned into quite a little character. She loves going to preschool and seeing Miss Jill. Her favorite thing at school is playing Barbies with her cousin Ellie.


Maleina as started taking Ballet. She loves doing the ballerina walk (walking on tip toes with hands over her head), and is working on her marching all the time. She also loves to twirl. It's amazing to me she doesn't fall on her head with the number of times she can spin in a cirle!