Pink-a-liscious!

For Ella's birthday Tabitha gave her a book called Pink-a-liscious! It has quickly become Ella's favorite book. Partly because it is a super cute book, but mainly because her favorite cousin Buttha gave it to her :) In the book the little girl's mom makes her pink cupcakes on a rainy day. She eats so many cupcakes that her whole body turns pink. Since Ella has been home sick and we aren't able to get out and do much we decided to make some Pink-a-liscious cupcakes. Now remember, I am not much of a baker! In fact I learned that I am pretty much a spaz in the kitchen. I decided that I should have my own reality TV show it would provide hours of unintentional, awkward comedy.

Ella loved making the cupcakes, but of course her favorite part was eating them. She didn't quite understand that she couldn't take a bite out of EVERY cupcake!

I also have this new found love for cake decorating. I am still not a baker, but I attempted to bake a cake today and make HOMEMADE fondant! Yes I know homemade, crazy huh? Of course I made a million and one mistakes and probably was completely uncoventional in my cooking style, but...it worked!!! I even have a somewhat funny looking cake to prove it! I also dyed some of the fondant pink to practice using food coloring. I forgot to use gloves so after it was all over I had pink stained hands! I looked a little Pink-a-liscious! Ella thought it was pretty funny that I actually turned pink when we made her pink cupcakes!

Spaghetti and peas and carrots Oh My!

Miss Livi is now a full fledged eater. This kid LOVES to eat. I think she would eat all day if I let her. The last time we were in Dallas we went to Johnny Carinos with my girl friends and I decided to let Livi have some spaghetti for the first time. She had such a blast trying the new food and her "auntie" Natalie had equally as much fun feeding her real food for the first time. They both giggled and squealed the whole time. It was precious :)

Livi had such a great time eating her spaghetti... then she picked up her plate and threw it on the floor. Yes it smashed into a million pieces and I felt like the world's dumbest mom for giving my child a real plate to eat from. I will get better at this :)

Since then, Livi has taken on eating full force. She LOVES to eat. This morning she ate for a over an hour while Ella and I had breakfast, then I cleaned the kitchen. It was great! Ella was so picky at this age and got bored with food very quickly, so this feels like heaven to me. Livi is not picky what so ever. I swear I could sit and watch the kiddo eat all day. She is so proud of herself and has this look of pure joy when she picks up the food and it actually makes it into her mouth! With all of this eating I think she might chunk up a bit this month. I will keep my fingers crossed :)

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