Elizabeth's World

I figured since I'm on a role with posting, I should catch you up on what's going on in Elizabeth's world these days. She just completed the summer session of Soccer Tots. She really had a ball (pun intended)!



Other activities she enjoys are swimming, playing dress-up, hide and seek, taking pictures, baking cakes with mommy, and coloring. It's really not that hard to keep her entertained which is nice. She does have her tantrums which are usually caused by the littlest things. I remember her screaming for over an hour in her room because she didn't get a sticker from the greeter at Walmart. Sigh. However, when she is happy, she's really fun to be around. I always get a kick out of her laughing. She snorts!!! It's the cutest thing ever.

Elizabeth is at that stage where she is afraid of the dark. Lately she won't go in a room unless the light is on because there are "scary monsters" in there. I'm not sure where she got that from. Her favorite foods are eggs, cheese (Yuck!), and of course hot dogs. She does eat other things, but those are the top three she'll ask for first. Her growth has started to slow down. She's in a wide range of sizes depending on the clothing but the smallest is 4/5T. All in all, she's doing well. She's my little firecracker!

What you get for $20

Today was a very special day in the couponing world. The Krogers in our area decided to double coupons up to a $1 for one day only. I was all over it. Unfortunately, all the other couponers in the area were too! Haha! I went there at opening (6 a.m.) and you would have thought it was in the middle of the day. People were everywhere! I even ran into a few people I know. I don't blame them. There were some really good deals. I was a little disappointed because a lot of the freebies were already gone, but I got a few. Hopefully, there's still a little bit more around later today when I don't have to bring the kids. Here's what I got for a little over $20.

Sunflower Wedding Cake

It's DONE!!! I'm so glad it is over. Everything went very well for the most part. However, like every first, there are some lessons learned. First, make sure icing is stiffer so it doesn't slowly move down the cake. This was worse than I expected since it was very humid which happens to make icing softer. Second, stacking is not as easy as it looks. This was the hardest part and having softer than expected icing complicated it even more. There were moments where I seriously thought that we were going to lose a tier, but thankfully we didn't. It really was close though. I'm definitely going to need to practice that some more. Sigh...I hope she likes it. The groom's cake was very easy. It really didn't take long at all. So, without further ado, her is my first wedding cake.

Wedding Cake Preview

The past couple of days I've been caking. I'm doing a wedding and groom's cake for a co-worker who is getting married today. She wanted a very simple cake. I haven't stacked the cakes yet (that will be done at the wedding) but I thought I would share some pics. This is the base of 3 tiers. It's a white almond sour cream cake with lemon whipped buttercream filling and covered in vanilla buttercream. It is decorated in a swiss dot pattern and will have fresh flowers cascading down the cake.