Truth-Telling Toy Catalogs

Wouldn't it be nice to get a little truth out of a toy catalog.  I mean tell me what i'm getting into so I can make a more informed decision.  Go ahead and give me a nice picture of how the thing would look if all the directions are in English and the parts are ALL there.  But then bring in the "targeted child" let them play, then tell me how long they actually played with it, what they were able to tear apart first, and what was the main thing they wanted to put in their mouth and then show me a picture of the destruction.  Yes, show me the mess!!!  It probably won't deter me from buying the million piece toy, but then I can't bitch about how many parts there are and how it's always everywhere!  Also, wouldn't this be a nice tool for selecting toys for say....oh.. nieces and nephews! (payback, sis!).  Don't give me a description of the "educational value".  I'm sorry, just because something has been decorated with the alphabet does not qualify it as a dictionary!  Just saying...

October 14 - National Dessert Day

I have to wonder if anyone is actually looking at my blog.  Anyone out there????  Janna, I know you are!  Probably the one person who ever comments!  Love you!  So, I've neglected you all with the special days of the year.  I won't bore you by filling you in on every day since, ummm.....sometime in September, so I'll just start with today.  Happy National Dessert day!  Coincidentally, i actually experimented with some different cupcakes tonight.....i didn't actually look at what today was until just now.  

Banana Muffins with a milk chocolate filling and a peanut butter cream cheese topping with a piece of dark chocolate.

Carrot and Pineapple Cupcakes with a cream cheese filling and topping with orange sugar (Mikey's contribution)

Hope they entice people to buy stuff at my yard sale tomorrow!

Mickey Mouse Cake

Not my best work, but here is the Mickey Mouse themed cake from Jackson's 1st birthday.

Tie Dye Cake

During Hurricane Irene, we had a tie dye party!  This was the cake:

Ladybug Cake

I did this cake for my niece's 4th birthday.

Sandcastle Cake

This cake was made for a friend's daughter who was having a mermaid birthday party

 

 

 

 

Banana Cake

I did this one for Mikey's 1st birthday.  The theme was Curious George.  I did the big banana for guests and the red hat for his personal cake.