Let them eat cake

It has been cake time here at the house the past 2 weeks. First was a pumpkin cake for the MOMS Club party. I have done these cakes before, but this was the first time I did a pumpkin patch scene. I really liked how my ghosts and little pumpkins came out. Not so happy about the big pumpkin. That is what I get for working on it late the night before. Big pumpkin is vanilla cake with regular canned icing (yeah, I know how to make my own, but was lazy). Little pumpkins and ghosts are fondant. Not so yummy, but really cute.

Next cake was this past weekend for Logan's baby dedication. I was going to order one from Publix, but in an effort to save money and use the skills I have learned I decided to make it. I was inspired by a cake I saw on cakecentral.com. The cake is vanilla with strawberry filling and buttercream icing (yes, I made my own this time). The cross is made of fondant circles. Looks pretty good. I seem to have a problem with crumbs in my icing and will some day figure out what I am not getting right in regards to this.

No more cakes on the horizon until Morgan's birthday in December. I will work on a princess cake for the little princess. I am going to try and get on here tomorrow to update on the kids. :)

Morgan's First Year Video

I was thinking about songs for Logan's (yeah, I still have awhile to go until I need them) and it got me thinking about Morgan's video. She and I watched it together after school today. Made me get a little misty-eyed. She was such a cute baby and still is a cute girl. :)

Watermelon and some beautiful eyes

Life is moving along in the Wilch house. Morgan requested watermelon last week and Logan got to enjoy his first taste of it. Took him a time or two to get the hang of the mesh feeder. Now he sucks the watermelon dry in the thing just like his sister used to do. Logan is so enjoying solid food. He has moved on to Stage 2 baby food...hmm, not sure if I will tell the doctor next week at his 6 month visit or not. Last I talked to them, they wanted me to stop all solids and just give him formula because he was not finishing his bottles. He has definitely gotten over that!!! I will post his latest stats next week after our visit. I am going to guess 20 lbs.

Took these yesterday of my brown eyed girl. Logan looks like he is going to keep his blue eyes and probably blonde hair, but not quite as blonde as his sister.

Oh yeah...funny girl. She got new Halloween panties and decided that she was going to wear all three pairs at once. Two where they are suppose to be worn and one on her head as a hat. In this picture, she is wearing it as a scarf. Two year olds, go figure. :)

Today we are off to find a Halloween costume. I thought for certain that she would want to be a princess, but she seems fairly set on a Dalmation doggy. I love hearing her say Dalmation. She has tinkered with Cinderella a bit and did mention being a cat so we will never know until it happens what she settles on. Hopefully I can get her past the scary stuff in the store without getting too upset. Then we might not get anywhere on the whole thing!

Morgan was so cute at bedtime last night. We were laying on her bed and she looks at me and says "I have a question for you". I had to smile. She has never said that before, just asks stuff. Her question was if she could lay on me like a pillow and promptly put her pillow on me and laid her pretty head down. I am sure this is something she has picked up at school. She does not necessairly tell us point blank what she is learning at school, but if you listen and watch her, you can see the things she is learning.

Logan is awake and ready to eat. He slept thru the night again. Wahoo!! Big project for the next few days is a pumpkin cake for our fall festival on Monday. I have big plans for a pumpkin patch scene so stay posted for pictures of what I ended up with next week! Gotta put those classes to good use. :)

Catching up with the Wilch family

Wow, it is October already. September flew right by. We have been busy...I do not know what I am going to do when these kids get older. Their schedule is busy enough already! :) Things will get a little easier after this week as this is Morgan's last week of Gymboree. That will free up the weekend a lot more. I feel a little bad as I know she enjoys going and Logan will not get the chance, but there are plenty of other things for us to do.

Morgan seems to have finally adjusted to preschool. She told me this morning that she was ready to go before I was even ready. I take her in to the school and she just walks right in to class. We are battling nap vs no nap with her some days. I let it slide occasionally, but she still needs it more than not. Bedtime is getting easier with both of them now that I have figured out a few things that seem to be working for us.

Logan will be six months old in two days!!! I can not believe it. He is getting so big. I think (don't want to jinx it so will not say definitely) that he is starting to sleep thru the night. He has for two days now. No teeth yet, but all in due time. He has starting to really laugh and interact more with Morgan. She is such a great big sister/little momma.

Here are a few pictures from the middle/end of September. We have a family pass for MOSI and that allowed us free admission to the Florida Aquarium and Lowry Park Zoo in September. We made sure to take advantage of that. Still hopeing to get a trip in to Busch Gardens before the end of the year.

Logan at the Aquarium

There is a splash area outside at the Aquarium that Morgan had lots of fun at.

Logan and I at the Aquarium. I am usually on the other side of the camera. :)

Troy and Logan at Lowry Park Zoo. Note Logan's FSU shirt...Mommy won on that one.

The next big task in the house is getting Morgan to decide what she wants to be for Halloween. I thought for certain she would want to be a princess, but she does not. Puppy has been the one I have heard the most. Stay tuned for details....

Oh dear blog

I promise I have not forgotten you. I have been revisting the land of sleep deprivation and have had the time to pay attention to you. I do promise that you will be attended to again soon. :)

The Party

The party is done and over so now I can write about it. I could not before as it was a surprise party for Mom. She does get online now and then leading to her occasionally reading my blog. With much stealthness and white lies (thank you Aunt Carolyn!!!), we pulled it off. Mom thought they were all coming out my way to go out to dinner for her birthday and that Aunt Carolyn had the ice cream thus why they had to stop by my house. Not only was the party a surprise, but there were family members in town that Mom did not know were here...Uncle Melvin and Aunt Jane in from Deland, and my sister, Pam, flew in for about a day so she could be here. In addition to the surprise party, we had a surprise card shower. What this meant is that I contacted as many people as I could from Mom's address book and asked them to send her a birthday card in care of my house. I also asked them to let others know so we ended up with about 70 cards. I am still getting a few a week later. Lastly, the party entailed my first venture in cake decorating since taking classes right before Logan was born and I mean, right before. I think my last one was 2 weeks before he was born. Thanks to my sister for helping me with the cakes.

I did not get many pictures as I was running around doing all sorts of stuff, but this shows the flowers she got, a few balloons...oh and Morgan favorite redheaded cousin, Ty.

Pictures of the cake- two tiered vanilla with strawberry filling and vanilla frosting (Morgan picked out the flavors)

My blog has been lacking in pictures of my children the past few entries. Here is a cute one of Logan where I realized his eye color matches our couch. My friend, Janet, thinks he will keep his eye color and wondered where it came from as Troy and I are in the brown/hazel range. I have a paper that has information about my biological parents on it and apparently, all of my immediate relatives had blue eyes. Not sure where my hazel ones came from. Also, my grandfathers on both sides were over 6 feet tall so maybe that is where the kids get their height from??

Not sure how well this will show online, but check out the funky details in Logan's eyes. Very interesting looking and some times the photos are just amazing.

I did update my picture of the kids on the sidebar. Figured Logan is 5 months old so I should. Looks like Morgan will have her first sick day home from school tomorrow. She has a cold or something that has brought on a runny nose and very fussy child for the past few days. Fingers crossed it clears up soon. Kind of a bummer as I heard rumor there was going to be a firetruck at school tomorrow.

Football!!

Not much for today other than to say

Go Bucs!

Wahoo, Seminoles won their first game and Manatee won their game. Fingers crossed we wrap up a winning weekend with the Bucs.