I had a fabulous Mother's Day this year! Jeff (and the kids?) got me running shoes and a running watch because I am . . . dun, da, da, dah . . training to run a 5k! That's right, me who fell off a treadmill once is back on the horse and relearning how to run. And yes, some people do have to TRAIN for a 5k. Anyways, I really appreciated the gifts. I know they will help me be really really fast!
I did bouquets for gifts for my mother and mother in law this year. I did this fruit bouquet, which turned out okay, but here's how I would make it better:
1. Bigger strawberries to look more tulip-like proportionate to the grape stems.
2. String on some spinach leaves throughout the stem.
3. Cover the styrophome ball with crushed oreo dirt, and maybe a layer of pudding.
This is the cookie bouquet I have been trying to perfect for the longest time. I have the best sugar cookie recipe (the soft, sour cream kind) that I got from Crissy, who got it from my Aunt, but we still call them Crissy's sugar cookies. The problem is that the cookies are too soft and usually end up falling off the cookie sticks. SO this time I added more flour and cooked them longer, and they stayed on!! Now, they were not as soft, but still not crunchy, so they work! I just got this flower cookie cutter and it was fun to experiment with icing on such a fun shape.
*Side Note: There were a few more cookies in the bouquet in the picture, but I forgot to take the picture, so this is a day later.
I almost forgot about my other Mother's Day present I got! It came a little later (about 4:00am) when Jane came in our room and threw up everywhere (mostly in my hands as I stupidly tried to catch it). Now she totally has the flu. Oh well, what do you do. The real gift will be if Ryan doesn't get it. Here's hoping!
And here is my Dad proving that he too can fit in the tunnel.
This is the cake I made for Ryan. Almost everything that could go wrong with it, did go wrong. Like it took an hour to bake, I ran out of powdered sugar for the icing, the icing decorator broke, and even the plastic bag decorator that I resorted to broke. And basketball's are impossible to draw/ice, too many curvy lines. Anyways, I probably won't be making another basketball cake. Sorry Ryan!
Ryan liked his cake, but mostly just the icing. Can you blame him, that's the best part!
