My Little Monster The Architect

Fuzzy Red Slippers

Visitors

My friend Pam stopped by my house this week with her husband and cute little girl, Rebekah. We went to see her sister, Debbie, who is an architectural restorationist. The house behind her is a Bloomfield Hills 1918 Tudor mansion with beautiful carvings and ceiling paintings that she is painstakingly restoring to their original glory. She took us through the house - it was super cool!

Ally is Two!

Ally's 2nd Birthday Party was great fun. It was all about Tinkerbell and princesses and everything girly.

She even had a princess castle cake.

A Beautiful Fall Day

Only The Cutest Baby Ever!

I think I'll just have something to wet my whistle....

Oooooh! This milk tastes funny!

Niles and Abby Enjoying a Sunny Afternoon

Hey, Tiger!

A Lazy Day With Mommy & My Books

Nick likes to cuddle into his bean bag chair on cold mornings.
He also likes to point to everything and wait for you to tell him what it is.

I love my smiley baby!

Cider, Doughnuts, And A Pony Ride!

Nicholas loves Apple Cider! He's never had it before. Yum!

The doughtnuts weren't bad, either!
Nick isn't afraid of animals. He actually loves them and is drawn to them like magnets. He enjoyed the pony ride, although, pony kept stopping to eat grass!

Giddy Up, Pony!

Playing Around At The Cider Mill

I swear officer - I only had one cider....!

BIG tractor tire!

Swingin' with my mom.

My Big Boy is 18 Months Old!

"I Eat My Peas With Honey, I've Done It All My Life; It Makes The Peas Taste Funny, But It Keeps Them On My Knife." - Author Unknown

Nick loves peas, and he loves using a fork. The two don't necessarily go so well together. He balanced the pea....

He tried holding the pea on the fork....








He tried using the other end of the fork...













When all else fails - use your fingers! He was so determined. He worked on it for at least half an hour. I got all sorts of things done while he was eating his peas!

I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back....

Nighttime Books With Daddy

Be Gentle Nick

Nick likes the kitties A LOT. He follows them around the house, and on this rare occasion, they both let him pet them.

He wanted to give them big hugs, and he was very gentle...

But then he got a little excited. Abby and Niles are saints!

Some Cakes

Sometimes people ask me what types of cakes I make. Well, I mostly make the cakes that people ask me to. But it ranges from fun kid's birthday cakes, to traditional cheesecakes, to the occasional wedding cake. Here are a few I've made.

Epicurean Classic

Tim and I attended the Traverse City Epicurean Classic held at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute. It's an annual three day event showcasing chefs and wineries from around the world. We only went to the final reception, but here are a few pictures of what we enjoyed. A fabulous dessert table, amazing cuisine, and a shot of the beautiful building that houses the culinary school on the shores of Traverse City Bay. YUM!

Shoes

Shoes are some of Nick's favorite things. Cousin Owen gave some to him over the weekend.

I Just Think He's Adorable

My Baby Likes to Climb

Nick continues to scale anything he can get his little legs on. Fun for mom!

Everybody's Crazy 'Bout a Sharp-Dressed Baby

A couple of weeks ago, Nick and I were shopping at the Home Depot in Lake Orion for some flush-mount ceiling light fixtures. Who should we run into in the check-out lane but Billy Gibbons, the famous guitarist from ZZ-Top. You may be asking yourself, as was I, "What is Billy Gibbons doing in the Lake Orion Home Depot?" Turns out, he was shopping for stuff, (according to the check-out guy, he needed to fix some camera stands). He was putting on a concert at DTE Energy that night. Anyway, I approached him and asked if I could take his picture with Nick, and he was kind enough to oblige. Thank goodness for camera phones! He even bought Nick a little toy car flashlight from the checkout lane. As you can imagine, my music lover husband was rather excited about the whole thing and was sending phone pictures of him to everyone he knew. I finally figured out how to move pictures from my phone to my computer, so I thought I'd share Nick's earliest brush with fame. I think the looks on Nick's face are hysterical. It's like he was thinking, "Who are you and why are you touching my cart, you strange looking, Santa Claus look-alike?" You never know who you're gonna run into, huh? It's a good case for showering and putting on make-up before you run out the door....

Nick Loves Dora

Nicholas loves Dora the Explorer. She is his not-so-secret crush. Dora is his favorite book, and he also likes his Dora Crazy 8's and Go Fish Card Set.

Blueberry Syrup