Here's What's Doin'....

Hello Again!

Remember me?

Well I am not sure I have an audience anymore, but I just thought I should check in just in case.

So I have been very busy lately. My 10 year old has left me and gone to sleepover camp for the first time. I miss her like crazy but she is having a blast!

My almost 13 year old is getting ready for her first trip to Israel with my mother-in-law. And also getting ready for a month of camp shortly after she gets back.

My house is getting quieter and quieter.....

:(

But, the fun busy part of my life is the baking I have been doing!

I started selling desserts out of my house, and having a lot of fun doing it!

I always felt bad making desserts for my family because they always ended up in the garbage. We are just not big cake people. So this business is the perfect thing for me. I get to make cakes and cupcakes and pies and they make it out my front door in a pretty pink box, instead of a garbage bag!

I spend a lot of my time googling new recipes and creative ideas for decorating, and this morning I found my new inspiration, which I hope to replicate and send up to Emily at camp!

Get ready for it.....

Here we go....

The perfect treat for a 10 year old and all her friends.....

Justin Bieber Cake Pops!!!!! and the background purple ones that spell out I (heart) Justin Bieber!

Emily would die for these....

So thank you Bakerella for posting all your fans' pictures on your site today!

Another idea I am working on is from i am baker's

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lickr group pictures.... gonna try this one out today....

isn't it cute? It's a sugar cookie pop!

I'm in love with it. Wish me luck!

I'll post pictures (but only if they come out good)

:)

Not Me Monday (well, not really)

It's time for Not Me Monday again, but since I suck at writing in the negative unlike someone I know who talks in the negative all the time especially around my husband..... I will save you all from the migraine that I have right now and write normally.

Guess who went up to Camp Moshava yesterday to visit her daughter ??????

Good guess. It was me.





It was so great to see Jessica! It always amazes me how beautiful she looks at camp, when I feel so nasty and dirty there. What is it about that sandy dust that just gets all over you?

Anyway, Jessica is having a great summer. We hung in her cabin and she showed us around a bit. She is so neat at camp (much neater than at home). Her clothes were folded perfectly and everything was so organized. I was so proud of her! Her bed looked so comfy and cozy. She had all her letters hung on her wall, and posters that she doodled on taped on the wall, and all her pillows and stuff on her bed. She even graffitied her bunk bed!

The cabin was pretty clean... for camp that is.

My nephew's cabin was the complete opposite. Ew... the boys cabins were crowded and nasty and stinky.... but they're loving it! My nephew was pretty dirty... but he thinks he's really tan.

My other nephew didn't look that dirty, and is also having a great time, and is also living in nastiness a crowded bunk. Thank god I only have Jessica there right now. The girl's bunks are like hotels compared to the boys.... Ew....... I know. enough.

Anyway, the camp for the most part is much nicer than when I went there. They made a new lake for boating and put a water trampoline and slide in it. They have a floor hockey court, a new basketball court, tennis courts, new baseball field and bleachers, 2 zip lines, new pool, new air conditioned gym. We had none of that.

I brought Jessica some cookies made by my friend Adina. They were so pretty! Here's a picture:

She really liked them a lot. Almost as much as I did!

We went boating... Jon took them row boating, I took them paddle boating. It was really fun!

When it was time to go, Jessica just walked away because she didn't want to watch us leave, so I gave her one last hug and ran back to the car. Emily and Jon were hurt that Jessica didn't give an official goodbye, but I'm proud of her for knowing what is best for her. For knowing that it would be too painful to watch us drive away. It's so hard to say goodbye.

On the drive home, Emily informed us that she was totally ready to go to sleepover camp, and can't wait to go next summer.... I'm about to start crying just thinking about my 2 kids away at camp, but I have a whole year to worry about that.

Birthday Packages

Tuesday is Jessica's 11th birthday! I wanted to send her a package that she would totally love. I put in decorations for her to decorate the area by her bed, silly string, a scrapbook kit for her and her friends, and a cute pink glitter case with everything she needs for manicures and pedicures for her and her friends, a deck of cards, a little candy, some snacks, and covered it with tissue paper and a card. I wrapped the box with wrapping paper and it looked so pretty! I was going to mail it wrapped just like I did last year, when I got a call from the hubby reminding me that it's 4th of July weekend and it might not get there in time. Oh my god. I started to get nervous. I can't miss her birthday, and this box was starting to look a little big and a little heavy to send it next day shipping.



I decided that it was time to call people and beg them to take it up to camp for me. Except it wasn't only that one box.... I also got her this big autograph pillow.... a tye dyed flip flop it's about 19 inches, and a package of cute stationary cards. They were wrapped up in tissue paper and cellophane. And, I also had a package for each of my 2 nephews (but those were in the flat rate shipping boxes... not so bad).




I know it doesn't look that big here, so I'll give you another perspective...




and one more:





I called the office and they said that there might be someone who can take it (I kinda told her just one box) and I should bring it to the camp office. I loaded the packages into my car and went back to get Alyssa and this is what I saw:







I love this child.

So, Alyssa and I went to the camp office where I was told, "I wasn't totally sure that the person could take one, so 4 might be a problem but you never know."
Great.
"But I know I can for sure take it next friday."
Great, now I can send something next week too!

I wrote a note for her to give the guy driving up saying that I am desperate for him to take it, that I would even pay him to take it so the kids can get their packages on time. I left my cell phone number on the paper, asking him to call if he couldn't take it so I can beg call someone else. I held my phone all afternoon and last night. He did not call. Yay! So hopefully they will get their packages.

I'm still gonna keep my fingers crossed...... just in case.