Wordless Wednesday- B&W 'Siblings'

 

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Getting in The Game-

Im starting my journey, no really I am really getting on the ball this time! I swear. I got my pedometer attached at all times so I can track my steps and calorie burning. My biggest problem is going to be my eating, because there are days where I dont stop and eat every meal I am suppose to. Some days I only eat once, some days I dont eat till Midnight and then I seem to gorge myself. I know I need to stop doing that because its not helping. SO from now on I will not eat anything past 7pm at night. If I get that hungry feeling I will drink a glass of milk or water. This afternoon Mr Deputy's Mom is coming to get all the kids; she plans on taking them over night, all of them unless of course Mr A wants to come home. So I am going to be childless. What in the world am I going to do with my time all alone? Mr Deputy will be working so its not like we can enjoy a date night or anything. humm If Mr A does in deed stay with Mr Deputys mom all night maybe I can go visit him at work. I havent done that in MONTHS. Or I might just hit the gym and go to bed early and enjoy some uninterupted sleep. Both sound like good idea's.lol I really am looking forward to this break but at the same time I dont like not having my babies with me. they may drive me insane all day long but I really dont know what to do with myself without having them near me. I dont ever get breaks like this so its hard for me to deal with. When they arent here I truly am Alone. I cant believe March is almost over. Time is going by fast but slow at the same time. Its weird. I really want it to be May already so Miss O can start her dance classes. over the next few months I am going to sign her up for various classes, Dance, Art, Soccer{maybe} etc to see what she likes. Well I am off to get some house-work done while these little ones are still asleep. :) 

Hippity Hoppity Easter's On its Way !! :)

 

I braved the mall with all 5 kids on my own thinking great atleast 2 of them are going to scream and refuse to site with the big white bunny. NOPE  ONE- is was DEAD in there, No one in line to see the bunny and the kids went right up to him ALL 5 of them. TWO even Mr A sat on Miss C's Lap :P HUGE SCORE!!!!!!!!!

I hate that they say proof on them but you get the idea. Its not like they are very good to begin with...lol This gives me hope come christmas time but I am not holding my breath :p

  

It's Back.....

Yes thats right folks, Miss O is once again battling a damn cold. Luckily enough she is just congested in  her nose and has a cough but Fraking A; Can we please get a dang break from the kids being sick which in turn makes me sick then I end up getting Mr Deputy sick. Ive had enough. Its bad enough I am battling my asthma, and allergies full force already this year. ENOUGH cold demons... PLease give my family a dang break already.

In other news its 6:11am and Mr A got up at 5am, he has been having BAD night terrors which dont make for good sleep for anyone. Anyway I got him back to sleep within 10 minutes {score} but then my body was like nope we will just stay up; so Ive cleaned the kitchen, done a load of laundry and now Im blogging, then a shower and by the time I am done with that Mr Deputy should be home from work. But He will only be awake long enough to eat and then he will pass out. Poor man had no sleep yesterday before work. It was my fault and I feel guilty.

See Friday night I didnt go to bed at all because there was too much to do before Miss M's birthday party, So I went to sleep about 9:30pm on Saturday night. Mr Deputy was kind enough to let me sleep until 3pm Sunday afternoon. So he forfeited his sleep for me. I feel totally bad; which resulted in some major worrying lastnight with him on a 12hr grave shift.  I still managed to go to sleep about 11pm last night and now I am up with enegry :) So I think I am caught up on my sleep.

We have all 5 kids in the house this week; which means I am going to be pulling my hair out by Friday...lol {HELP} Just kidding. So If I am not around much you know why. Add to that and I think we might also be Puppy sitting for my mom for a couple of days but I am not sure. She hasnt given me a definate yes or no yet.

So Whats on the agenda for everyone today? I have NOTHING and I mean NOTHING planned. What am I going to do with 5 kids? Especially since its suppose to rain ALL week. Nice spring break for my girls. I guess I could take them to the park until it rains... or heck just let them play in the rain. But then I would be risking Miss O getting a worse cold sooo thats out. Eh oh well. Now I am just randomly rambling so thats my que to end post.

Happy Monday Everyone!!!

 
 

Birthday Spam.... and Im done :P

So the Party is over and the grandparents have gone home. The kids are on a sugar high and Im utterly exhausted. So here is a slide show of the photos that were taken. Unedited, simply because I am running on 2 hours of sleep and I am too tired to adjust lighting etc. So Enjoy:

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Ok NOW its Completely done :)

Miss M's Cake that is. I decided to put a few more little touches on it to A) cover the mistake with the Topper & B) make it alittle more glitsy. So I ran to Walmart this morning and got 2 things. I got 3 beaded plastic necklaces in purple {you know the ones you put in goodie bags} and I got a Purple & white Curly Ribbon wrapping topper.

When I got Home I took the Curling ribbon off the sticky tape since Im obviously not going to put that on the cake. and I split them in half and tied them under each side of the peg holding the topper on. Now it covers the extra space :) and then I took the beads and wrapped them around the bas of the 3 teirs and adjusted them as need. So here are Miss M's FINAL Cake photos!!!!

Time to mop, vaccum and take a hot bath and relax before our family gets here at 4pm :)

The Final Cake Project Post

So Today I went ahead and finished up Miss M's Cake. I really didnt take many photos so here they are

Putting the strawberries on the cake

Then the Whipped Cream

Now the Fondont.. Let me tell you Marshmellow Fondont is VERY tempermental. It likes to crack easily.

So now here is the finished Cake. Well minus the Ribbon that will go under the M to hide my mistake of not measuring the length I needed on the dows...lol and if you notices its not perfectly smooth or straight. But not too bad for my first and most likely my LAST fondont cake...hahaha

So Look for some Party pics tomorrow :)

Happy 5th Birthday Miss M

 

Today is Miss M's 5th birthday. I will be back later with the Cake Project post and tomorrow will be photos of her little party :)

We Love you!

Irritated...

I woke up today in a foul mood. I dont know why I just didnt want to enjoy my morning. Top that with my shoot for this midmorning was canceled due to weather.  So now here I sit with kids that are on a sugar high of some sort; a husband that is once again sleeping when I could use the help; I tell you if I hadnt been at my own surgery that took away that Nasty monthly vistor I would say I am majorly PMSing. lol So instead of getting on the ground to get dirty today with a amazingly cute and adorable little boy to capture some fun photos I will be cleaning; going to the store for party food for sat; and doing the normal everyday things. Dang Mother Nature and her Threat of rain today. Oh and to top it off my blog is set to center on the typing. I hate this centered thing and I cant for the life of me get it to change. ARGH. So yea a bad morning. Im entittled to one bad day eventually right? On a not so irritating note; Mr Deputy went for smokes and a drink last night at 3am {not alcohol} and brought me back one of my most favorite Childhood Candies! 

Something I have been trying to find around here with no success until last night. Now I know exactly where to go when I want my lightly Chocolate nougat fix. OMG sooooooo YUM. I told him he should have bought the case at the store...haha candy over kill.

Well its time to get Miss O off to school. One more day and she is off for a week which means no early mornings for us for 7 whole days!! Score.

Wordless Wednesday :)

The New Temp Design :)

This is going to be my new temp design for my blog created by LeeLou Blogs :) LOVE her work!!!

I am wanting to get a blog template that is totally my family. That represents us 100% so when I do that is when My Template will change....

Happy Tuesday :)

Coffee & Me time.

So here it is 4:18 AM on Tuesday morning and I should be asleep but I am not. Instead I am wide awake cleaning the house, catching up on laundry {my most dreaded chore} watching alittle Tv and blogging. I have a cup of coffee in hand because I know that come 8am I will be tired and dragging and the kids will be up Mr Deputy will be home and I will have to keep going. Luckily tonight is our friday. YES its our friday because his days off are our days off. They are our family time and luckily this week is our LONG weekend Mr Deputy doesnt go back to work till Sunday night :)

One would think YAY time to relax and enjoy things but really we will be busy shopping for Miss M's birthday, Finishing the cake {Im scared haha} Driving up to get the kids, Hosting a party with our family dun dun dun which means having my MIL in my house {we dont have the best track record} and possibly Mr Deputy's Ex wife the kids mother. She should be here to show the kids that we can come together in a peaceful enviroment to celebrate their birthdays together. I have to call her this morning and invite her. After much stubborness Mr Deputy agreed with me. I cant blame him for wanting to be selfish and not share when its our time with them but She is their mom and since they wont be with her on Miss M's birthday I feel its only fair to invite her down here to enjoy the day with us.

So Since Miss M's Cake is Purple and white with polka dots and stars I am going to get some white and purple streamers to put up with some W&P balloons. We are definately on a budget but I will make it as nice as possible. My only problem is I really dont know if I have enough seating. I have 2 couches so thats 5 people, 4 dining chairs so thats seating for 9 oh plus the computer chair so 10. I guess the kids will be running around enough it wont be a problem really :)

My blog will be getting a new semi permaent look here soon. Just until I get a 100% custom blog designed around our blog tittle. So one will be going up shortly then I will have a nother one within a few months. The one in a few months will be the new permanent look for The Family Behind His Badge :) Super excited.

Mr Deputy's Job is still fighting with them over Furlows and pay cuts, shorter shifts and lay offs. I tend to just wait until he brings it up because it just stresses me out. So why Stress myself out before hand. Its just hard in California to stay on top when the goverment seems to want to see you fail. We were talking about his retirement the other night. He is at 12 years now and to get his full retirement he has to retire at 30 years. So I was like I wonder how old the kids will be when that comes. So Miss C will be 28 {my god thats a year younger than I am now} Mr W will be 26, Miss O will be 24, Miss M will be 23 and Mr A will be 22. Its hard to even imagine my children being that old.

That means I will be 47 years old and Mr Deputy will be 52 years old. We talked about traveling around in a Rv once he retires and just enjoying 'Us' time. Something we dont ever get with the kids being young. Its hard to believe that in 3 months we will have been together 6 years already and married for 5 of those years. I never thought we would make it. People were right when they said that the first 3 years are the hardest in a marriage. We fought fought fought. As bad as it is to say I think that Mr Deputy's partners death bonded us together and made us closer as a couple and as a family. We no longer took forgranted what we have together, we no longer blow off family time. Though it would be nice to have some couple time we appreciate being with our children for the little everyday things. And the moments we pass each other in the house and steal a tickle or a kiss are the perfect moments for us.

Lastnight I enrolled Miss O into a Pre-Ballet class through the city. its a 4 week course that meets once a week for 45 minutes and explores the world of dance. I had to put her in this instead of ballet because she isnt 6 years old yet so we had to go this route. Even though I started my search for Art classes, I thought Heck its only a month lets see how she likes it. Its definately cheaper than going the Gymnastics route for right now.  After Mr A turns 4 I want to put him in Tball or something like that. He needs activity. He has too much energy and not enough activity to burn it off.

Well I guess I will end my rambling for now. Mr Deputy will be home in a hour, time for me to shower. {hey that rhymed...lol} and enjoy the hour with him before the munchkins awake and a new day of running around begins. Happy Tuesday :)

Miss O & Her Award

So I dont Mind Sharing her first name since there are hundreds of posts with her name in them before I started the initials thing. But I blacked out our last name and the name of her school address etc. You all dont need to know where my child goes to school :)

I really dont have any words to go with this. Pictures explain it all :) Oh Yea and I signed her up for 4 weeks of pre-ballet classes today!

This weekend was...

Busy to say the least. On Thursday well techinicall Friday about 2am my mom called me to tell me that she was on her way to take my oldest daughter Miss C to the ER because her fever was 105 degrees. So I threw some clothes on and drove a hour and 15 minutes to the hospital she took her too. They did blood tests, chest xray, IV fluids; she got anti-nausea medication and a medication to help the swelling in her throat. after she got 741cc's of Iv fluids they gave her a round of Anti-biotics a preventative measure in case the strep swab came back positive. By 6am we were being discharged.

So I went back to my moms with them after I stopped at the store to get her soup juice etc. I stayed there for a little while longer about 7am I started the 45 minute drive home.  One would think that I would go home and sleep. Nope not me. I got home and got a text from a friend that needed a emergency sitter for her son. So I baby sat from 2pm to 11pm. Then at Midnight I braved walmart to stand in the rediculiously LONG lines for my copy of New Moon. Got home about 2am, and watched it with Mr Deputy :)

So Now its Saturday, Mr Deputy has to work so he is sleeping Sat morning. I am half sleeping on the couch while the kids watch Sat morning cartoons. Well Mr Deputy calls into work because his tooth is hurting.  So he leaves to go take care of that. He doesnt get home till 5pm and after a 1900 dollar Root Canal with a Crown. YIKES. His cavity was so bad that it went down to his bone. So anyway our Dental insurance just rolled over to a new year well now if anything else happens to Mr D he has to pay Out of Pocket because that one root canal sucked up his 1000 dollar coverage for the year. YES we only get 1000 per person per year with Dental. SUCKS right. So now he is home in pain taking Vicodin and some Anti-biotics. He cant eat anything but soft foods for 3 weeks. Double suck for him.

So now its Sunday I am so tired because the sleep just isnt happening over this weekend. So I took the kids {Miss O & Mr A} outside to take a few photos.. here are a couple:

After we did that we all got back into our Pj's and Decorated Bunny Cookies. Then the kids ate them and started running around screaming and yelling. Momma - Sleep = NOT a good time to scream.

Anyway So now its Monday. Oh Happy Monday... Today is Miss O's last week of school then they go on spring break. I just happened to open her backpack and saw a yellow paper in there. Today at 1:15pm We are invited to a awards ceremony. Apparently Miss O is getting some type of Award at school So Mr D is going to wake up early and we are going to go watch our baby get a award :) SUPER excited.

Cake Project- Step 3 Coloring the Fondont & the Cake will be....

So this post is going to be short and sweet :)

I didnt think about taking photos of the white fondont before i colored it... Thats what Happens when the kids are 'helping' haha

So basically here are the steps- you take the fondont out of the frig and microwave for 30 seconds. This makes it easy to knead again. grease your counter top so it doesnt stick. I used Violet gel food coloring by Wilton. I used 6 toothpick swipes to get my end result. I didnt want it too light but not too dark. So it came out perfect.

So with the swipes of coloring along one side of the fondont you proceed to knead it like you would break until its completely mixed with no white left. when you are done you put another layer of crisco on it and wrap it back up and put it back in the fridge.

So I did take a photo of the end result:

So now we wait Friday Is when I will bake the cakes up, Friday night I will dirty ice them and put the fondont on. Saturday Morning I will assemble the cakes and put the decor on. So I will have 2 more Step posts. For putting the Icing and Fondont on and then Decorating the cake.

So I have also decided what the cake will be. I am making a Devils food Chocolate Cake with whipped cream filling with fresh strawberries. Then I will Dirty ice with butter cream frosting on the outside.

Cake Project- Step 2 Fondont

This morning while the kids are sleeping Mr Deputy enjoyed some time talking, listening to the radio and doing step 2 of the Cake Project :) Todays Step is the Marshmellow Fondont here is the recipe:

1-16oz bag of Mini Marshmellows
1-2lb bag of Powdered Sugar
2 tbsp of water
can of crisco

The Required supplies to make this way sugary fondont. :)

Step One- Place Marshmellows in bowl with water and microwave for 2 minutes then take out.

<---- This is how it will turn out :)

Stir the marshmellows to insure that they are completely melted.

Add half of the bag of powdered sugar alittle at a time and stir.

Onces its in a semi ball shape you place rest of sugar on clean dry surface spreading a little out to layer the surface so mixture doesnt stick.

Take contents out of bowl and pour onto sugared surface.

Use crisco to grease your hands so marshmellow doesnt stick to it :)

Then you are going to knead into a ball until all the powdered sugar has been incorperated

and there you have the finished ball. I made three batches and the first batch i didnt incorperate all the sugar as you can see. Hopefully I will be able to use it. But I made a extra batch just in case.

After your done and have your ball you want to rub the outside with crisco and wrap in plastic wrap and put in a air tight container in the fridge for atleast 24 hours before working with it.

So the next step in Miss M's 5th birthday cake project will be to color one batch of the fondont. until next time :)

The Cake Project- Step 1 Cake Topper

So I have decided to make my Step daughter Miss M a birthday cake. The plan is {ok I havent picked a cake flavor or filling flavor so SUGGESTIONS NEEDED (: } 2 tier cake white fondont covered. Purple Stars and Polka Dots as decor. Her cake top will be  the letter M for her first name. So that Brings Us to STEP One! But First the details on start and completion:

Start Date- March 19th 2010
Completed Date- March 27th 2010 the day of her mini party :)

So The first thing to complete is the Letter for the top of her cake....
{You can click them to see them Larger }

The Supplys :)

Getting the Paint on the plate :)

Dipping the Brush :)

Getting started.....

The first Coat is on. Im thinking 2-3 coats to get the color :)

Miss O getting in on helping for her sisters cake :)

So I think about 2 more coats and it will be a nice purple...



Now to let it dry for the night.



The Next Step is Making the Fondont. I have 3 batches to make. One for each layer and then one for the decorations. I am only going to photograph the steps of making one batch. and then when I color the batch for the accents on the cake.

So Give me some Ideas for the cake flavor and filling flavor. Something simple nothing to extravagent. Especially since its a 5 year old. I was thinking Chocolate Cake with Whipped cream and fresh strawberries as the center. OR maybe just a whipped cream center.