I made a cool cake!

Oh my gosh...two blogs in one day. Even as I write this the phone is ringing but I'm ignoring it. I just wanted to show off the cake I made for Matthew's 9th birthday. I'm hopeless at creating anything from scratch, so I was surprised to see how much he loved this. I just bought dollar-store dinosaurs and made a 'dinosaur island', complete with chocolate muffin for the volcano. It's so great when they're young and so easy to please...

Finally a snow day

Having lived in Michigan for four years, I know the meaning of the word 'snowstorm'. However, that meaning is a little different here in New Jersey. Any snowfall above 1 inch is considered a snow storm. We've only had little more than flurries this whole winter, so finally a whopping 4 inches fell, the schools were closed, and the kids hit the sledding hill conveniently located on the side of our house. Not being used to such harsh winter conditions, they only lasted one hour outside. Seeing it took over an hour to locate all the snow gear and then suit everyone up, I'm not sure if it was worth it! They probably beg to differ.