and he just turned one! This is a cute, relatively easy cake to make for the puppy lovers in your life! I can't take any credit for the cute design...I found a photo of it on Cake Central and copied it as best I could. If you'd like to try to make a similar cake, here's how I did it: First, I began with three layers of cake instead of the traditional two. I've lost my cake leveler so the ...
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Make-It-Yourself Monday: Crayon Batik
March is National Craft Month, and to celebrate, each Monday this month, MississippiMom.com will feature a different craft for Make-It-Yourself Monday. We're starting today with a crayon batik that's so simple to make that young children can do it with a little supervision. I fell in love with batiks when I lived in Kenya and am always amazed when I see one with an intricate design, ...
On learning the hard way….
It's funny the things your kids teach you. Watching my little man as he is learning to explore the world around him has been like watching myself. You see, he's determined to learn the hard way. It doesn't matter how many times I tell him "no" to certain things (like the fireplace), he's determined to find out for himself. (And, no, we haven't had a fire in there since he became ...
A week of firsts….
This has been a fun week full of firsts.... My daughter read her first book to me....for the first time. I did not cry when she read it, but I almost did when I realized my husband caught it all on video. (Did I mention that I love him?) It was mostly just a book of words, but I listened like I was hearing the greatest piece of literature ever written...or read. And, when she read the one ...