Reason #286 I can't button my pants

The Sugar and I made these here Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. They are TO.DIE.FOR! and I ate at least 15 of these in the past week. Seriously.....NOT.DIET.FOOD.PEOPLE!  However, they taste so darn yummy.....I had to send you all over to make some yourself.  I mean you can't say I never did anything for you, now can you?  You're welcome.

In other news.....I have nothing to say.  Yup...pigs are flying people...H...E....double hockey sticks has frozen over.  COREY.HAS.NOTHING.TO.SAY!!!!  Except for these few hundred words in this here post, but who is counting?  (oh you are?  Gee....thanks....NOW STOP!)

I've been busy...real busy....doing all sorts of stuff.  Mostly nothing....and other things.  All boring...or interesting, but not done.  I have more projects half done in my life than I do clean dish towels.  (yeah laundry is over rated.)

Anyhoo....all this to say, I have nothing to say.  Yeah....I don't often make sense.  

Now go......make some WHOOPIE!  Pies, that is!  

P.S.  Thanks, Aspiemom!  My bum is bigger, and my Sugar is sweeter!  ♥

Tell Me Thurday~ Trying to be more visable

It was so fun reading your comments on my Wordless Wednesday photos. Sort of a mixed bag, of "wow you are brave" and "you look beautiful". It made me laugh.

You see, I find myself like many of you, behind the camera. Every now and again, I remember that years from now, Sugar will probably cherish MORE some pics of her family, than the 50 trillion photos of her by herself. In an effort to be more visible in the documentation of her life, I turn the camera around on myself, every now and again.

These photos were taken while waiting for the coals in our barbecue to heat up on Memorial weekend.  I had my camera out, as we had been attempting some Silhouettes, that didn't turn out so well.  Remembering that I haven't been in front of the camera in months and months, I asked Sugar to come snuggle for some pics.  I paid no never mind to the fact that I hadn't brushed my hair that day....nor did I have a lick of makeup on.  I figure, THAT is exactly as I am at least 95% of the time, and how she knows me.  The pictures from her life might as well portray her mother as she remembers her, right?  So away I snapped.    She has brought over something to show me, but since I can't remember ANYTHING I'm at a loss for what we were admiring, but....the photos are sweet, huh?

Minus the fact that the back lighting of the sun made my hair look gray, which it is not. Trust me.....

My challenge to YOU, is to turn the camera around on yourself in the next few weeks.  Your children will be ever so grateful.  Remember.....they will remember you as you were.....not as you wished you were.  NOW is the time for pictures, not later.  

Wordless Wednesday~ Why yes....your mama does exist.

For more Wordless Wednesday go HERE and HERE!

I heart coloring

Feeling a bit crafty last recently, I decided to do something with some broken crayons of Sugar's. These were some cheap crayons that came with a little art set.  The first few broke right away, then Sugar helped the others along.  She was three, and loved the sound of them CRACKING.  Who could blame her?  After asking permission, she enjoyed thoroughly the breaking.  

That was over a year ago, and these broken crayons have sat unused in a little container.  I ran across them while helping Sugar straighten up her room, and decided to have a bit of fun.  We gathered some supplies, and started in.

As you can see, we had the crayons, some foil, and a metal heart cookie cutter. The first thing needing to be done was MORE breaking. This fell upon the delightful ears of the Sugar, and she got busy. This was by FAR her favorite part, even though sometimes is was hard work.

 Sugar carefully unwrapped each crayon, then actively broke them into tiny pieces.  While I set about using foil to line the bottom and outside of the heart. 

We actually did a star as well, but it had disastrous results fairly quickly, and I don't recommend it.  Sugar slowly placed the broken crayons into the molds one by one......by one.

The molds, which were placed on an OLD cookie sheet, were placed in a 300 degree oven for about 8 minutes.  I kept a good eye on them, and made sure that while they were melted, the wax did not bubble.  Once cooled for several minutes I removed the mold from the hot pan, so it would cool faster. When it appeared to be fairly firm, I took a toothpick and made a nice hole near the top.

Then, because I didn't really do this right, I carefully used a knife to carve it out of the mold.  This worked okay, but wasn't ideal.  I was pretty surprised that the wax stuck to the metal.  I had thought it would just pop out.  NOT SO.  I found it interesting how the wax separated.  The top layer is all clear.

While the bottom is bright and colorful. 

When it was completely hardened, I strung it on some yarn, to make a nice little coloring necklace for Sugar. She likes to draw with the clear part, then rub over it with the colored part to show what she drew. I need to get some pictures of her artwork.

Anyhoo....My technique was messy, and didn't work so hot. Here are some links to some better ideas:

Cookie cutter

Muffin tins

May pretty, crayon necklaces be in YOUR future.