Colorful Cupcakes

That's what Ava calls them, anyhow.

Melted Crayon Cakes: How-to

This is a project for the kids, y'all.

It kept Ava busy for a good 30 mins!

Wahooo!

Preheat oven at 250 degrees.

Gather up all your kids' mangy busted-up crayons.

Have your kiddos peel off any papers remaining on the pieces of crayon.

{Ava hard at work}

Once disrobed, let the kids arrange

the crayon pieces in a muffin tin.

Be sure to fill each section at least 3/4 full.

Ava had enough gusto to fill 3 muffin cups!

.....And then she quit on me.

Bake in the oven for 15- 20 mins.

....until melt-y looking.

Remove muffin tin from the oven and let cool.

Once cooled, crayon cakes should easily release from the pan.

Check these babies out!!

Psychedelic or what?



Important sidenote:

Despite what the post title might suggest, these cute cakes
are definitely NOT edible :]

Unless you're one of those 'My Strange Addiction' people....
In which case,

num nums!

Geek Alert

I take that back.

I would much more prefer to entitle this post:

Tremendously.Cool.Kid.Alert.

Is anyone else seeing the sheer epic-ness of this poster?!!

Brilliant, right?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2.

Out in theatres this Friday.

I've got my golden ticket.

And my merry band of Potter admirers, too.

Merlin's beard...

Why must all good things come to an end?

A perfectly rainy day.

It happened just last friday.

A beautifully dreary morning spent painting

ceramics at Crankpots with my darlings,

Aaron & Ava.

Followed by whoopie pies from Crave

and a quick bite of lunch with

Auntie Kirsten, my dear sister.

Another activity successfully performed and crossed off

the all-too-amazing

101 Bits of Summer Fun list.

Dear List,

Whatever would my summer do without you?

Project: Summer

One way to ensure total summer awesomeness.

This is without-a-doubt The.Best.List.Ever.

So happy to have found it over at The TomKat Studio.

This summer,

We Are Going To Destroy This List.

.... As in, the activities on it.

Like, totally going to conquer it.

                 ....most of it.

Look out List.

If only the drive thru lady from Tim Horton's knew just how much I appreciated the little smiley face staring back at me on my to-go coffee this morning.

 

And for the record, yes--

I am one of those '1/2' cream orderers/pain-in-the-derrieres.

Recently converted.

'Cause 2 cream is too much, and 1 just ain't enough.

Trust me.

I'm even embarrassed for myself when ordering.

all clear.

ATTENTION: Plans for the Ark have been put on hold until further notice.

The big-bad gang of rain clouds that have been assaulting our poor town
all week long

{although leaving everything beautifully cleansed & green}

seems to have dispersed for the moment.

And just in time too.

'Cause today is the first day of summer.

Did you know: Wearing rubber boots makes you feel like a kid again.

Try it.

Have a sassy Summer Solstice :]

It's Father's Day.

It takes a special kinda daddy to raise these two gaffers.

Wishing all daddy-o's a splendid Father's Day.

But especially James,

pappa dearest,

for being a one-of-a-kind.

And sexy.
Did I mention sexy?

Question:  If Ava's gonch are so uber snug on her head....

What does that say about my knickers being so saggy baggy on James' head?