Miss JoAnna rocks!

I have the best day care provider ever.  As I said in an earlier post I've had to cut back on day care each week because of finances, and today was technically Joe's off day but since I'm feeling so lousy right now she took him off my hands with one quick phone call.  I love having a friend for a provider because they always have your back, even when their life isn't right on track.  Her oldest son came down with Strep yesterday so he's also home from school, poor little bugger.  (Man that saying just made me think of my Grandma, Queenie - I wish she could be with us this holiday season, and to see my little guy... I think she'd instantly fall in love with him and vice versa.)

Anyway for day care providers out there everywhere, I say THANK YOU!

Mead Making - Like Father Like Son

Looks like Joey is going to be a chip off the old block.  He just had to help Daddy rack off his ice mead so that it could go the next step in the process... and boy is it ever tasty and I don't even like booze. 

First he helped him rack it off, then carry the two liter bottles to the freezer, ending with putting the tubing and buckets away in the closet.  He really is the man to have at your side when you need a little help.  He's pretty good at following directions, so long as you aren't telling him to eat something he doesn't want to, and does it just like you tell him to.

I can already see it - Jesters Meadery and Son.  Watch out Samuel Adams, you've got nothing on my boys.

Cake Decorating 101 Continues

Well Crystal and I, and my other mommy friends, had our second class this past Monday.  It was a lot more fun this week as we actually got to work on something.  I did the recommended rainbow cake and if I do say so myself, it came out pretty good.  Larry took that one to work for his coworkers to enjoy and I began my own cake number 2 for our family to enjoy.  This time I free handed it all the way doing a simple daisy and some generic designs that we'd practiced on the night before.  It turned out cute also and was a big hit with mom, Joey and Larry to when he got home from work.

I can't wait for next week when we attempt to learn out to make those fancy roses you always see on the store bakery birthday cakes.  Should be fun, and I'm sure a little frustrating too.

Joe and his Gang

My friend and daycare provider JoAnne took this photo at the park one day.  Too cute.

She refers to them as "her boys", although today she was willing to trade my Joey for her Joey (far left in the photo) since he was having one of those days and didn't even want to go to school.  I declined her generous offer with a laugh.

Change of Format

I had to change my background, again, because I just realized that my sister and I had chosen the same one.  How dare she, she knows that "leaves" are my thing so she should have left that one for me to utilize.  Oh well, I think this new background is cute as well.

In future Sis - step away from the leaves backgrounds (lol).