IthinkwebothknowwhoI'mtalkingabout.
So... you see... the thing is, Grandma and Grandpa, Dad wants to do a big holiday get together this year and frankly? I don't think I can talk him out of it. Twenty four seven, nonstop, it's all Santa this and Santa that and on and on and on about Rudolph and eggnog and stockings and cookies and carols and presents and Griswalding the house. GRISWALDING THE HOUSE. What in the EARMUFFS is he talking about???
To be honest, Grandma, I'm worried about them both. Yesterday, Daddy hired someone to hang these lights all over our house, these hundreds of millions of thousands of lights, and he booked the guy for three EARMUFFING months from now. Three months out? What the EARMUFFING EARMUFFS. Three months is, like, eons from now, almost the same amount of time I've been on this earth. And then I overheard Mommy tell Auntie Allison that she thinks he might set the entire neighborhood on fire with these light thingies and that she's pretty sure there will be matching Christmas sweaters involved. SWEATERS??? I don't even wear pants on a VOLUNTARY basis, I sure as EARMUFFS am not hiding this impeccable beach bod with something called a sweater.
Anyway, my point is that I'm really relying on you both to get me through the holidays. I can't hold down the cuhrazy around here alone, and I'm counting on you to shake some sense into these two. I'm not going to go into all of the details right now, but let's just say that Mom is talking hair products and felt antlers and putting them on. my. head. Antlers, people. NEED I SAY MORE ABOUT THE CRAY CRAY I'M DEALING WITH? (Also, she can be arrested for that, yes? Grandpa? Look into it.)
Bottom line: HELP ME.
Also, thanks again for the ornament.
Loveyoubunchesandbunches,
A train
p.s. If, by chance, this whole Christmas thing involves breastmilk or lady babies then take back everything I wrote. Count me in.
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This child certainly knows how to write a letter.
He also seems to be hiding a foot. Is that anything to do with cray cray and antlers?
Explain to him about a place called Buenos Aires where there are barely any decorations or lights and Santa hangs out in a bathing suit on some beach with the girls in thongs. . and no tops. Yeah, cray cray.
love to the family. C
!!!! Antlers! Yes. Photo required, of course.
Dear Aston,
I advise you to get used to it. This will not be the worst, most embarrassing thing you are subjected to. You will soon develop a thick skin and the ability to roll your eyes in displeasure. If I were you, I would go along with it, then stash the resulting photos to use as parental blackmail at a later date.
Love love love this post. Hilarious! Gave me something to laugh about while I was up in the middle of the night feeding my son. Again.
Those parents. Always bringing the cray-cray.
~Rowan
This is awesome. The pants? That hair? I die.
Hey! So glad that you liked the rainbow cake. I have made several, and people go crazy over them. They aren't necessarily the easiest things ever, but they really aren't that hard either! Just a little time consuming. But the best part, is since you have to freeze it, you can make it several days ahead of time with no ill effects.
I followed these cake baking tips:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/05/baking-stacking-and-icing.html
Very important to freeze it after you bake it!
I use either 2 boxed cake mixes or double a cake recipe. (I've done both. And I like homemade cake a little better, but there isn't a HUGE difference really. Especially as long as you use homemade icing!)
I scoop out the batter into 6 mason jars (I like that you can see whether they are even or not in a mason jar). It's between 1 1/2 - 2 cups of batter per cup depending on recipe.
I then add the food coloring. I prefer gel food coloring; they just work a lot better.
I then bake them in 10" round pans. (I have 2, so I do them two by two). Let them cool completely in between. Once they are baked and cooled, I stack the layers on a plate, with the red on the bottom (so I bake red & orange first, then yellow and green, etc...) I put plastic wrap in between each layer.
Once all of the layers are stacked on the plate, I wrap the entire thing in plastic wrap, and stick it in the freezer. Once fully frozen, I take it out and ice each layer (following the tips in the link above). The purple should be on top of the plate, so when you ice it that one is first and goes on the bottom of the cake.
Anyways, I might be terrible at explaining this! If you have questions or this doesn't make sense, feel free to shoot me an email!
It really isn't that hard, it just takes a while to let them bake and cool.
Look really great, love the first pic, thanks for sharing!
Earmuffs!
*Giggle=snort*
Best oh-God-I-have-a-baby-now-I-can't-cuss word ever!
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