Monday, May 12, 2008

More Wonka and my muses

Not much time to post these days. As I write this, my auditor is in the next room trying to figure out how my organization can pay the man more money. Good times.

Mother's Day was fine. I was busy, both as a mother and a daughter. We did our big family celebration at my mom & dad's. I offered to bring the cake to celebrate the May birthdays, my dad's and Bart's. I attempted to fuel the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory obsession just a little more:



Wonka's Chocolate Waterfall Cake, featuring Augustus Gloop.

It looked a little better in real life. Bart was thrilled.

In lieu of anything too barfy, here are my three favourite things about being a mom:

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15 comments:

email said...

That cake looks AWESOME!!! As do your kids - they're adorable!

Christina Schmidt said...

Ah I love this post! So cute and that CAKE! My goodness it is awesome! I pay people lots of money to make cakes like that for me ;)

Nowheymama said...

So cute!

I love the cake.

Jess said...

That cake is AMAZING. I am SO IMPRESSED.

Also, your kids are incredibly freaking cute.

SLynnRo said...

That cake is ever so awesome.

Tess said...

Cute cake! Cute kids!

Hope you had a great day.

artemisia said...

You did a great job with that cake!

Good luck on the work front...

Chantal said...

Those are some wonderful reasons :)

Misty said...

Cute Cake!
Cuter Kids!

Glad your mother's day was nice. :)

Marie Green said...

That is a really cool cake! Nice job! Also, bonus points for being creative!

Those are also great pictures of your kids.

Pickles and Dimes said...

That cake is AWESOME! Good job!

I love the smiles on those kids - irresistible!

Saly said...

OMG the cake...the coconut....swoon!

And your kids. All 3 are suck beauties. I'm glad you had a good day.

Family Adventure said...

Pictures are worth a thousand words... :)

Heidi

shay said...

you rock! Seriously look at that cake! AND look at those kids. How amazing are they?!

happy mother's day to you.

Saly said...

OMG- I was checking to see if i had commented here--they are not SUCK beauties....such beauties. Oops. :)