Robin’s Birthday

This year when I asked Robin what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he told me he wanted penguins. We had seen a penguin “cake” on Facebook and the idea stuck. So, here we are with a penguin birthday cake.

The “ice” they are sitting on is a rice cake with a yogurt glaze. The penguin body is meringue covered in chocolate (I bought it at the store). The beak, feet, and chest are all marzipan. The eyes are frosting with a sprinkle in the middle.  Here is a close-up:

The left-overs were also enjoyed. Here is what happened to the penguins the next day – penguin sandwich.

Before

After

Hi. My name is Lee.

Meet Lee. Born 30. March 2013.

Last Pregnancy Photos

These photos were taken one week before Lee was born

View from the side

View from the top

Seated view

Reupholstered chair

We have this chair… it has great “bones” the the chair but it didn’t quite look the way I wanted. I painted it white about two years ago. Since then, I have been searching for fabric I liked to cover the seat with. It took quite some time, but I finally found something. Here is the finished product.

Just in case you missed it

Due: April 2013
It’s a boy

Welcome December

Let it snow… and snow.. and snow… ok, so we only got about an inch, but that is quite a bit more than nothing.

New shelves

I mentioned two Ikea trips – these are the shelves we bought on the first trip – the Billy shelf.
source – Ikea catalog

Rather dull, but with potential and big enough to give us plenty of space. We decided one wasn’t enough – we bought three! I also thought the plain white looked a bit dull, so thanks to some ideas from the Ikea Hacker website, we covered the cardboard backing with blue wall paper. Here is how it all went together:

For those of you with a straight eye – we eventually did get the shelf on the left in the final picture to stand straight. Imagine now if you can the the shelves are now full of books. Yes, between the two of us, we really do have that many books.