So Carson's favorite show on TV is Cake Boss. He became obsessive about cake decorating and was bound and determined to make a cake for Jordan's birthday. We had to make the fondant and everything. Of course when your child decides to learn something like this the mother gets to learn right along beside them so away we went.
We figured out how to make marshmellow fondant. Boy was it messy! On the positive side it was really cheap to make compared to the fondant you can buy at Michaels. We must have made about 4 batches of the messy stuff.
Of course anytime we are busy in the kitchen JJ thinks his job is to be perched up on the island to sample everything. He was more of a mess than I was with fondant all over himself.
The next day Candice and Brandon were here and Candice was so kind as to guide Carson in rolling the fondant for the cake. Thanks goodness for an aunt who loves to cake decorate too! We were already about 3 days into this drawn out process from baking the cakes from scratch (we couldn't just use a boxed cake mix) to actually decorating the cakes.
Voila! The final product. He made it for Callie who is turning 8, Jordan who is turning 5 and Dallin who is turning 10. They all celebrate their birthdays this summer so we had one big party for all of them. Not bad for a first try at becoming the "cake boss"!
This year Mickey's Mustang ripped up the streets burning rubber all over the place! I am sure he will need to replace his tires after their parade ride. All the kids had a great time riding in the parade and throwing candy to the other kids. Of course, they all got candy at the end because Grandpa spoils them rotten!
Kailey (and all of the rest of us including Grandma and Grandpa) are wondering if this is really going to work. 
And they're off. It worked like a charm and was so much faster than the whole dock floating process. You can see the trailer under the water.
We figured out how to make marshmellow fondant. Boy was it messy! On the positive side it was really cheap to make compared to the fondant you can buy at Michaels. We must have made about 4 batches of the messy stuff.
Of course anytime we are busy in the kitchen JJ thinks his job is to be perched up on the island to sample everything. He was more of a mess than I was with fondant all over himself.
The next day Candice and Brandon were here and Candice was so kind as to guide Carson in rolling the fondant for the cake. Thanks goodness for an aunt who loves to cake decorate too! We were already about 3 days into this drawn out process from baking the cakes from scratch (we couldn't just use a boxed cake mix) to actually decorating the cakes.
Voila! The final product. He made it for Callie who is turning 8, Jordan who is turning 5 and Dallin who is turning 10. They all celebrate their birthdays this summer so we had one big party for all of them. Not bad for a first try at becoming the "cake boss"!
Even our sweet little princess has taken to the dirtbiking. I must say she is a little more cautious than Jordan is. He got on the little bike by himself and cranked his wrist just as hard as he could. It was a sight to see Darcy sprinting after the bike yelling "put the breaks on JJ - put the breaks on!" We finally got him stopped and that was the end of Jordan driving by himself. That didn't stop him from continuing in his dare devil ways!
I think boys just like to make their moms worry!
His face says it all in this picture "Look at me mom - isn't this awesome!"
