I finished decorating the mantel for Halloween. A little cluttered, but I like lots of "stuff" for the hollidays. I'm all about organizing and decluttering but in some cases, more is more.
The exterior decor. Leo is checking out the spider. His initial reaction: "Whoa!" (a direct quote).
It's so nice when something on the "to do" list actually gets done. Here's Leo helping me make pumpkin cupcakes (in case you're interested I used this recipe with the cream cheese frosting and they turned out great). Leo enjoyed helping place the cupcake holders. I love cooking and baking and am really looking forward to the time the kids and I can do it together. So much of my love for cooking and baking I think came from my family. Also, he helped me scoop batter but it was hard to get a picture of that!
Here's Leo being the poster child for children with Down syndrome--they're always so sweet and agreeable, right? He DID NOT want to model the cupcakes as they went into the oven as I so nicely asked him to do. Oh well.
The finished product. Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting and fall colored sprinkles. Too bad you can't see the cute Halloween themed cupcake holders. Erin bought them for me last year and I am finally getting around to using them. Go me!
And a bit of a non sequitor but I wanted to tag it on: Ellie, exhibiting some impressive progress in using a spoon independently (however you do not want to see her after eating yogurt). Notice how there's no bib? She pulls them off now. Absolutely refuses. Thank you OxiClean.
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Nice decorating! I'm such a slacker mom. I need to get cracking.
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