SPRING BREAK ACTIVITIES!

During spring break, we had some friends come to visit.  We went site seeing in Harpers Ferry, went for ice cream at Nutter's, played in the woods, made smores in the yard, and all-in-all had a fantastic time.  Corinne is also a very talented photographer (and should someday do it professionally). This means we have some great photos of our fun.

HARPERS FERRY

The sites of Harpers Ferry are right at the spot where the Potomac River meets the Shenandoah River.  We took the kids across the bridge to play along the C&O Canal.  Their favorite part of the day was throwing rocks at the wall in the dried riverbed of the canal.  I guess that was more fun than the museums. 
Can you blame them? A huge wall? Rocks? It's the perfect combination!

Ben's favorite part? The train, of course.
What a nice train conductor!

 

Me and my friend Corinne.

(Her son Xavier is looking at a book)

 

NUTTER'S ICE CREAM SHOP

This was their window display. So cute!

It's set up like an old fashioned shop (and their prices are fantastic!) We love going to Nutter's!

Playing in the Yard

We had our first barbeque of the year. I love eatting outside on the deck.

After dinner, we went for a walk in the woods and played by the fort we built with the kids.

We built a fire in our fire ring and made smores. Yum! Any excuse to build a fire and make smores and we'll do it.

Busy Cake Day!

Yesturday was a busy cake day.  I made two of the most fun cakes I've gotten to do yet. 

PINEWOOD DERBY CAKE

The cars were solid frosting and the wood grain was white fondant streaked with brown food coloring using a paint brush.

ACCORDIAN CAKE

I went ahead and used the wood grain technique on this one too.  And of course you have to see the back. No accordian is complete without the buttons!

Next weekend I'm doing an Electric Guitar for Andy's birthday, a Dinosaur for Ben's birthday, tiny baby chick cupcakes for Jenna's birthday, and a Thomas the Train cake for Ben's friends birthday.  I LOVE MY JOB!

I'll be posting them on my website at KatiesCakery.net-so check it out.

More Spring Break!

Last week we spent a lot of time at the park. There's a fantastic park about a mile from our house that we love to visit. The kids played and I took the pictures!

At home, Ben spent some time coloring in his giant Diego coloring book. What a cutie!

Easter Dinner

Happy Easter Everyone!

Here is a picture of our Easter ham.  It had a brown sugar glaze and plenty of pineapple slices with maraschino cherries in the center. Yum!

Spring Break is Here!

Spring Break 2010! Yeah! I love having the children all home from school, and to top it all off-the weather is PERFECT!

We started our 1st day of fun by going to see Emily's work of art that is on display nearby. Such cute owls!






Next, I took the kids and their bikes to the C&O Canal. We stopped after a little while and played in a stream along the tow path.

Afterwards, we had a picnic at a playground near our house (I forgot to take pictures-sorry!)

I even started a sunburn! Now I know that summer is just around the corner.