Sunday, February 28, 2016

The famous "taco" cake!

Sunday nights, we let the kids pick a dinner.  We rotate through the weeks, so everyone gets the chance.  Well, tonight, Skylar wanted Swedish food, complete with princess cake (a special cake in Sweden that kids have when they wake up on their birthday).  So, JT set out to make this extremely  difficult cake from scratch.  I told him, no one actually makes it, they always buy it from the bakery.  Anyway, I was sent to the store to get the ingredients.  When I got to the corn flour on the list, I thought it was a little weird, but I am not allowed to stray from the list.  Six hours later...
 Looks pretty close to the real thing!


James:"Ahh, could be better."
Mom: How do I tell JT, there is something really wrong with this cake?
Skylar: "What do you think, mom?"
JT:  "Give her time, she has to compare it to her memories."
Me:  There is something a little off with the pastry cream part.{This is really gross}. It kind of has a taco-y flavor.
JT: (slaps head) CORN STARCH! Not, corn flour.

The translators translated the recipe wrong, so we ended up enjoying taco cake.  It was quite the experience.
 

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Girls trip to Vegas!

Mom and I do a trip together every year for our birthday's/Christmas.  This year we were off to Vegas!  My mom was a little skeptical, but I showed her all the fun the could be had in Vegas besides gambling.  Lots of going out to eat and some beautiful shows!


 I did win a little!!



Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Jazz Band Night at the Mall

 The school puts on a free jazz show at the mall every year.  This is Skylar with her band director, Mrs. Boogerd.  She is a FANTASIC director.


Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Snow Day...AGAIN!

 What do you do when school gets cancelled (again) for too much snow?