What we've been up to

Besides working extra hours, we've been busy with fun projects. Time to share:

First, I'll finally post a photo of Peanut and Almond, Violet's goldfish. She took this photo. I don't know which fish is which, but she does:



Violet working on the igloo kit:




And the final igloo:



Here is the spider web model she made from "Keepers of the Animals". We downsized it a bit, they suggested using a hula hoop. Ours is an embroidery hoop I had in the basement.




For her candy making badge, Violet tried to make marzipan:



They look terrific, but I thought she was going to spit it out when she tried tasting it!



For the cake decorating badge, she made a butterfly cake (it is one of those that is actually a bunch of cupcakes put together, you bake it in one silicon mold). She did all the decorating herself:



The final butterfly (it was delicious!):



We've got to get a tray that isn't Mickey. It looks like he is wearing the butterfly!

There was a little batter left over, so she made cupcakes too:



And finally, how we spent today:



The kit was a really old one given to Violet by my mother-in-law. She'd originally intended to do it with her daughter (who is now in her 30s). I didn't want to take the kits (there are 4 total) or try to do them (I am not good at these sorts of things) but we survived it. Three more to go:



It was made on a foam dress mold. We had to cut material and ribbon, pin the whole thing together, find more beads when we ran out, and try to glue the damn hands onto Bo Peep. Her right hand keeps falling off. Tomorrow's project: superglue.