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last year i resolved to learn how to use fondant. I know it wasn’t a particularly important or soul stirring resolution, but one i wanted to achieve, nonetheless.

one year came and went fondant-less.

i made the same resolution last month thinking that maybe this year would be the one.

this year probably would not have been fondant-full either if my talented friend Melissa hadn’t come along.

she offered me a spot in a small cake class she was teaching. I immediately said, “yes and please.”

it just so happened that the class was a few days before shelby’s birthday, so I made a special cake for my girl this year.

shelby’s favorite color (this month) is purple, so a purple cake it became.

check one off the list. yay!

our newest bee in the hive

                                                {new beginnings february 2011}

what makes her great

the perfect breakfast to bring her in bed on the morning she turned 12: whole grain toast, fresh strawberries and hot chocolate with whipped cream.

easy.

she wanted to take two of her girlfriends to lunch and chose their favorite place to eat—not necessarily hers.

that is so shelby.

pedicures instead of a big party.

so simple.

for a fun surprise I took the girls to the mac counter for a little makeup.  shelby is so excited to wear makeup. she wants a huge collection of makeup so she can help other people by doing their makeup for them.

sweetest heart.

she wanted a dinner at home with the family instead of going out to eat.  (she didn’t say so, but I got the inkling that she thought it would be asking too much for both lunch and dinner out.)

so thoughtful.

she chose this pasta dish because she knew her two friends sharing dinner with us would love it.

that is just how she is.

I am so blessed to have her peaceful, beautiful life intertwined with mine.

she is an angel.

sweets

my valentine went to three different see’s candy stores on monday to find me some milk bordeauxs. 

sold out.

he filled a box with milk butterchews (big caramel square—no nuts).  I think he felt bad that it was second best.

no need to feel that way.  he didn’t know I happened to pick up a box of bordeauxs the week before.

furthermore, i can’t choose which one i like better. it can change day to day, sometimes moment to moment.

today it was the caramel.

one vans shoe box, brown paper, red sharpie

about twenty minutes before we needed to leave for school, weston remembered he needed a box for his valentine’s party at school.

“are you sure you need one?” I asked.

“yep. I just forgot to tell you.”

“you are positive you needed to make a box at home. you did not make one at school?”

“yes, I am sure.”

“let’s make a box then.”

                            (the broken heart and the valentine)

I doubt there was a better box!!!!!

love, us