Cake Pops, The End of Soccer and Trees

CAKE POPS! Sorry - I'm pretty proud of these - one - I can't bake - I really can't - so for me to have a sweet treat actually turn out - its a pretty big deal. And yes - I'm a dork and took pictures along the way while I made these pops - I had to document it! I may not be able to pull them off again! Basically we were invited to watch the Ohio State/Nebraska game at a co worker's house and I wanted to make something over-the-top Husker to bring. Along with a mystery subscription to Better Homes and Gardens (by the way - no one has fessed up - who signed me up - really?) well the magazine happened to have a recipe for cake pops and I thought - why not Husker pops.

One note - I have never made red velvet cake before - holy poo - that stuff is red! I was like - is this right?

As you can see - not a pretty cake - but luckily - you crumble it and it doesn't matter what it "did" look like!

Yes - yes - if you look closely - I did print off a picture of Bo yelling... I thought it was a nice touch...

I made mini baskets for the neighbors too :)


Today was the last game of Soccer - there is one next weekend - but we won't be here due to Disney World. Soccer started off just fine - Heidi was running around kicking and even playing with our neighbor girl across the street.

Then the more daddy tried to get her to do the drills the coach was asking - the more she shut down... As you can see...

And it didn't take long until - MMMMEEEELLLLTTTT DDDDDOOOOWWWWNNN. And our soccer career has come to a close. I don't think Heidi will be the soccer champ as daddy has dreamed - but there is always next year. :)

But don't worry - daddy and Heidi made up - I wish this picture wasn't blurry - I think its super cute!

As we were driving to Chris' co worker's house for the football game - yes yes - don't worry - we represented the Huskers amongst a group of Ohio State fans. The trees are just so pretty - I had to try to take pictures and well my pictures do not do the trees justice - sorry - I'm not known for my photography - but I hope you kind of get the picture. Fall truly is a beautiful time of year here - the kind where you want to roll around in leaves and drink beer... :)

And it's finally time! Time for Disney World!!! Just a few days away and I will be dancing with Minnie. We are super excited to go and hope to take a lot of pictures!

I pulled this old picture from my files - I think we started with 152 rings! Wow that went fast! Maybe now I actually have to hang up decorations. :)


We will be back after Disney World!!!

Fall

It was time for Fall school pictures for Heidi. I decided before we went she should practice her smile - and this is what I got... I can't wait to see the actual school pictures - I hope they turn out!

Lazy Sunday - it takes us awhile to get going on a Sunday - Heidi, I think secretly loves to be just in her PJs all day. She was busy lining things up like she does and being a goofball... I tried to catch her playing - but she decided to ham it up instead...

Sunday was also one of those beautiful fall days - about 55 degrees - not too much wind - overcast and just nice. I can see why everyone loves the fall in Ohio - it is really pretty. As more of the trees change - maybe I will try to capture some pictures. It was a perfect day to play outside and Heidi wanted to golf - could she be following in my foot steps??? Ha we will see.

Going after a plastic ball that I might have hit with my real golf club - um mental note - they can still go pretty far and fast - I thought it would react more like a whiffle ball - oops...

Weekend Randomness

Dance class take 3 and Heidi gets an A!!!!

Heidi was all about dance! She went right in, did everything she was asked and had a ball. She must have been paying attention while she was just sitting last week because she knew how to do things the first time they were asked - the teacher even afterwards was like - she has a great memory and she was surprised she could do the moves.

The ONLY problem was now Heidi is almost TOO comfortable - she figured out she could lay on her belly and on the slick floor scoot backwards and thought it was super cool. Well then everyone was doing it.

We will need to remind Heidi to put her listening ears on for the next class :) I am just super happy she actually likes it and wants to do it!

Heidi and our neighbor kid Brynn - they are little buddies - its cute!

We finally went to the dentist - I say finally as it has been a very VERY long time for me and a pretty long time for Chris - so might as well go as a family. Heidi did great - actually really good - BUT she has two cavities - I could not believe it! I feel so bad for her. We have an appointment on Wednesday with a pediatric dentist to see what we can do. As for me, I have four cavities - yes four - but honestly - for the length I haven't been to the dentist - I'm surprised it isn't 20. That being said... this morning I went in to have two of them filled and not so successful...

Yes it is part mental and but also physical - the dentist asked if I felt numb and she was describing where I should feel numb and to be 100% honest - I was not numb where she said I should feel numb. Well she thought it was OK and proceeded anyways - she started to drill - a pain shot up my cheek and I was done. Done. I go back Friday to try again - and to be perfectly honest - my mouth didn't feel numb for another 20 minutes later - no lie. I remember why I hate the dentist - they are all mean and I think like to make you hurt. We will see how Friday goes...

Soccer was cancelled for the weekend due to the amount of rain we had the night before - so we played outside for a little bit. I wanted to take more pictures but Heidi didn't let me...

Heidi yelling at me to stop taking pictures...

So - we were all decked out - ready to represent the Huskers - and decided to take some pictures...

Heidi being cute and showing some dance moves...

I gave Heidi one little miniature chocolate bar... I think she enjoyed it...

And now a funny story from the weekend... Chris made LBC 5 - I think we're up to 5 - which was going to be his Christmas or Holiday Ale. He has been hunting down a beer making kit for awhile now - like stores sell out within 5 minutes. He finally finds one and we are ready to go. Well he cooks it like he normally does and there is always a step with letting it cool down (no ice or anything). He always puts the pot of beer in our wash tub/utility sink in the laundry room. Well... we forget that is also the place Heidi puts her dirty laundry...

Chris goes to check the temperature of the beer and sure enough Heidi's jeans are in the beer! Chris starts to laugh - I mean - you can't get mad when your child puts something where they are suppose to put something instead of throwing it on the ground.

So Heidi comes in and goes "Sorry daddy, I didn't know your beer was in there" Too cute.

Chris pulls her jeans out, we are all laughing and I'm like - aww - its adding to the flavor... but THEN... Heidi goes "I put my socks in there too, daddy can you get those out?" The socks were no where to be seen - they weren't found until the beer was strained.

Let's just say - Chris IS going to proceed with the beer - but this one may not be one for the general public or family... :)