five for friday

random bits of life this week...

one. the strawberry shortcake cupcakes i made for spencer's birthday turned out so awesome!

last year for my birthday, my SIL lisa gave me the wendy paul 101 gourmet cupcakes cook book  so far, we've made about ten different recipes from this book and they've all been awesome - and super easy. these had a spoonful of strawberry stuff baked in the middle that made them very moist and super yummy.

my only complaint about them was that the whip cream topping started to slide after about one minute which made it hard to deliver the extras to the neighbors. oh well, more for us eh?

two. rich is in the thick of the "death march" of toy story 3 at work, which means, in a nutshell, that he's pulling long ridiculous hours every day including saturdays. ethan sees him the least because he's usually in bed when rich comes home at night, and even sometimes when he leaves in the morning. 

so when we had him all to ourselves for the whole day on sunday, ethan had to take advantage of some snuggling on the couch. i love this, it makes my heart melt a little.

three. clear the roads! taylor got his learner's permit this week.

i'm starting to get motion sickness going around and around the church parking lot. we've got to get this kid out on the road soon. bleh.

four. after a lot of begging, allie finally got contact lenses on monday. it was time, and needless to say, she's over the moon about them.

however, she informed me last night that without her glasses, her face is too plain and boring and she's going to have to start wearing brighter make up to make it exciting again. what?

five. spencer has been counting down the days to the spring lacrosse season, so when we heard about an indoor winter league, he was IN. the indoor field is fun because the ball never goes out of bounds but makes taking photos with no reflection a bit of a challenge.

this week he also started conditioning with the wrestling team, which from what we've heard, is pretty intense, but he loves it. i'm grateful that he's staying busy with things that he loves, and all the extra exercise makes for a happier spencer which is nice.

ok, this post could've been "ten for friday" with the busy week that we've had, but this will have to do for now!