Okay this is the only place I could tell my secret with out gettin laughed at.
Tonight I decorated.....my big silver mixing bowl.

I know, I'm an a bc junkie, a piping fool, an icing addict!

But what was I going to do, my last Wilton class is over and I have all this bc in the fridge. My family can't eat another cake and I have a 'jones' to practice my new skills. So, I flipped my mixing bowl over and proceeded to do my string work, ruffles, and reverse shells. It was prettier than my final cake last week.

When I was finished, I just scraped it all off, washed the bowl and smiled knowing that my hips aren't going to be any bigger in the morning.

Haha....I found a way to make my cake and not eat it too.

I am content now.

mommachris

oh I like that! We should start a new topic...

"What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Iced or Decorated?"


Could get a bit naughty!?!

well............my dear daughter (who took the classes with me) decided to decorated my other children's fingers.

She made bc roses on them

They kept coming back for more.

I have seven children so it took a while before they had had their fill.

mommachris

7 children! wow!!

I'm afraid to have my first!! (nope...not pregnant)

How do you do it? I have three girls. I was pretty organized and together until I had the third, now I'm a SCATTER BRAIN. Seriously, I think that was, is, a bigger adjustment than having the first!! Maybe it's because there all girls, my husband just sits there and they walk right by him, "mom....."

Wow, 7 kids. You are so brave. I have three and sometimes i feel i am 1 step away from the nervous breakdown.

I tried to decorate last week an empty shoebox. I was practicing to make my own fondant I sadly made too little so never really finished it.

I Haven't decorated anything strange so to speak ,But the other day after doing a little Christmas shopping , My daughter and I stopped at Denny's to ''REFUEL'' Well I'm sitting there yapping away, When my daughter looks up at me and says
''Hey Lady! You just decorated your toast!''
Sure enough, I had completely covered my toast in
BUTTER & JAM!!

No laughing out of me...I practice on the bottom of my cake pans but it doesn't help my waistline. I usually eat the frosting My kids love it when I pipe on their fingers too!

Thats a great idea!! Make it good...take pictures, and then wash it all away...I guess it works better with the 3" pans...good thinking

Wow..7 children..how do you find time to decorate anything??!! Must be good time management!!

Just like many of you I do my decorating after 8 pm when the little ones are in bed.

My children range from 15 years to just turning one this week. The older ones are extremely helpful. We are a close family since we homeschool and are around each other all day. Means we have to get along or be miserable. We choose to get along and it is awesome.


I always say, when asked how I manage with a large family, that the babies came one at a time so I had time to adjust to each addition. Seven at one time....that would killed me.

mommachris

7 kids....I couldn't ever do that! I have a 4 year old daughter and sometimes I don't think I can handle her!!! My husband and I are real smart a**es and she's already picking up some of her own! She's a little spitfire.

Fytar you are right! I am 31. All my friends are partnered/married with kids and it just takes one BBQ with them all to remind me why I am not a mother yet.

My husband says he is "allergic"!

I'm the youngest of the kids in our family and DYING to be an Auntie though!! There's something fantastic about buying them gifts like loud toys or an excess of candy....hahaha (evil laugh!!) Even my brother's wife is one of 9!!!!

I'm so not ready yet. Heck, I'm still impressed I get to stay up late!

Better watch out....later moms have better chances of having multiples! I should know! I was 33 in 2003 when I found out I was pregnant with my 3 girls...and I wouldn't have it any other way! And yes, they were completely out of the blue!

Watch out!! Payback is a __#$__*!!! I was the last to have kids outta my 5 siblings. I always thought it was funny to give the gifts from HE$$, than their kids were grown up (somewhat) and I had mine and I am getting it ten fold!!! I just cringe at birthdays and x mas knowing I will be getting "my turn" again and again.

I have 4 kids (sorda, not all mine, but we have a very blended family) and I say after 2 any more additions doesn't really matter!! The jump from 1 to 2 was the biggest one!!

Charleydog, I know that's coming...just let me enjoy the chaos I'm creating right now! Jesus will be coming back before I need to worry about my own kid's gifts from aunts and uncles!! LOL!!

tripletmom, o my goodness, do you have other kids? That must have been rough! They must be about two now, right, so your headed for better days! Are they potty trained yet? My littlest is 28 months, no luck yet. I AM SO TIRED OF DIAPERS.

I used to give loud gifts to my neices as well...and yes, as charleydog said, payback is a -----! My sis in law has made it point to get her revenge! Oh well, it's all in fun!

vitade, you are right they are 2 1/2 right now and to be honest, I was waaaay lucky with my girls. I did most of the stuff myself meaning that no one moved in and my hubby still worked 12 hour days and slept his nights. I guess my girls knew I was an army of 1 and took it easy on me.
I would feed 2 of them on either side of me on our loveseat with the 3rd one in her bouncy seat with a propped bottle. I got so that I could have them fed, changed and back into bed within 45 mins! I would do it all again in a heartbeat!

And yes, I also have 2 stepchildren, 14 and 10 years old and they love to help when they do come. My girls ADORE my 14 yearold step-daughter, they run screaming to her when she comes. Still working on the pottey-training thing but we are taking our time, I kinda like the predictability of diapers. Heck, they grow more and more independant every day, I'm just trying to enjoy everything while I still can!

Can you tell I don't get to talk to adults very much? Once I get going it's difficult to stop!

I know the feeling, lol. Sometimes, WHEN I talk to adults I don't think I care if they are listening or not. Yeah, the beginning of potty training is hard. Especially when you go out somewhere like the grocery store. The bathroom is always on the other side of the store and you CAN'T say hold it for a minute. O, the worst is being at the checkout after waiting inline and your stuff is already on the belt and she says "I gotta go potty" AHHH!!

I decorate the sides of plastic gallon ice cream containers to practice writing and swirls. Easy clean up too!

bj

I noticed in one of your posts here you said you don't know what you'd do if you didn't get to take your naps anymore. Well, for the first 2 or 3 years you will definitely be able to nap when they nap. Also, newborns sleep 18 hours a day. You will get plenty of rest. Just a thought

I've got twin boys who are 10 now, but I certainly NEVER got to nap when they did, until they were about 2 or 3. They only slept for 30 minutes at a time and at the time, I was so exhausted that I would have never gotten up in 30 minutes time! I have to say that I've gotten really use to my naps again and take one almost every single day that I don't work, for about an hour and get really upset if something messes that up!

Heehee, it is fun to read about all of your young families! Hhmn, triplets, 7 children, four children lots of children, it all sounds so wonderful! Decorating on fingers, bowls, trucks, boxes - what a creative bunch! HHmn, makes me hope for grandchildren, but I guess a hubby should come first...Oh well, I do have grandcats!
Hugs Squirrelly

My mom says she still looks when someone in the store yells "mom" as if it's me or my brother. lol (probably getting ready to beg for something) O, the good old days! It still amazes me EVERYTIME at the end of the shopping trip my little one rides the penny pony, and the look on her face... I wish things could always stay that simple.

Heehee, yes you still look when someone calls Mom, even when your children are adults, I don't know, it just sticks with you.
Children still like the things we grew up with, some things don't change! I suppose it gives us comfort that they don't!
Hugs Squirrelly