ModgePodge

The other day I was talking on the phone and apparently Maci was dressing up in everything from her top drawer. She came up with this awesome ensemble. As you can tell from the picture, this was a moment of pride for her.

I took course 1 cake decorating and had my last class on Thursday. What I didn't realize is that you have to make a bunch of cakes and so much frosting. I don't even like cake. But I did like the roses I put on top of this pretty little thing. I'd love to take the other classes, but I need to take care of these cavities first. I ended up getting rid of this cake at the stake dinner, which was better than trashing it or eating it.

Jared was home this weekend so we went to FRANKENMUTHE, the Christmas all-year-around town. Not to be confused with FRANKENSTEIN, the crazy robot town. Anyway, I loved the ballerina and candy land trees. Such good ideas! Definitely made me want a house. (What doesn't these days?) The theme for my tree this year will be the always popular dollar store tree. It'll be awesome.

We also went to the Stake dinner/talent show where Maci received her first kiss on the lips from her cute friend Adam. I'd explain that, but you really had to be there to get the full effect. Hilarious. Later she asked him to dance to one of the piano talents. And boy did they dance!

In other news: today my thighs started touching. So for the sole purpose of celebration (not emotion) I ate a snickers from Maci's beloved candy stash. She's asleep so I didn't have to get her approval like usual. No picture posted was intentional. Also, for TWO funny Maci Moments:

1. Today I was explaining to Maci what "drop-off" means. So I say, "For instance, if daddy drops us off at an ice cream factory, he would leave us there and come back later to pick us up." Well she heard ice cream factory and ran with it. So she starts in with an entire explanation of how "cones are made of wood with giant flashy things (insert hand actions here)." And then she whispered to us that "the flavors are made of a special winter with pink and green skies." And in her eyes I saw pure magic, thinking that there may actually be an ice cream factory in existence.

2. Over dinner, Maci dropped the bomb to me and Jared. She said, "I want to live at Averie's house so I can run and jump all day long and eat popsicles every night." So I think I'll be picking up some popsicles tomorrow to earn back the favorite status.

I'd say all in all, it's been a great week. For Maci especially, with that kiss and all. But the best news of ALL this week was that Jared's project got cut off early and this is his LAST WEEK away from us!!! Oh hallelujia! I wasn't sure how I was going to get through November. How's your November going so far??!!