Blogs!  I read them...mostly when I go on Pinterest to find my latest DIY project.  I enjoy them but never felt that I needed to utilize them past that "informational" level.

Within the reading for this module, I liked both the idea of assigning a student to make a blog post to re-cap a class AND the idea of using it as a component of a resume.  I'm going to have my Chem II kids do the notes - but for your viewing pleasure upon my first post, I am going to run with the "things I've done" take on the blog.

My youngest child turned the big "1" on St. Patty's day - we had the big 1st birthday party over the weekend.  I am very frugal (read:  cheap) and refuse to pay for anything that I *might* be able to do myself.  Enter Pinterest.  My kids will always have a fun decorated cake/cupcakes for their birthdays.  Low-cost for me, but looks great to all the outsiders.  I can usually rope a friend or a sibling into helping me.  Usually these decorating escapades take WAY longer than they should, but in the end, because they are low-cost, it's worth it to me.

Enter Michael's birthday theme:  Jungle Animals.

My first attempt at using fondant.  Not the most tasty thing you've ever eaten (my homemade buttercream icing is WAY better) but it looks good.  And heck, when you're going for the "wow-factor" - isn't that what counts anyway?  (haha - my best friend made all the cake from scratch so don't worry, this actually tasted amazing).

Here's some documentation of my 1am night making cupcakes:

And the previous projects over the past few years.  I have a lot of kids, so that equates to a lot of cakes.  I also have a few friends whose kids get cakes too.  I'm way too busy to do this as a "side business" but I take pride in the fact that although my kids won't get a "made from scratch" cake, they will always have one that they think looks fun!