The Sunday after the ballet performance, I had the privilege of helping give a shower for three friends. We decided to give them all a shower at one time, because they were all due within a month of each other, they’re all in our Sunday School class, and they were all having girls! My friend, Annette, and I strived to make it very unique and special for each of them. It was a drop-in shower, so we only had light refreshments.

Instead of paying an arm and leg for three baby shower cakes, we decided to do these cupcake towers. One for each mommy! We decorated the cupcakes with the first initial of each baby’s name and then did the toppers (see below).

Needless to say, Annette and I were covered in cupcake icing and colors all day Saturday and Sunday.

Annette made this beautiful baby buggy fruit bowl!

Lest you think we’re talented…I think it helped that we both shared brain cells on this one and did a lot of brain storming. We used the pink/brown motif which is “in” but which I think is really pretty. I pray that the expectant moms enjoyed all the aspects of the shower and felt their babies were welcomed in to this world as a blessing by us and their friends and family who came.

I’ll post what I made for each of them on my other website! I so enjoy doing the burp cloths and nursing covers and the moms seemed excited about receiving them and using them.

Well we were supposed to get our grain a couple of weeks ago, but I chose to dispose of my inner contents and didn’t want to infect anyone with the same epidemic…so, we ordered our grain (just a small amount…shipping can be killer) and are waiting on it to come in. My sister-in-law recommended these tin pans instead of using the aluminum ones (the ones you find in a store) since they don’t go well with fresh flour AND have been linked to Alzheimer’s. In the picture below, we have the mill, kitchen scale (purchased at Wal-Mart, so I don’t have a link for it), and a cookbook from Bread for Life plus my shiny tinplates loaf pans. They’re shiny because I haven’t actually done any of my messy cooking.

I’ve tried one recipe from the cookbook using store brought whole wheat flour and I think it turned out good. We haven’t actually got to try it.

I decided to make Hot Cross Buns for breakfast this weekend. While this has nothing really to do with my bread making other than I go a little more practice with yeast, here are the results! These buns are adapted into a Christian tradition and are typically served (mostly in the UK) on Good Friday. I didn’t realize it would take overnight, however, so we didn’t have them until Saturday morning. I, personally, didn’t think they turned out right because they tasted like rubber but the kids and Mark seemed to like them. At least they look pretty.

Side note: I understand that most people won’t be interested…but I figured my sister-in-law would like to see it all…so this one’s for you Betsy!!