I don’t like missing out on things. “Things” is a broad spectrum. I don’t like it when I’m out of town and miss Book Club. I barely slept in the hospital when Oscar was born because I didn’t want to miss him being awake (why this happened on baby #2 is beyond me. They are awake basically the rest of their lives!) I don’t like missing a text message! I like to be on top of it all!
I REALLY don’t like missing moments in the kids’ lives because I’m working, but this is definitely a choice I made. A choice, I might add, I am very happy with and want to continue to pursue. I’m a better mommy when I’m working. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to be the CMO or work 60 hour work weeks. No siree. I have boundaries. Which is why missing things is terrible for me. But, since this is my personal choice, I also have the choice to create alternate moments! Which is exactly what I did this weekend.
I was out of town all week and missed Walt’s Valentine’s dance (but, my mom was his stand-in date and it couldn’t have been more perfect. They both had a lovely time and my mom walked away with a custom bookmark). They had a school party on Friday, but it’s not the type that parents come to. Still, I ordered the Valentine’s on Amazon and did not have custom printed tags or homemade anything to hand out. I refused to label myself a failure. Walt was so happy to assemble his AirHead Valentine’s with me when I got back into town on Thursday night. Moment made!
I decided that we would have our own Valentine’s party at home, complete with a homemade cake! I’m still on a baking adventure when it comes to making things egg-free, so this was risky. I had made cake balls with applesauce substitute and they weren’t exactly the same. I was hoping a cake would be a different story.
I don’t have pics of the actual cake making because Chris was there and I needed all of my hands. Imagine little hands in a stand mixer and a bit of taste-testing along the way (huge bonus when you’re cooking without raw eggs!)
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First we started with some icing. |
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Then they spread the icing! |
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Then we try the icing 🙂 |
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Mommy touched up the work a bit |
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Adding a bit of Valentine’s flare |
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Just waiting for the Food Network to call my cell phone… |
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And, you must top it off with sprinkles! |
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Finished product! Walt insisted we needed blue sprinkles in addition to red. Perhaps he had the poem “Roses are red, violets are blue” in his head? |
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And then we eat! |
The boys were so excited to try their own creation and I was proud that the cake didn’t fall apart in the pan. I think we made a pretty awesome Valentine’s memory!
looks like they had a LOT of fun 🙂
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