Creative outlet... cake decorating!

Since having  kids, my scrapbooking days are non existent to say the least!  This is very sad because it used to be one of my favorite stress relieving activities.  On a bad day, I would go home and start creating pages with some of my favorite memories on film.  I loved arranging the pictures perfectly on a 12x12 page and embellishing them with stickers, cutouts, magazine clippings, etc.  Two of my most cherished items in the entire house are my wedding scrapbook and the one I started of the kids.  Writing down the details of specific pictures that will disappear from memory with time.  Ahh... there will come a time where scrapbooking will be easy again. 


For now, my creative outlet is CAKE DECORATING!!  


#1 loves to help me when I bake, and I use it as a reward for not hitting, talking back, etc.  Recently, we (more like I) was in the mood for something sweet, so we decided on cupcakes.    

This was supposed to be a lady bug cupcake.  Ha ha ha!  You would never know by looking at it.  We were thinking it looked more like a pig, but my uncle mentioned "bat", and I couldn't agree more.   


This monkey cake is one of my favorites, and possibly one of the easiest cakes I've ever made. 

#1 helped me with this one too.  I pulled this one from Parenting magazine.  They have such awesome ideas.  I was thinking of making a train cake for #3's birthday, but it looks a little complicated.  We are thinking of hosting it at a local park, so these frog cupcakes instead.  #3's tong is always sticking out, so it fits!  :o)  


Now I want cake!!!