Course 3 Finished and more

So I finished course 3 in September. Here is the rest of what I learned.

 I learned to make a Carnation and a Mum

I also learned to make a Daisy and leaves.

We then learned how to put fondant on a cake. and made our final cake.

 During September and now October, I have had some more side projects.

 I made two footballs with chocolate butter cream icing, which by the way taste like the middle of the Elf cookies. It was Amazing!!!!

 For Halloween I made cupcakes

I started to run out of icing so I put all the left over color in one bag and got really cool rainbow ones. It was awesome!!!!

Start of Course 3

Don't be confused. Yes a skipped course 2. I will go back to it next month. For now I am taking course 3. We get to work with Gum Paste and Fondant. The first class was making bases and ribbons. Tonight was class 2 and here is what I made:

 Two Calla Lilies and a Rose

And a Ribbon Bow

Watch for a post this weekend or early next week. My next project is two football cakes.

Cakes on the Side

Through out the course I have had a few chances to practice my cake decorating skills.

I went to a BBQ and made this for dessert:

Then this past weekend I made a cake for the family I nanny for. The littlest one turned two on Labor day. So I made her a cake.

It took forever, because each one of those spots is actually a star. But in the end it was well worth the effort. Everyone loved it.

Cakes Course 1

So August was my first course. The first class was a basic walk through. The second class we decorated a cake.

And yes that is filled with chocolate. The cake it self was from a box, but the buttercream icing was made from scratch.


The third class we learned how to top cupcakes and make flowers.

 These are Pom Pom Flowers

These are Shaggy Mums (Keep your eye out for these in Oct)

 For the final class we learned how to make Roses and did a final cake.

New Project(s)

Sorry. I will share more of what happened in Thailand later. For now I want to share with you my newest project(s).

So I have been saying that I want to learn to decorate cakes. I have tried a few before based on pictures I have seen.

Like in February I made:

A red velvet cake

 A pie with Hearts (which fell off in the oven)

A regular pie

 Then in July I tried something a little harder:

 A four layer (leaning) tower...

 ...that when cut became...

 ...an American Flag.

Since I had fun last year doing this my family decided that for my Birthday they would sign me up for two courses through Micheal's and they bought the kit to go with it. I was excited.

Update coming...I know I fail!

I have been home since January and have gone back to nannying for a different family.

I will try to update you further not only on the rest of my trip, but also what the family and I have been up to since then.

Thailand - So Far

Sorry it took so long to update. I was going through photos and dealing without internet. 

So after Kuala Lumpur we headed to Pattaya.

On our second night in Pattaya there was some kind of festival. There were fireworks, flowers being send into the ocean and floating lanterns.

It is hard to tell but that speck of light is a lantern. The sky was full of them. It was beautiful.

Since I mentioned that I wish I could have let a lantern go E searched for days to find one for me.

It was really cool. And we got to watch it for a while, because it was the only one in the sky.

Though we did enjoy the beach during the day...

...the kids like it a little more at night

E has been on a mission to see that I have a lot of fun...

Like a special dinner just the two of us

Pretending to do a chocolate shot

and trying to climb a palm tree.

She also wants to see me have a lot of "firsts" ...

First time getting my feet eaten by fish. Yes it feels weird and tickles.

Trying a mango for the first time. I have no idea what Jim is doing? Though in this picture it looks like he is licking my mango, but I assure he didn't.

First time eating octopus. It was WEIRD. Very Chewy and those suckers felt funny.

Riding in a Tuk Tuk (truck version). The kids loved it.



After about a week we went to Phuket

We didn't get out much, but Oh was it beautiful.

Right now we are in Chang Mai, but that is another story. For now I will leave you with some videos that are cute and funny from our trip.

Just a cute short video of B stating the obvious.

Now before you watch the next video. Do you remember the taxi in Kuala Lumpur. It had a sign...

Now watch the video and notice the last sign.

More to come soon. I'll show you the house next!