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<a href="https://vimeo.com/150365860">7 week smiles</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user19245954">Kristi Rittenhouse</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/150365863">evertts first time at the playground</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user19245954">Kristi Rittenhouse</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/150365862">funk dancing</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user19245954">Kristi Rittenhouse</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/150365864">sleepy dance</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user19245954">Kristi Rittenhouse</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
When my first son was born, we started a file called Liam's home movies and it's been a joy to watch him grow up and capture moments like smiles, crawling, walking and other fun life moments. So I recently just created Everett's home movie file on my computer and here are the few we have for him. Happy 2 months Everett Flin! I love you so!About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-67821042194357731582015-11-12T14:54:00.001-05:002015-11-12T14:54:11.482-05:00Everett Flin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We welcomed Everett Flin* Rittenhouse to our family on the morning of October 30th. Born 10:30am, weighing 7lb 6oz and 20 inches long.<br />
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We had Liam and now Everett at a birth center. It's been a wonderful experience, far greater and more relaxed than I ever thought childbirth could be. So on thursday morning I went for my 40 week + 2 day checkup. They asked all the standard questions, tried to see how big they thought he would be ( they guessed 7 1/2) and asked if I'd like to try to get things going. I kindly replied "My husband is finishing my floor tonight, laughs, so I'm going to hold off." I was already having some irregular contractions and I had driven down by myself so thought better of it. Plus I still had over a week to go, so I thought I'd see what happens.<br />
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So I drove home, had coffee with my sister, had this strong urge to use up my apples to make some apple hand pies, didn't really have to much concern with dinner, helped Liam collect some leaves for an art project and Jason worked on the floor. My contractions got closer together as the evening progressed. Liam and I did some errands, Jason nearly finished the floor and I called my Mom to tell her this might be the real deal. By 12pm they were time-able contractions. I got a few hours of sleep and by 4am I knew this was happening. We called my Mom, had some oatmeal as a family, scrambled to get our stuff together and get on the turnpike before rush hour started.<br />
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We got to the birth center around 8am. I was around 5 cm when we got there, they checked the heartbeat, which they were a little concerned with at first. Early decelerations, I believe they called it. They kept monitoring it during contractions and after a few more, the issue was resolved enough that they felt confident I could stay, labor and give birth there. Things moved quickly in the next hour and a half I went from 5-10cm. My water broke, they quickly asked Jason to get the nurse in the other room, his head popped out by the time Jason was returning and he was fully birthed in around 10-15 minutes. His pink, crying, squishy body was a breath of relief, joy and exhaustion. He was beautiful. Lots of hair and so small. Not really that small, but Liam was 8lb 4 oz so it seemed that way. I held him for over two hours before they did his apgar. It was pure joy. We got time to just marvel at him.<br />
He slept a lot. We got to all rest together for a bit, Everett ate a little bit and we on our way by 5pm that evening. We had dinner at home and then Liam came back from my parents house to meet his little brother. It was all a very quick, happy, amazing, whirlwind of a day. I, amazingly, didn't feel wiped out this time around and it's truly been a blessing with having two now. Everett will be two weeks old tomorrow and he couldn't be more loved and cherished by his Mama, Daddy and big brother. He loves to sleep ( way more that Liam did ) eats pretty well, has the best faces and is starting to have more alert time. He cycles with Liam's nap, giving me some moments to rest and relax and write down these memories.<br />
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* Liam helped us out with Everett's middle name. Jason and I were having a hard time coming up with one, so we just went with what Liam had been calling him all along "baby flynn". Only he was referencing his favorite fire truck on thomas. In time it grew on us and we decided to just go with it. I just decided to change up the spelling for fun.About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-6419069967788259982015-10-24T21:51:00.000-04:002015-10-24T21:51:16.367-04:0039 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So this will be my last pregnant post I'm sure. I'm due on Tuesday, so we'll just have to wait and see when this bean wants to grace us with his presence. As I write this, I'm secretly hoping it's not before Tuesday since we are staining our hallway and stairs this weekend ( we, as in I moved out again and Jason got stuck with the fun job of staining). It's all been a little bit of racing the clock with this pregnancy vs. home renovations. Our stairs got installed last week and we are hoping to have the floors stained and finished, so we can wrap up this renovation for now. Sure, we still have trim and touch ups, but the end is finally in sight. It's been an emotional last two weeks as we weren't sure if everything could get done. Making last minute house decisions and getting ready for the cooler weather. Even when we thought things couldn't get crazier, they did. This weekend our shower broke, Jason's car window broke, and Liam and I came down with colds, on top of packing my "just in case I go into labor bags" and having them accessible, along with my we're staying with my parents for another long weekend bags.<br />
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There have been some lovely moments along with the hard and crazy ones. Like the morning we got to go apple picking with my dear friend, Kerah. She snapped some pictures of Liam, bean and I! Liam and I also got to have a fun little shake shack date last weekend. We made applesauce with my Mom, I worked my last shift at work and did my last cake order. We've also been able to get to the park and walk on the trail to enjoy autumn's beauty.<br />
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We couldn't be more excited to finally meet this baby boy. It's been one very exciting pregnancy with lots of activity, projects and busyness. I am looking forward to some slower days with all three of my boys at home with me by my side. <br />
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Happy Weekend all! I leave you with one of my favorite kid cakes I've done this year!</div>
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Last weekend we went to visit <a href="http://www.gracefulglen.com/">Graceful Glen alpaca farm</a> for their national farm days. It's been on my radar for a couple of years as something I'd like to do with Liam, so I was happy that we had the weekend free to go see the alpacas. We started off with a hayride and let me just say, that a hayride with a 3 year old, makes it just so much more fun. The sheer delight of sitting on hay and throwing some ( of course) and being pulled by a tractor was magical for this little boy. We then went to feed the alpacas. Outside we fed the males with hay and inside the barn we fed the Mama's and the babies with pellets. Liam wasn't the least bit shy with them. I was a little surprised at just how much he loved feeding them. He played some of their harvest games, learned about washing and carding the alpacas fur and got to try spinning some. We also got a hat for Liam and his baby brother from their great little shop.<br />
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On the way home we stopped by our favorite vegetable stand to look at the pumpkins and find a few small pumpkins and gourds to make the inside of our home feel festive for fall. I love to decorate the porch, but that will have to wait till next year as we are still using the porch for a work zone for the house. Liam picked a pumpkin out for his room and we got a few more to be scattered around the kitchen and dinning room. We got to chatting with the lady who lives there and runs the stand. She saw us and said, hey if you want to take any pictures in the flowers or pumpkins go for it. So, of course we couldn't pass up that invitation especially since I actually had my dslr with us from the alpaca farm. It's not quite as often these days, that I take it with us, so I was delighted for the impromptu photo fun we had there. The owner was such a sweet woman, telling us about her two boys and asking about my pregnancy. She even picked 3 gorgeous sunflowers, handed them to Liam and told him to give them to his sweet Mommy. This season already makes my heart so full, but spending the day with my family outdoors at the farm and at the patch just made it one of the finest days I can remember.<br />
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Autumn is here now. Making it all the more real to me each day that our little bean will soon greet us! This is truly my favorite season, so I am happy to get to have another little one during this time. Cool mornings, pumpkin picking, apple cider, pumpkin donuts, hayrides, and burning candles are some of the many wonderful things we enjoyed this weekend to celebrate the season. I'm trying to soak up these activities with Liam and focus on him, since soon, it will be a divided focus. Still wondering how that will look, how Liam will react and what day to day life will mean with two little ones. </div>
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If there's one thing Liam has done since he was born, it has been to go raspberry picking!!! See <a href="http://snackyfrench.blogspot.com/2012/10/raspberry-picking.html">here</a> and <a href="http://snackyfrench.blogspot.com/2013/11/raspberry-picking-2013.html">here</a> . Even though raspberries are now not his favorite thing to eat, he still
tried a few and picked a few and found other ways to amuse himself at
the patch. Another tradition Liam loves is making applesauce with my family. Mostly because he gets to splash around in apples, take bites and turn the applesauce crank. I love these little experiences I get to share with him year after year. He remembers them and talks about them all throughout the year. We look forward to taking his little brother with us on our next adventures in the orchard.About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-13486933192849999652015-09-21T21:19:00.003-04:002015-09-21T21:19:22.526-04:00Alaskan Cruise Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a cake for a co-workers birthday! She was headed off on an Alaskan cruise, shortly after this party. Jason and I would love to see Alaska one day. It's definitely on our travel bucket list.<br />
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I had a lot of fun with this cake, from the tiny cruise ship details to the icebergs and little penguin hanging out. So much fun!! I also recently got a stamp set, that I've set aside specifically for fondant, so I had fun imprinting the message with stamps for a change.<br />
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Happy birthday Louise!</div>
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This babe is growing quickly now. I feel it's strong movements at the most inconvenient of times lately. Say, when I'm piping on icing details for a cake or desperately trying to fall asleep, but it just reminds me I have a strong baby boy growing steadily and nothing makes a Mama's heart feel better and reassured than that!<br />
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It has been a busy couple of weeks, moving back into our house, cleaning, washing baby clothes, taking stock of what we have and still need for the baby and the house, celebrating a birthday and a wedding.<br />
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Our floors are hopefully going in this week and we have some meetings with contractors to finish up the details of our house. Liam is desperately looking forward to bringing his toys downstairs again and I am as well. Right now our dining and living room sit empty and we miss having a downstairs ( besides the kitchen and laundry room) that function like livable spaces.<br />
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We just got a second, more family friendly car, for Jason, ( bye, bye old truck) to drive to work everyday. A Honda, Element that will be more reliable, with way better gas mileage and have room for trips to Lowes but still fit two car seats. Not exactly something we wanted to take on this summer, but a necessary must for our life right now.<br />
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We are enjoying the little tastes of fall. We stopped for some pumpkin donuts recently and I've been knitting baby things ( and hopefully some for Liam too)<br />
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I'm still working some banquets and taking cake orders for the foreseeable future. That's life right now at 33 weeks.<br />
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<br />About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-41831452845691166072015-09-09T23:46:00.000-04:002015-09-09T23:46:20.117-04:00At the beach 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We woke Liam up early Sunday morning to surprise him with a day at the beach. We'd been promising all summer, that when we moved back home, we would go to the beach. This kid loves sand. In fact, at playgroup you can usually find him in the sandbox, regardless of who's around playing or not. It's his happy spot.<br />
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So imagine his delight when he realized he had an unlimited sandbox for the day. This was his first time at the beach. Each year, we mean to go, but something always comes up. We haven't been since I was pregnant with Liam. <br />
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He loved the ocean too. It was fun to watch him get acquainted with the ocean, waves and tides. We took a few dips in the "pool" as Liam called it, but most of the day was spent playing in the sand. We stopped for a picnic lunch and to get custard on the boardwalk. And to really make the day special, we stopped in Philly on the way home so I could get a lobster roll. A pregnancy/ summer dream come true. It was really a lovely relaxing family day, that was well deserved for everyone, considering the grueling, bumpy summer it's been for Jason and the long time we spent away from him and our home.<br />
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This was one crazy fun cake to do. Swirls of white, purple, dark and light blue buttercream, and flaked shimmery sprinkles did an excellent job of making it look like the milky way. I added some constellations, incorporating the birthday girls name and age and a few planets.<br />
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Happy weekend all! Take a moment to look up at the awesome summer sky tonight!About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-26534301533629112292015-08-19T20:48:00.000-04:002015-08-19T20:48:28.426-04:00Corn Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Liam loves Nana and Pop's garden. In fact he would rather pick lima beans than ride bike. He gets so excited when he sees either of them in the garden, he goes running for his boots. The corn came in last week, so Liam finally got to experience a day of picking, husking, brushing, cooking, soaking and cutting off the corn to freeze for the winter. This was something I grew up doing every summer, so it was nice to share it with him. Although I will admit with the addition of a corn de-silker machine, it does take hours of the "fun" away. Hours I use to spend with my Grandparents brushing and listening to their childhood stories. Liam, however, diligently feed the machine with corn, when he wasn't busy trying to figure out how the thing worked. He even helped brush some of the extra hairs off, but his favorite task of the day was eating it fresh cut off the cob! Mine too!<br />
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About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-26256727489043192442015-08-16T13:58:00.000-04:002015-08-16T13:58:24.594-04:0029 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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11 more weeks! Give or take, you know. Sometimes I really wish for about 11+ more weeks just to feel settled and get everything done we hope to accomplish. Then I start to ache more, toss and turn at night more and grow bigger, making me thankful for the pretty easy pregnancy thus far and realize I am right where I should be.<br />
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We did move the crib out of Liam's room and into ours this weekend. That felt like something! Liam has a big bed now and that's one thing off the the to-do list. We've had some pretty significant set backs with renovating that have felt discouraging, but we keep looking forward, because we are racing the baby clock and have come to terms that certain things will not be finished in time. But this wall behind me is pretty exciting. It's our dining room wall! It's primed, white and beautiful! We had a new window installed this week that is a little bigger than our old one and having it white, means it's gloriously light in there now. Anyone of you who has been in our dinning room knows how dark and dingy it felt with the exposed ceiling and dark torn wallpaper everywhere. So, that is pretty awesome! <br />
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For right now we spend our weeks apart while Jason works on the house and about 24 hours of the weekend being a family again. Not ideal, but things are getting there. So for now I wait, binge watch netflix shows, eat chocolate and hang out with Liam while it's just the two of us. About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-62304210724184748392015-08-12T21:48:00.000-04:002015-08-12T22:10:17.320-04:00Strawberry Shortcake Wedding Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently had the pleasure of doing this simple, rustic strawberry shortcake cutting cake for the wedding of a sweet couple I know. They had a strawberry shortcake bar for their guests at the reception ( what an awesome idea) so for their cake we went with the same flavors, so they could get a taste. The cake was vanilla pound with a fresh strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream. Decorated with some burlap and fresh flowers to go with their beach themed decor. So happy for you Amanda and Tyler! Your day looked beautiful. Head over to <a href="http://moodyphotographers.com/weddings/indian-valley-country-club-wedding-amanda-tyler/">Moody Photographers</a> for more photos of this lovely wedding!</div>
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So, as I write this we are two months into renovating our downstairs living and dinning rooms, staircase, and hallway upstairs. This is mostly a diy project and labor of love and sacrifice done by my husband.<br />
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Here's a little back story in case you know little about us and the house we bought 5 years ago. We had been apartment living for the first 3 years of our marriage. We started looking at houses and had been house shopping for over a year, with only a handful of houses being even close enough for us to consider buying. We wanted something older, something with character, something we could make our own and had a great neighborhood or surrounding land. We eventually came to walk through our house. Great, quiet neighborhood, old 1870's house, next to a rail trail, part of an old general store, historical, big front porch, yard, etc. Seemed awesome, seemed in our price range, seemed like a lot of work, but we're ambitious people, right? Well, then we got our home inspection report with over 100 pages of things that needed "fixing". How ambitious were we???? We talked about it, talked to other people, prayed about it... and took a giant leap of faith when saying yes to it. A month later we were moving into a house that most sane people would have gutted first, renovated and then moved into.<br />
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We didn't really have that option financially, so we decided to tackle one big project, slowly at a time. But it wasn't so slowly. Upon our first year in moving in we replaced the roof on our own, heating system ( we converted to an outdoor wood boiler), and began gutting our kitchen and laundry room. We replaced 9 old windows. We cleaned out the basement, made a staircase into a closet, and cleaned out the old store stockroom. Major, major projects! Even the day we moved in we had to redo some major plumbing problems.<br />
Every project back then and even more recently has thrown us a million curve balls, cost lots of extra money and stretched our patience to the max. ( My son and I have not been living there, only these last two months of renovations, because of all the mess )<br />
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Why do all this for a house? Great question! People asked us that before we even bought it. We have since asked ourselves that as well. The answer is, our Love for this house. We truly love it's bones, it's location, it's ability to help us open a cafe one day ( remember it's bottom half is an old general store attached to the living space) and see it as a long term investment. This was never going to be a house we flipped, a first home, if you will. We really saw ourselves making it into our dream home, raising our family here and growing old in this house. I still see it, the vision is getting clearer and clearer with each new project we finish.<br />
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As of right now, we have about a 95% finished kitchen and laundry room of my dreams ( pictures, I promise, once they are done), our <a href="http://snackyfrench.blogspot.com/2012/07/baby-room-before-and-after.html">son's room</a> which is finished, a completely redone, rewired and plumbed basement and hope to complete the above mentioned renovations in month or two. That's not even mentioning our yard and how much we've taken it back from the jungle that was once overtaking (almost) all of it.<br />
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Right now as we are in the middle of getting things done, it's hard to keep remembering some days why we are doing this, when things fall apart, people let you down, everything takes twice as long as you had planned, it's really tough. I won't sugar coat it, it makes you want to cry and scream and be the crabbiest version of yourself. Throw in being 7 months pregnant for me and changing jobs during the middle of it for my husband. It's been one big roller coaster ride this summer. One that just never wants to let us off. So I'm taking this time to reflect and be thankful for all that we have accomplished this last 5 years. To keep looking ahead to toward the progress.<br />
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We had lived for a while with things that made life hard in this house:<br />
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- no overhead light or light switches ( one in the kitchen, dining room and hallway, that's it)<br />
- limited outlets and none in the bathroom<br />
- a downstairs toilet that was literally a toilet in a closet, so small you couldn't even properly shut the door.<br />
- keeping our house at 58 degrees that first winter and still buying oil every month<br />
- leaking roofs and showers<br />
- the only carpet being in the bathroom<br />
- plaster literally crumbling off our ceilings into big piles on the floor<br />
- a ridiculously wet basement<br />
- a live hornets nest in our walls<br />
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^^ and those are just some of the hardest things about the house. All of which have all been fixed now. Hallelujah! So as we plow though painting, trim and redoing our stairs we remind ourselves that it will get done, it will take longer than we thought and it will be Beautiful.<br />
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#rittenhouserenovations on Instagram for more photos About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-35671746353666747712015-08-06T13:32:00.001-04:002015-08-06T13:32:48.342-04:00Liam's 3rd birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Liam's birthday was pretty laid back this year. With renovating and living at my family's house it just had to be. He requested to make and decorate his birthday cake, so that's just what we did. Sprinkles, fondant confetti and Flynn the firetruck were just what he wanted!!! We also got to go to the crayola factory with my family to help celebrate his special day. We all had a fun time making crayons, spin art, and exploring all the fun, hands on exhibits. We had hot dogs and corn on the cob per Liam's request for dinner and enjoyed cake and presents back at our house, so that Daddy could be there too!<br />
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<br />About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-45454579273444850982015-08-03T15:08:00.001-04:002015-08-06T13:33:49.863-04:00Family of foxes adoption cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was beyond thrilled when my client told me she wanted to order a cake for an adoption baby shower. The family was adopting a young boy and this little boy loved foxes. I thought it would be fun to do a fox family* to incorporate that theme and have a fun representation of their little family! </div>
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* The fox cake toppers are handmade by me, with fondant </div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-40780455425023850662015-07-31T21:41:00.000-04:002015-07-31T21:41:22.520-04:0027 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh hey 27 weeks. Way to sneak up on a girl. People like to ask me if this pregnancy is similar to my first. I usually reply that it is. And for the most part that's true. Slightly sick first trimester, easy second trimester and as I'm nearing my third it will probably follow suit, with some more tired and soar moments as the weeks go by.<br />
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There are a few things different this time around. With a three year old occupying a lot of my time and energy, I've had less mental space to dwell on being pregnant. So that being said, time is flying by. I meant to post a 25 week update, but that just never happened. Too much house and birthday stuff going on then. We also were only renovating one room ( for Liam) when I was pregnant the first time and this time it's most of the downstairs and some of the upstairs. I'm not swelling like I did with Liam ( yet) and hopefully won't. Thanks to living in my family's central air home for the last 7 weeks has helped with that I think. I'm not really craving anything this time except my cup of coffee each morning.<br />
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Liam got to see the baby move across my belly recently and now he's convinced he can see the baby moving all the time. It was a special moment and I'm sure he will enjoy many more kicks and movements in the coming weeks as they only get stronger and stronger.<br />
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I'm looking forward to getting back home to knit and sew some baby things, to begin to see a finished dining room, living room, staircase and hallway and to get my space back in order and enjoy my favorite season with our baby bean.About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-43886532592054735782015-07-28T20:45:00.002-04:002015-07-28T20:45:26.834-04:00Cakes for the "Pops"<br />
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These are a few cakes I've done for the Dad's, Pop's, Grandpa's in people's lives recently! Golf, sports teams and baseball! I tend to do a lot of girlie or kid themed cakes, so it's fun to throw some masculine themes into the mix!!</div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-77628362496180148402015-07-26T13:53:00.002-04:002015-07-26T13:53:57.124-04:00Summer love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Recently I was looking at old blog posts and stumbled on a post call <a href="http://snackyfrench.blogspot.com/2010/10/fall-love.html">fall love</a>. It inspired me to continue on that thread and do one for summer. So over the last 10 years of summers, I've collected some of my favorite pictures of what summer has meant and look like for us.</div>
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What does summer look like to you?</div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-23293794597893769132015-07-24T15:24:00.002-04:002015-07-24T15:24:40.902-04:00Summer Cupcakes: Surboard + Hibiscus cupcake toppers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Weekending! These beachy cupcakes have me dreaming of playing in the sand with my little guy and taking a dip in the salty waves!</div>
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Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and handmade fondant surfboards and hibiscus flowers I did not too long ago for a client!</div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-79428623737539795432015-07-21T07:14:00.000-04:002015-07-21T07:14:18.198-04:00Liam is 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did a Q & A with Liam yesterday being that he's very good at expressing his opinions, likes, dislikes and interests now! Here's what he said.<br />
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<i>How old are you? 2</i></div>
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<i>How old is Daddy? 1</i></div>
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<i>How old is Mama? 1</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite thing to do? play / open presents</i></div>
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<i>Who is your best friend? Olivia</i></div>
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<i>What are you really good at? playing</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite food? hotdogs</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite song? twinkle twinkle little star</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite color? green</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite animal? monkey</i></div>
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<i>What did you dream about? cake</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite fruit? banana</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite book? Thomas books</i></div>
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<i>What is your favorite thing to do outside? Dig in the dirt</i></div>
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<i>What color is the sky? blue</i></div>
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<i>What color is the grass? green</i></div>
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<i>What do you want to do when you grow up? Build a house all by myself</i></div>
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Liam also loves music. He asks my Dad on a daily basis to play guitar and accordion. He loves to drive and steer the riding mower. He asks what time it is about 20 times a day. His other favorite question is to ask how that works. He then goes and tries to figure it out. He calls me sweetie pie. He loves fast rides at the fair and driving his tricycle and big wheel as fast as he can. He loves swimming so much this summer. He is as big as all the 4 year olds we know. He's always up for anything new and has the biggest belly laugh you've ever heard. Getting to watch him grow, learn and discover the world these last three years has been our greatest adventure yet!</div>
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Liam requested to make and decorate his own birthday cake this year. So that's what we did yesterday morning. He's a really good listener when given a task. He just loves our "work" whether that be baking or building with tools. He's very into Snacky French lately. He says it all the time, which is strange since I never talk about my business name with him. He was pretty stoked to get to wear a Snacky French apron. He always wants to know about the cakes I'm working on and gets so excited to see them when they are finished. He's never touched one, but does like to take a sniff of the icing. His cake of choice this year is chocolate with peanut butter icing. He even got to decorate it all by himself with Flynn the firetruck train from Thomas and lots of sprinkles!</div>
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Happy Friday! I have a few cupcake orders this weekend, so I thought I'd share some recent baby shower cupcakes I did. These are probably some of my favorite cupcake toppers I've done to date! The cuteness is killing me, mostly likely due to my own pregnancy hormones and baby fever. These were gender neutral, but could easily be customizable for either boy or girl!</div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-53021601327377354662015-07-14T13:08:00.001-04:002015-07-14T13:08:27.291-04:00Woodland Baby Shower Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I definitely have a soft spot for all things woodland themed! I used that in Liam's room to decorate and also for his <a href="http://snackyfrench.blogspot.com/2013_07_01_archive.html">first birthday cake</a> . So When I was asked to use that as a theme for a recent baby shower cake, I was overjoyed. Fun, whimsical and gender neutral.</div>
About Snacky Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01068065357072428742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414435660885430494.post-40123652974946941222015-07-12T10:43:00.000-04:002015-07-12T10:43:03.378-04:00Simple Beehive Bridal Shower Cake + XO cookie favors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Sunday! I just wanted to share this simple beehive cake I did for a bridal shower a little while ago. Sometimes the simplest ones are the ones I like the most! The bees are fondant with almond slivers for wings. The cake was chocolate with a honey buttercream.</div>
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These were the favors that went with this shower. Sets of XOXO sugar cookies in blush, champagne and ivory! Simple and sweet!</div>
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