On Vox: Sunday Routines and Birthday Cake Plans
Justin and I went to church today. I've got a little routine that has been working pretty well. We both go into the church and he stays with me through the opening and the readings. We go up for the children's sermon (I'm a little self-conscious about that but he needs to move by that time and it's for all children). Then when all the kids leave for Church School, I take him to the nursery. After the sermon, offering, and special music, I go back and pick him up in time for communion. Then it's just some quick stuff until the end. He sometimes starts getting a little fussy during the last song, but for the most part, this arrangement is working for us.
Right now, he's napping and I'm supposed to be designing his birthday invitations. They're going to be oversized boarding tickets because the theme for his first birthday is going to be trains. However, the software is not cooperating with me right now and it appears that the company's website is down. I may try to struggle through if Justin stays asleep longer.
Train Decoration 2
I practiced baking his birthday cake yesterday. New cake pan requiring a different cake recipe + new oven = trial run. I'm using the train car cake pan from Nordicware. I could not pass it up at Williams Sonoma. There is a cake recipe on the pan, so I used that one and I have to say that the individual cars turned out pretty good. The taste could be a bit better, but I plan to use my double-strength vanilla for the real deal.
Other than that, I need to plan this week's menus and go grocery shopping. Exciting stuff, I tell you.
Originally posted on faeriekissed.vox.com