I made Cone cakes for both Xavier’s and Colin’s first birthdays and I don’t why, but I hadn’t made them since!

They are such a treat and are so much fun to eat and of course so easy to make!

Take your favourite cake recipe (for me it is Black Magic)

Put flat bottom Ice cream cones in a muffin pan… or any pan… and fill 2/3rd of the way with your cake batter and that is it!

Bake at 350 for about 20-25 min until a toothpick comes out clean…

Let cool and top with your favourite icing 🙂

(triple birthday with friends)

they are that easy!

I had never really saw the need for split-crotch pants… I would rather just pull down normal pants or use babylegs with underwear, but when I gave an EC workshop last month I thought that it would be a good thing to show what was available for EC wear and decided to make a pair… (of course I decided this the night before)

It didn’t take much time at all, though it would have taken less if I hadn’t embellished them,  and then I even made another pair in the morning before the workshop…

I you EC, especially diaper -free, you need to know that these are great 🙂

Split crotch pants are so easy to make and you can get away with little sewing depending on the material that you use… Though I didn’t exactly use this pattern, here is a great pattern with instructions for those who would like to make them… I don’t use fleece because of the plastic content but if you do, fleece would be very easy to use if you are a novice sewer. I used a baby wale cord for mine…

If you already have a pant pattern that you like, you can just use that (use the back pieces only). When you are cutting, extend the inside seam at the top a bit more so that you have a better overlap and then follow the instructions on the blog linked above if you need help putting them together 🙂

I am so happy with the pairs that I made and I plan to make more… I don’t like the “chaps” style pants at all, so I sewed a bit of the overlap to make sure that it doesn’t come apart much when I don’t want them to (sitting, crawling, standing, etc)… but when she is on the potty or I am holding her in the classic position they work perfectly…

I just wanted to share some pregnancy photos that I took for a friend last weekend…

We did a simple setup with a sheet and whatever lighting we had and just had fun while the kids ran around and made noise…

Jody is 36 weeks here and glowing 🙂

it was just really fun and I really enjoyed taking them….

There are really times that I wish that I could get into photography a bit more seriously…

(click on any to see larger or to see more of this set on Flickr)

The weather here has been a bit crazy this past week. We have had a few sunny afternoons but we had three days of snow also so we have kept busy inside and out.

Wilhelmina is dong well, though she has a way of going from the extreme of happy to not very easily, so she when she cries, she cries hard. But I don’t think that it has anything to do with travelling then just personality. She is 10 weeks old now and is getting stronger and starting to grab things a bit.

The snowy days were mostly inside days… Lily and Leif are adorable and it has been so much fun getting to know them more as older kids.

It is so beautiful here and the air is so pure. What I love about BC, the mountains, the water, the air, the scenery and the people, it is all here.

Meals of course are also amazing… Making our favourites and sharing recipes and hanging out with others…

(annie making potstickers)                                        (Sushi Party with  friends)

Thought there was snow… there have been other great days and there are definate signs of Spring…

and beautiful views…

and fun events…

(Launch of the Longest Canoe in North America)

(that is 6’2″ Cam next to it)

Today it is beautiful and we are heading to the boat again for a new adventure…