Today was a busy, but productive day. Maddy slept in until 7:45 after getting up at 5 am for a snack (her stomach was growling). It was nice to sleep in a bit. Today was Matt's turn to sleep in and he got up at 9. Yesterday was my day to sleep in.
Maddy and I made her birthday cupcakes first thing this morning. They are 'funfetti' white cake with chocolate frosting with chocolate bits inside. I did the sprinkles and Elmo as well. They turned out cute, I think.
After the cupcakes were finished I tossed in a loaf of pumpkin bread for the birthday party tomorrow morning. It was really good (I let Matt sample an end piece and I had a bite, too). Trader Joe's makes some really nice stuff! I love their mixes.
I gathered up all our Sesame street toys and put them in a shopping bag along with prepping the cupcakes and bread for transport. (I love my new cupcake carrier, who would have thought it would come in handy so quickly?) I called Tina to see if I could stop by and drop these things off. After all, tomorrow I will have Maddy, the camera, my purse, a huge set of balloons and pumpkin butter, to go with the bread. Plus, I need to pick up the balloons right away at 9:30 and the party is at 10. We may be late to Maddy's own party! HA! I think it should be fine. Turns out Tina was driving by the house so I ran them out to her car about 3 minutes later.
After lunch I ran out the door to get to open lab for ceramics. I didn't go on Friday and decided to go today instead. I sure am glad I did. I don't think I've ever been so productive in a 3 1/2 hour period! I was zipping through stuff, it was awesome. I glazed two pots, tooled five and made--get this--NINE! WOW! And I like them all, too! :) I did bring home four pots tonight as well. They all turned out nice except one I have to try to get the lid off. The lid and pot glazed together since the glaze ran, so we'll see what I can do about that. If not, I didn't much like that pot anyway! I walked into class at 1:05 and walked out at 4:27. I used every second. I still can't believe I made nine!
Matt was a total sweetheart and while I was at class he went to BJs and also the grocery store with Maddy. Now, mind you, the grocery store list was everything for this week including Thanksgiving stuff. So he and Maddy had their hands full. I came home right after he finished putting away groceries, oops! But I really appreciate that they went to do that for us.
Ok, well, I'm off to hang out with Matt. I laid out my clothes and Maddy's clothes for tomorrow morning. I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures (if I can get a free second!)
Tea of the day: Bigelow Pumpkin Spice Tea