We had a fun St. Patrick’s Day. On Monday night we made a leprechaun trap. I got the idea from a magazine and I think it turned out great! Amelie enjoyed helping put it together and learning about leprechauns. She also enjoyed the yummy cupcakes I made to celebrate 🙂 Holidays are so much fun with a toddler in the house!

We made a gigantic leprechaun hat to appeal to the leprechaun's ego, placed a ladder up against it, and enticed him to the top with some gold. However, the top was designed to collapse when any weight was placed on it. Unfortunately, we didn't have any luck capturing a leprechaun. But the next morning, the top had collapsed in and there was a note in the hat that said, "Thanks for the gold! I'm too sneaky for you and I escaped!-Leprechaun."

I am in the middle of my second series of cake classes. I love these classes and have so much fun learning different decorating techniques. This current class is teaching us how to work with fondant and gum paste. Next week is my last class (in this series) and I will post pictures of my final cake then. But until then, here are some of the things I’ve been working on.

This is my first attempt at covering and draping with fondant.

Here are some fun flowers made from fondant and gum paste. We learned how to make these in my class last night.

Just a few shots from the past couple of weeks.

Calder clasping his chubby little hands and looking quite grown up.

A silly grin.

An experiment in painting with Q-tips.

Inspecting her work. I think more paint ended up on her hands than on the paper! 🙂

Calder has been having fun hanging out with Hayley, his sweet cousin who is almost exactly one month older than he is. They love to explore each other’s faces and converse in coos.

So excited to play with Hayley!

"Nice mouth you got there, Calder."

Don't worry. I don't think her fingers actually made it up his nose...

It’s a joy to have this beautiful cousin just down the road from us. And, who knows? Maybe they’ll be dance partners in a couple years!

I can’t believe it’s already March! Yay for warmer weather and sunshine! Here are some of the things that have been going on recently in the Haymond household.

Amelie giving me a crooked grin and loving her big girl pig tails.

Amelie and her friend Alyssa cruising around. I think their looks are pretty classic.

We're trying to teach Calder the art of eating solid foods. Unfortunately, his fingers keep getting in the way! 🙂

Flying!

This has only happened a couple of times, but I love that she was too tired to even get back into bed.

March promises to be busy and fun with more cake decorating classes for me, a trip to the petting zoo for Amelie, Calder’s 6-month birthday, and the national ballroom dance competition at BYU.