Happy New Year

So what's the latest with the 500 Babies?  Well, we've had a bit of rough going the past couple of weeks because the dreaded stomach bug made its way into our home and slowly took us down, one by one.  Everyone except Baby Rebekah was affected.  But I'm happy to report that it appears everyone is well again and that little chapter of our lives is through.  Good riddance.

We've been spending the first several days of this glorious new year enjoying Christmas gifts...

Playing dress-up...

Making bird feeders...

And dying sugar to decorate the Epiphany King Cake...

The funny thing about the King Cake was that I didn't have a plastic baby on hand and therefore needed to find an appropriate substitute.  I rooted around in our junk drawer and came up with a small plastic egg, a plastic beetle, a Little Person, and a fireman.  To me, the logical choice was the fireman because a fireman rescues people and who is our ultimate Rescuer...Jesus, of course! 

I'm not going to post a picture of the cake because although the green, yellow, and purple sugar appeared bright and brilliant in real life, the photo makes the cake look covered in toxic mold and who wants to see that?  What?  You DO?   Hmmm...ok, but I'll give those of you who aren't up for it a chance to bail.  If you really want to see the cake, scroll down..........

Ta-da!  (What a mess!)

We'll try to make it prettier next year.  Mikea gets to be my helper making it because she got the piece with the fireman inside!  And maybe we'll have a baby by then.  (The plastic kind, of course.)