What would you during a "hurricane"?

Well it was quite a week here. Nothing like an earthquake (I know, a tiny one) and a hurricane in 7 days. It turned out that Irene was basically just bluster. But rain all day still means that we had to be inside. We did what all reasonable people do--made treats. Caroline is now big enough to actually stir (as opposed to sending flour all over the place) and did a pretty good job with the cake. We then played with the icing (Caroline spent most of the time licking the beater, but who can blame her?) We can confirm that hurricanes (or in our case, tropical storms) are more fun with orange cake with buttercream frosting.

Here's hoping that we have a quiet week this week!!

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Conquering $12 doll clothes

What better use for my seeing machine than turning old scraps into doll clothes. This dress turned out too small for Caroline's favorite doll. But it fit on the smaller one. Whew. I think it turned out pretty cute. And, I have not fallen prey to the doll clothes aisle!!

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Mmmmm

I think there are pancakes in my future. The cook is pretty cute.

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Vrooooom

Before leaving town, I took Caroline (with Nana, Aunt Laurie and Abby, of course) to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. We rode the carousel, played in water and sand, saw an Egypt exhibit (which included a ride on an "airplane"), and even got in a train. But Caroline was not as impresses with the race car. She got in (as you see) and almost immediately got out. Upon trying to make it go (and finding the car permanently stationary) Caroline pronounced "it doesn't work. It broken" and hopped out a bit disgusted. Hilarious.

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Fun with Nana

We had a great week last week in Indiana. The first part of the week I got to hang out with my mom, dad, Laurie, Mike and Abby. Jack came on Wednesday. Then he and I left Caroline at "Nana's house" and went to South Bend to celebrate his parents' 70th birthdays. As you can see, Caroline was broken up by our departure. :)

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Tutu!!!

We are in Indianapolis for the week and Aunt Laurie and Nana had a great surprise for Caroline--a tutu and the shoes to go with it. She, of course, napped in it, wore it to Target, and generally refused to take it off until bath time. She was particularly cute when she danced in it!

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