"See" 3PO and a funny cake story...

This really shouldn't be another Star Wars Post, but I couldn't help but share what little brother said to make us all laugh today.  Big brother was doing his "Sight Words Flashcards" and correctly read "See" and little brother immediately said "3-P-O". Sometimes he's hilarious without even trying!

In other news, I got a new lens for my camera. It's called a "nifty fifty". Anyways, it's a low cost fun little lens that can get up close and give those fun blurry backgrounds. Here's a trial I did of little brother the other night while resting from riding his bike...

I did a little editing. Here was the original...

Besides removing the leaves from his face, you can probably see a difference in the tone of his skin. I warmed it up, softened the skin in some areas, and sharpened his eyes and lips and hair. I don't edit all my photos, but this one was way better for doing a quick edit. Thought I'd share...

I promised a quick story about the Death Star Cake from last weekend's Star Wars Bash. So, here goes! 

I woke up was awakened by a sweet little boy before the sun rose. By 6:30am, I had already baked 1/2 of the cake. Feeling pretty productive, you know! Took big brother to school, rushed home to work on the surprise bedroom for the few hours I had. I put little brother on my bed to watch a show (well, a few shows). I was amazed at how good he was while I was preoccupied with my project. About 5 minutes before we had to leave to pick up brother from school, he came in, mouth full of chocolate, mumbling "I found birthday treats". I said calmly, "Is that Brother's birthday cake?" 

(Okay- I freaked out- not really a time of calmness!)

To which he cried and screamed and dripped chocolate saliva-covered chunks all over my bathroom. After getting him cleaned up, we came downstairs to leave and I found this:

and this:

and many more crumbs mashed into chairs, couches, and carpeting. We ran out the door and headed straight to Chick-fil-A for lunch. I couldn't bare another mess. Once I got home and could see the humor in it all, I snapped the above pictures. If only I'd seen the humor sooner, I could have shared the chocolate mess that occurred upstairs! 

It's a good thing he's so cute!

This was taken helping me bake the new cake!

So, lesson learned, TV is not a good babysitter!