One Today, Two Tomorrow

Four short hours from now, Talan will be two years old. The video from yesterday is a preview of what our day will be like tomorrow. All he's asked for is a "Chuck-E-Cheese Buff-day" and a "'Supey Why' (Super Why....a cartoon he loves) buff-day cake". So that, my friends, is what he will get. I found a picture online of a cake and thought I'd give it a shot, although I wasn't sure how I was going to pull it off. As luck would have it, a friend of mine (thanks Norma!) posted a question about fondant earlier this week. I've always wanted to try a cake using it but it doesn't taste good. Her friends suggested that she try a homemade version using marshmallows and powdered sugar. I tried it and voila!!!! It was easy, I was able to make the cake Talan wanted, and it was extremely cost effective. So here is how my cake turned out: I'm really proud of it, actually. And Talan loves it which is what matters most. So the cake was a success today. I failed miserably in another area. Reese has had a snaggle tooth for a few days. It looks to be hanging by a thread - it's practically sideways in her mouth - but it isn't quite ready to come out yet. It's making eating really difficult for her. So this morning we were trying to figure out what, on earth, she could bring for lunch. We don't have a good enough thermos to send soup. By the time she gets to lunch she says it is too cold and doesn't eat it. I was planning to go to the store for all of the things I needed for Talan's cake anyway so I had a great idea.....I'd get what I needed to make her a smoothie and some soup and I'd just come bring it to her at lunchtime. She loved that idea so I told her I'd be there at 1pm, when she goes to lunch. Meanwhile I rushed off and ran all 25 of my errands. I was checking out at Target just after 11 (leaving me plenty of time to get home to make lunch and then to the school) when Kevin called in a panic. Reese was in the front office waiting for us to bring her lunch. Lunch is at 11, not 1. It was at 1 last year, when she was in Kindergarten. I was in a bind and couldn't get there in time. Kevin called back and they decided that she'd just eat the hot lunch at school because by this time she only had 10 minutes left before lunch was over. I felt terrible. I came home with a knot in my stomach and couldn't stop thinking about her all day. I knew she wouldn't eat lunch at school; (a) because her tooth was bothering her and (b) because she isn't a fan of the food. I was so anxious for her to get home so that I could apologize and try to make up for it. She came home with this note for us: She said that she was really brave in the front office but that when she went back to the lunchroom they were already going out to recess so she had to eat in a "special room" and she didn't like the food. So that's when she broke down and cried. Fortunately the lady who works in the lunchroom is amazing and helped comfort her. I had her smoothie and soup waiting when she walked in the door but it was certainly not enough to make up for my huge mistake. I hate that I let her down. I can tell you with 100% certainty that I will not make that same mistake twice. Reese and Kevin are at a daddy/daughter dance tonight. I'm sure they are having a blast so hopefully my screw-up this afternoon is already a distant memory.