Official Birthday Celebration Number 1 of 3

Monday is officially The Cisco Kids Birthday. We decided to celebrate his birthday on Sunday because Monday is a busy day with school and Activities I really wanted him to just enjoy the moment. Let me just start out by saying that Tuesday we went to Wall Mart. The Chief and The Cisco Kid walked around all the toy isle and took pictures of everything The Cisco Kid wanted for his birthday. A short while after they showed me all the toys The Cisco Kid wanted. There were multiple Nerf guns, Light Saber, Lego’s, Bay Blades and the list goes on. I immediately said you are only getting two gifts. This is not Christmas.

On Friday the Chief came home with The Cisco Kids birthday gifts, two Nerf Guns and the Light Saber. I think the Chief technically considers the two Guns as one gift because they are in the same toy family. I know the both of them are thinking on the same lines of.....What good is one gun if you do not have anyone shooting back.

Right after lunch on Sunday we did not waste any time in giving The Cisco Kid his birthday presents.
He was overjoyed with them. My two boys ran around the house ambushing and shooting each other.

Late Friday a box arrived for The Cisco Kid.  It was a gift from Grandma and Grandpa.  The Cisco Kid wanted to open it up right away.  We decided it was just too late and told him to wait until morning.  Well!!!! Paybacks are…You know what…. He woke us up at six a.m. on Saturday morning wanting to open his gifts.   Of course we are in bed and he has this great big box in bed with us opening it up and loving everything he was pulling out.  Every time we went to Grandma and Grandpas house there was this metal plane that was given to the Chief when he was little by his grandmother.  The Cisco Kid would play with it all the time.  That was one of the items in the box and when The Cisco Kid saw it he said this is very precious and I will pass it down to my kids.  That was better than any store bought gift he could have gotten.  The Cisco Kid also got his very first Gift card.  This was no ordinary toy store gift card this was a gift card to purchase games for his IPod.  Thank you Grandma and Grandpa.  The Cisco Kid loves everything and will always treasure it.   

9 years old, I cant beleive it!

Time....... it goes by so fast. When you’re young time is slow and as you get older it seems to fly by in seconds. The Cisco Kid turns nine tomorrow and that is all he has been talking about all weekend. He thinks this whole weekend is all about his birthday and we should cater to his every whim. Every time I ask him to do something he says...Why, it's my birthday. I asked him to clean his room. He said...but why mom, it's my birthday. After two hours on his I pod I asked him to put it down. He said....but why mom, it's my birthday. I asked him to eat lunch before he could eat a pack of gummies. He said.... but why mom, it's my birthday. OK I'm all for celebrating birthdays but soon this kid is going to start celebrating a month before his birthday. What happened to getting a cake some presents, singing happy birthday and that was it???

This is my answer to....But why mom it’s my birthday!!!!!
My promise to my child...as long as I live...I am your Parent first, your Friend second. I will stalk you, flip out on you, lecture you, drive you insane, be your worst nightmare & hunt you down like a bloodhound when needed because I LOVE YOU! When you understand that, I will know you are a responsible adult. You will NEVER find someone who loves, prays, cares, & worries about you more than I do! If you don't hate me once in your life....I am not doing my job properly. Happy birthday sweetie!


Every year I make The Cisco Kid a theme cake. He loves the Angry Birds games. So Angry Birds cake it is.

I found a new cupcake cake mix that I bake it into a cake instead of the cupcakes. It's by Betty Crocker and it's called Fun da-middles. They are cupcakes with cream baked inside. Instead of putting the batter in cupcake cups I put the batter in a cake tin. To make The Cisco Kids Cake I used two boxes so the cake is nice and tall. I used lots of different kinds of chocolate bars to make the structure. I made all the Angry Birds characters out of molded chocolate. Then I covered the cake with butter cream icing.

Pinewood Derby

Pinewood Derby is one of The Cisco Kids favorite events in Cub Scouts. This year The Cisco Kid came in first place in his Den. First, second and third place winners in each Den will be going to race their cars in the Regional races.

The Cisco Kids Car is the first one and he ran at 185.6 MPH

Cake Aution hits a new high



Our third annual Cub Scout Cake Auction was a huge success. All the boys brought at least two cakes to have auctioned off. There were some amazing cakes. Before going to the Auction, The Cisco Kid asked how much he could bid up to on a cake. At first the Chief said $20.00. Then we increased it to $25.00. When the bidding started and we saw how much the cakes were going for, we increased it again to $37.00. Even with his increased amount he could not put his bidding paddle to work. Most of the cakes were going for $35.00 to $60.00. There were a couple of them that went for $80.00 and I am happy to say that the Phineas and Ferb cake went for a whopping $130.00. The smaller chocolate cake went for $80.00. It was nice that my two cakes brought in two hundred and ten dollars.

The first cake was a Phineas & Ferb cake. The story is....Perry stole Dr Doofensmurf, Rayinator and put it on the Ski lift. Dr Doofensmurf is watching him get away from the top of the mountain. Phineas & Ferb has a very large fan on the back of their snow board to get them down the mountain with minimal work. Candace is stuck on top of the mountain with a ski problem.

The cake was a vanilla pound cake with cookies and cream filling and vanilla butter cream. All characters are made out of chocolate.  I used The Cake Boss's sponge cake recipe.

He is making rice crispy treats to make the mountain ski slopes on the cake. 

 Grinding up the orio cookies to put in the cream for the filling.   

The second cake was a chocolate devil's food cake with vanilla cream center and chocolate fruit.

The Cisco Kid has his paddle and is ready to place his bids on some cakes.

He is telling everyone how delicious the cake is and what it is made out of. 

His face when the price was going up to that 130.00 mark. 

The Cake Boss Sponge cake recipe.

It is a scratch recipe, and the secret to its light and fluffy texture is the beating of the eggs! This recipe is best made in a stand mixer.

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup butter (lightly salted)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt


    1. Beat eggs in large mixing bowl with paddle attachment for 4 minutes. Do not skip this step!

2. Add sugar, and continue beating for another 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and stir on low until just combined.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Add to eggs and sugar on low speed until just combined.

4. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter on low heat just until butter is melted. Add to batter, beat just until combined.

5. Pour into two greased and floured 8" round cake pans.

6. Bake at 325 until the middle springs back when touched, or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand in pans for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto wire cooling racks and cool completely.

Hint: Cakes are close to being done when you start to smell them.

Molding Chocolate Recipe

8 oz. of white vanilla chocolate bark

1/3 cup of corn syrup

mix together and colors if you desire. 

Store in a baggie.