Party Prep

It was finally time for the long awaited surprise party for Doug's mom. It ended up being a semi-surprise party because Doug's brother Mark flew out early and she knew they were coming up to our house for dinner, but what she didn't know what all of her kids were in town to surprise her.

Here is a photo of the mess of stuff we took upstairs. Although I don't think I should have to child proof my home because other people are bringing kids over, I live in reality and things happen; we bought a baby gate too.Here are the cupcakes I was making. I tried 2 different ways to see which would work better:As you can see below, the upright cones overflowed instead of rising up and the upside down cones lifted and tipped over as they baked. I kept opening the oven to straighten the cones, but they wouldn't stay.Doug's sisters, Denise and Sheri, were staying with us for the weekend and Denise helped me decorate our cones.One of the cones look like a bite was taken out; we were trimming the extra cake and a chunk came off one, so we decided to leave it with a "bite" in it for Doug.