Sunday, November 9, 2008

Bubba's Birthday Brownies

Bubba has been begging me to help him make these brownie cupcakes since Thursday night. He told Luke he wanted to make them for daddy's birthday (which was on Tuesday) since he didn't get to spend much time with him. Well... that totally melted my heart and made me feel like a big loser since I took Luke to dinner by myself that night. So, I finally broke down yesterday and let him make them.
I have never made brownies in anything but a cake pan, so I was worried how they would turn out as individual cupcakes. I added a few butterscotch chips to the mix and we filled up the cupcake papers.--- The boys were excited!
As soon as they came out of the oven they were ready and waiting for dessert. They were halfway done with their cupcake when Luke figured out HIS birthday cupcakes were out of the oven.
As you can see below, the boys forgot they were Luke's birthday cupcakes the second they came out of the oven. It was chow time!

That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008