Thursday, August 13, 2009

"Do you forgive me Mommy?"

I am known for doing too much, just ask Chad. I have been working on Brianna's 3rd birthday party for awhile now. Brianna has been asking for many many months to have a "Yellow Princess Dora Strawberry Cake!!!." I have looked online and the only Yellow Princess Dora was a collectible for $50!!! That wasn't going to happen so I decided to mold Dora out of fondant. (I had tried to talk her into a pink princess Dora, but she had her heart set on a yellow one! Yesterday I spent the entire day making fondant to mold a Princess Dora!

I left the Dora out to dry, (it can take a few days) after making her head, face details, hair, hat and body. I just needed to put it into the cake and add a dress and a few details and it would be done. It took the entire day since I only have about 10 minutes here and there between the baby's needs, especially since she's not napping for more than 10 minutes at a time again.
I was feeding Miranda in the other room when Bri comes running in with a huge grin!!!!
Bri: "I ate Princess Dora mom! I ate 3 parts: her eyes, face and hat! It was yummy!"
Me: No you didn't! Did you really?
Bri: "Yeah I tasted my birthday cake!"
Me: "Bri, that's naughty and it makes mommy sad!"
I walked into the kitchen and saw this:
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So much for my morning!!! At least she enjoyed it right? I had sent her to time out and she still was grinning about it. When I went in to talk to her I told her that it made me sad that she ruined the Dora after I worked so hard on it. I told it that it wasn't nice to break things other people made. She said, "Do you forgive me mom?"
Me: "Of course I forgive you, just don't do it again." (She's still not feeling bad at all!)
I was about to laugh because honestly it was really funny. I also didn't love the molding I had done anyway.
Bri: "I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean to eat it!" (Ha, how does one not mean to eat something?) She then said, "It's ok mommy, you can use the glass (meaning plastic) one!
A few hours later I was feeding Miranda again and Dora lost an arm, and her hat to Bri's mouth again!So, the plastic Dora it is! She's going to go into a pink cake for her dress and then I'll make the castle! Hopefully I'll be better at keeping things out of Bri's reach!

6 comments:

Christine said...

Thanks for the laugh even though it was sad to waste all of your hard work.

The Hudsons said...

I love it! Creepy voodoo Dora.

Amanda and Steve said...

LOL You did a great job with it. :-)

Emily Gardner said...

Wow--I just laughed really hard. Would have looked fantastic but now you have a fabulously funny story to tell. Naughty, funny Bri

Aubrey said...

the fact that you tried to make the yellow dress Dora is amazing. i hope i can be as good of a mom as you one day.

The Merricks said...

Derrick and I couldn't help but laugh at that story, good thing you could see the humor too! I don't know that I would be so patient if it were me. You did an awesome job on the party! What lucky kids!