Cupcakes and Commentary

The inspiration for these ideas was mixing “old” with “new”. It’s not necessarily old, but I wanted to incorporate items I borrowed from family with items we had and a few new purchases. I started out with a theme for J’s room, but ended up being more inspired by colors and patterns and went away [...]

I feel like a bit of a ticking time bomb these days. I remember this happening when I got down to the last few weeks with A, where they kept telling me it could be anytime (which you always think means that day) and then when it isn’t that day, I started to get a [...]

We have been busy getting things prepped around here for Baby J. My parents took the mattresses out of the nursery for us, I am beginning to complete the process of decorating the room, and my husband has been busy getting things out of the attic (trying to muddle through my confusing labeling system…I really [...]

My picture New Year’s Resolution was to capture a picture a day, especially since our year is going to be filled with exciting new additions and family trips! So if you would like to follow our picture a day adventures such as this: You can! Just follow us @cupcakesandcommentary on Instagram.

Thank goodness for warm days in January! A loved being able to use his new power washer!

A loves the new keyboard! I have to say for the deal that “Santa” got on the keyboard I am really impressed with the sound quality and the amount of different functions it has. I am looking forward to him learning the different keys, and I really like how he can learn to play along [...]

A had his first school Christmas party this past week. He had such a good time! They did a few songs although surprisingly A was less interested in singing and more interested in dancing and enthusiastically performing the hand gestures. He got to have a little snack of cupcakes and showed me the Christmas present [...]

A visited Granna at her school for a little bit the other day, so I could go to work! He brought me home a picture that he then told me that it was his homework, that he did at school. I hope he works as diligently and is as excited about homework in the future [...]

This is really the first year that A is really excited about Christmas. He was excited last year, but this year the anticipation of the holiday for him has been really fun. Although we are still a few days from Thanksgiving we took A to our local botanical gardens to go on a walking tour [...]

On Thursday of last week A woke up with a bit o’ eye drainage. Not a big deal I thought. Then it continued for about four hours, and I thought “great pink eye”. However, combined with his snoring at night and the fact that it didn’t get worse the symptoms for pink eye didn’t add [...]