Red Velvet Glory

Inspired by Clovy (my certified cupcake lover in NY), I made red velvet cupcakes today. I haven't really tasted a red velvet cake before nor have I seen one, but after much research on various sites and books, I no longer hesitated and decided on the Red Velvet 1 recipe found in allrecipes.com. So here are my red, sexy cupcakes with creamy milk frosting (I actually tried the cream cheese frosting, but this cooked flour and milk frosting tastes so much better). As always, the photos were taken by Brandon :) If you want more info on Red Velvet Cakes, check out the "So Naughty, So Nice" article in http://www.nytimes.com, under Dining and Wine section.

How can I get her to wear this gown again???

Next month, my little princess will be having her first stint as a flower girl at Brandon's brother's wedding.  I guess it's always a mother's dream to see her kids become part of any wedding entourage--- all dressed-up and looking cute, but it just dawned on me that it will be a most stressful time too because of these two major factors: One, will Trixie walk down the aisle?  If not, I have to accept the fact that I might walk with her or worse, carry her down the aisle. Two, will Trixie even want to wear the gown? Luckily for the gown fitting, Trixie agreed to wear the gown only because we were watching Annie at that time and Annie happened to be wearing a long night gown.  So I paused the movie and pointed out what Annie was wearing, and so she was convinced to wear the dress.  After just a few minutes (while Brandon was speed-clicking on the camera), Trixie started to whine about the dress and cried for me to remove it quickly... so there!  How can I convince her to wear the gown again???  And if she won't wear the gown, do I still let her walk down the aisle...wearing her favorite shirt and shorts???

Lino's Homecoming Dinner

We had a warm, pleasant dinner at our house last week, celebrating Kris's birthday and Lino's homecoming from Palawan. :) We transformed our guest room (also Trixie's future room) into a private function room.

Sleepy Trixie and Friends

One of Trixie's routines before going to bed is putting her friends to sleep. (Brandon taught her to do that.) Here's what usually happens...