ummm...

where did the past 2 years, 11 months, 4 weeks and 1 day go? it was the same time last year that i was doing this in preparation for tony's birthday party at the sitter's.

seeing as how this is his first party at his new "school", (and things seem to finally be going much better - 3 tear free days out of the last 4), i thought i should break out the "big guns" and create my favorite "take to school snack"...the cupcake in an ice cream cone snack, which really brought back memories of when i was little. isn't it crazy how the simplest thing can bring back a flood of the best memories?

i called nana to find out just how she used to make them for us (my mom didn't - still doesn't - bake, so nan used to make these for us). i think they turned out quite nicely...what do you think?

not sure how i would get them to the school, i opted to wrap them individually in little cellophane baggies and tie them up with some red curling ribbon...this way too, if they didn't get eaten during snack time, they were easier to take home!!

oh, and on a completely unrelated topic...can i just say that i don't understand how i can go to bed one night with a giant tree out front full of yellow leaves and wake up to find a front yard that looks like this...
when my neighbor's yards look like this...

it's just insane! the sad part is the tree is still full of leaves...someone really needs to get working on that "money growing on trees thing", cuz if this tree were a money tree and it was dropping $ bills like these leaves with a tree still full of them...we'd be in business baby!!