lunedì 5 luglio 2010
Here's a pic of my little July baby celebrating her 1st Fourth of July. Our countdown until her birthday is down to 3 days!! I have decided not to continue baking more cupcakes nor trying to make a perfect frosting. There isn't any time; I really have to start packing. I want to be able to enjoy Izzie's party without having "luggage" in the back of my mind. Yesterday we finished buying the little things we needed, so now all I really have to do is pack. No excuses, just put it in the luggage. Oh wait!! I do have one excuse, I have to decide which suitcases we're taking. We decided to take 3 plus Izzie's suitcase. It really stinks that now one is only allowed 1 suitcase per person instead of 2. Since we know that we'll want to bring half of Texas in our suitcases, we decided we are going to pay for the 3rd. It's impossible travelling with only 2 suitcases, well, of course that is my opinion. ;)
Yesterday we went to Alice's first birthday party. Her birthday was actually on the 28th of June, but since it was on a Monday they decided to celebrate the following Sunday. Italians don't believe in celebrating a birthday ahead of time, even if it is just one day before, it brings bad luck they say. Here is a picture of both Alice and Izzie...we had a hard time getting Izzie to sit still, Alice on the other hand wouldn't look at the camera...babies!!
Ok, I better start planning my packing process, or better yet, start deciding which suitcases we will be taking.
-Mamma Jenn
venerdì 2 luglio 2010
I haven't posted in the past few days due to lack of time. Right now I am multi-tasking, folding clean clothes, blogging and most importantly preventing Izzie from getting into any trouble. :) I had promised to post pics of the cupcakes with frosting, so here they are, pretty aren't they? In reality it's not a frosting, but a glaze and I made it in two different consistencies. The cupcakes with the candy pearls are more of a glaze and the ones without candy is more of a frosting. I didn't make this glaze from scratch, it was store bought and it's pretty cool because it's a powder that looks like confectioner's sugar and you just add a few tablespoons of water and it's done! The taste is good, it has an orange-y taste. I still want to try the vanilla frosting from scratch and if I have time today, I will bake another batch of 12 and this time with the vanilla frosting. I tell Roberto that making cupcakes is so much fun!! I have found so many yummy cupcake recipes that I want to try when we head back home to Texas, for example, the pina colada cupcake, and yes it does include real rum!! I am going cupcake crazy (in a good way) just trying to perfect the cupcake itself, imagine what will become of me when I try to perfect the frosting!
The other night, Roberto and I watched the movie Julie & Julia or Julia & Julie, I forgot the order of the names. Anyway, the movie reminded me of me because of the Blog and although I am no longer cooking, I am baking cupcakes. I loved the part where Julie is blogging and asks herself "someone is reading this, right? Somebody?" I feel the same exact way! Sometimes I feel like I am only blogging and no one in this crazy overpopulated cyberworld reads my blog. So when I am told by my family or friends that they read my blog, I feel so happy. I used to keep a real diary for the longest time, actually until a few months before Izzie was born. I had planned on starting a new diary once Izzie was born, but yeah, that was only a dream because it sure didn't happen. I had no idea what Motherhood was really like back then, now almost a year later, I have decided that blogging is like keeping a diary anyway, so I am content with my accomplishment. If you read my blog, every now and then can you leave me a comment? It would make me feel even more happy. :)
Izzie's birthday countdown is at 6 days, us leaving to Houston countdown is at 12 days!!
-Mamma Jenn
martedì 29 giugno 2010
9 days 'til the big ONE...here is my second batch of cupcakes with a new recipe, I gave Martha's recipe a kick out the door and found this recipe in a blog from a lady in northern England. To be honest I found many vanilla cupcake recipes, but this one in particular inspired me the most and here is the result. ta-da!! They are beautiful and delicious, I am happier with this recipe than with Martha's. Tomorrow I want to try the vanilla frosting and see what comes of it.
-Mamma Jenn
sabato 26 giugno 2010
...because Mamma Jenn is also making delicious vanilla cupcakes!!
After deciding that I wanted cupcakes for Izzie's first birthday party, I started my search for a good recipe and yes, I have decided to borrow Martha's recipe. Since I have never made cupcakes from scratch here in Italy, I figured I had to try them out at least once before the party...I didn't want to bake my experimental batch the night before. So, I made them praying that the "baking angels" would be by my side while I baked my first batch ever. They turned out delicious!! There is however one or two things that I am going to change to the recipe, just because I'm too much of a perfectionist and although they were good, they weren't perfect. Now I just need to try out a good frosting and I will be done. I will make sure to post pics of the party cupcakes.
On to a different topic...today we went shopping for gifts that we're planning on taking to my nieces and nephew back in Houston and let me tell you that it was exhausting!! My hubby ran out of energy running around afterIzzie everywhere in the mall. She even scared a poor little dog!! At all costs she wanted to pet the dog and the dog was afraid of Izzie. While grocery shopping she would climb on shelves and jump. She has way too much energy!! The only problem is that when she gets tired and wants to be nursed and sleep, she will scream her lungs out loud!!! At that point one has to stop everything and do what she wants or she will continue to sob and scream until she gets what she wants. Daddy may have run out of energy literally running after her, but my arms fell from the weight I carried around while nursing her and she fell asleep. After a long time and my arm almost falling off, I woke her up by placing her on her stroller, she woke up immediately. I was so glad she had woken up, otherwise she would have been woken up by the rain and hail that was falling on the way home. Yes, I did say hail. As I mentioned on my previous post, summer solsistice what? I don't think it's supposed to hail during the summer, or is it?
Right now Izzie is screaming and sobbing, it's time to sleep. Good nite...
-Mamma Jenn
lunedì 21 giugno 2010
June 21st, so, today is supposed to be the first day of Summer-- the celebration of Summer Solstice, but there is no celebrating going on in this part of Italy. Here it has been windy, gray and super chilly! Max daytime temps have been in the low 70s and night time has been in the 50s, now that sure doesn't feel like summer! I have a love-hate relationship with the Summer. It's my favorite season because I am a summer baby (I was born in August in Texas!!) and I love more light during the day, but I hate it because it's too darn hot and air conditioners are more of a luxury item in Italian households. They are slowly becoming more and more popular, but we still haven't joined the "elite Aircondition Owners group." I guess I shouldn't complain that we are not yet feeling the horrendous summer heat because in 22 days whether we like it or not we will be feeling and regretting the Texas Summer Fire!! Ok, now I'm going to enjoy the next few non-summer days ahead of me...until next time!
-Mamma Jenn
-Mamma Jenn
domenica 20 giugno 2010
Happy Father's Day to my wonderful Father!! I love you Daddy!! Thank you for everything you have taught me, for all your love, for your support, and most of all for being the best Daddy ever. I thank God for choosing you as my Daddy, He couldn't have done a better job and I pray He always blesses you with the best of everything.
Today is not only Father's day, but it's also my Father-in-Law's special day. Today my Father-in-Law turns 73 years young...Happy Birthday Ugo!!
Today has been a good day...
-Mamma Jenn
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About Me
- Jenn R.S.
- Roma, Italy
- Loving and living life to the fullest for God has blessed me with the most wonderful gifts ever: my husband Roberto, my little girl Isabella Nadine, my 2nd baby whose debut we are waiting for,my family and friends.
