We celebrated the first part of Christian's birthday with a sleepover with Kincaids last night. It was a hilarious evening of an RV show at the mall parking lot as well as a book signing by Brandon Mull, author of kid favorites such as Dragonwatch, Fablehaven, and Spirit Animals. We were in line at Barnes & Noble and waited about an hour. There were a surprisingly large amount of people there. He was so nice, and his illustrator, Brandon Dorman, was also there and was so nice and turns out he's a dentist in Kennewick and used to be a full time children's book illustrator. He has illustrated for some really famous series (like Goosebumps, Land of Stories)! Side note: The publisher person (PR rep) was also there and the kids asked for his signature and he said it was the first time he had ever signed a book.
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| Christian got elastics to wear every night to pull in those maxillary incisors |
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| Brandon Dorman, Troy Butcher, Brandon Mull |
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| Usual suspects |
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Settling in to watch "Free Guy"
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| First time making this type of (non fondant) cake. I made the buttercream frosting. Things I would do differently next time: Try making Swiss Meringue buttercream frosting which I read is smoother to spread. This buttercream was a little bit grainy/gritty looking. The color also turned out much brighter than I expected as I was going for a Tiffany robin's egg blue. haha. |
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| Kids and I actually went to the RV show twice. It was so much fun. Our favorites were this Black trailer and a 24 ft Four Winds Class C RV. |
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