Super Easy Party Favor

I've had a Superman silicone mold for a while and have wanted to use it but never knew what to use it for. When I was planning Kara's party I knew I wanted to make Supergirl candy for favors! I bought some pink candy melts and started searching for a tutorial. I couldn't imagine that melting chocolate could be hard, but I wasn't sure about using the mold and what I had to do. Turns out it's SUPER easy. I never did find a tutorial, but my sister in law, Kelli, gave me some easy instructions.

There are so many awesome silicone molds out there that the possibilities seem endless. And seeing as how easy this was, I think I might have candy melt favors for every party I throw!

Gather your candy melts and silicone mold. 

Microwave the melts according to the package directions and fill the mold. I used about 2/3 of the package for one tray of candies. I think the candies would have been better if they weren't filled to the top. It was a lot even for me! But back to how I did it. I filled each space halfway with candy. Then I tapped the mold on the counter to get the air bubbles out. Then I filled the molds the rest of the way and tapped the tray again.

**There was one place on my mold (bottom curve of the S) where the candy didn't seem to get inside. After I filled the mold halfway, I would squeeze each candy to make that space bigger so that candy would fill it. It seemed to work okay.

If you have left over candy in your bowl and are going to do more candies, you can just let the melted candy harden again. When you go to make your next batch it softens right up and is good as new! Or you could just eat it straight from the bowl. You know...if you're anything like me.

Place the mold in the freezer for an hour or two. Remove the candy from the mold and you're done!

Seriously...that's all there is to it. 

She's 1!

Kara celebrated her first birthday on Sunday! We had some family over and had a wonderful time. 

It was such a nice day that we decided to have the party all outside. Usually we have some people inside and some outside, but after this winter, I want to soak up as many nice days as I can! Kara was getting a little overwhelmed with the day. During presents she just wanted to play with some of the toys for more than a few seconds, but we kept taking them away and replacing them with a new package to open. She was getting a little cranky. She got so many wonderful new things! She got an awesome picnic table, lots of new clothes (flamingo jammies and flamingo shorts!), a bitty baby and stroller and some books. She is having a blast playing with all of her new things and showing off her new clothes. 

Auntie Kelly made these amazing Supergirl cookies! The kids loved them...and ate them all before I had a chance to sample one!

Kara loved her cake. My mom and dad got her a smash cake and cake to share from Weber Bakery. This little girl needed no prompting to start shoveling that cake into her mouth. Right at the start she got cake in her eye. After a quick clean up she was back at it. I think she was more irritated that she had to stop eating to get her eye wiped out than anything. Towards the end she was getting so tired and was crying as she ate. But she didn't stop eating for a second. Atta girl!

Love her reaction to seeing her dirty face!

Happy birthday Kara! You are our supergirl!

Kara's First Birthday Shoot

I had a really hard time settling on something to do for Kara's first birthday photo shoot. Finally I decided to go with the obvious Supergirl theme with some spring flowers! Finding a nice little place with flowers in bloom this year was pretty tough. These pictures are from Meson Sabika. I'm not crazy about her hair in these pictures, but what can you do? Wind will be wind.

I can't believe how big she's getting!

She's making all sorts of funny faces now. She's very expressive. Cracks me up.

This is what she wanted to be doing the entire time. She wasn't interested in sitting and smiling for me. I guess I can't blame her.

Can't believe she's one!

C2E2 - 2014

The boys have been anxiously awaiting C2E2 since they came home from the event last year. Jason "encouraged" them to take pictures with characters by telling them that whoever took pictures with the most characters would get a special prize. Clark just barely won with 12 different characters. Kent had 10. I think Clark ended up getting $1 or something. Not sure if that bribe is going to work again next year...

The highlight of Jason's day was meeting Tom Cook. He's an animator who worked on the original He-Man series. You can see Jason's excitement...the kids seem unimpressed!

Pictures with Ecto 1

It's pretty amazing that people create these costumes and attend the convention just for fun. The boys loved that they were able to hold some of the weapons for the picture. Hawkgirl's costume is pretty awesome.

This year the Friends of Scales Reptile Rescue was there drumming up support. Let me tell you who is excited about this...it's NOT me. Of course these three loved it.

Thundercats, Ho!

Love this picture even if it is a little on the blurry side - Clark always the performer; Kent pointing just cracks me up.

In true Wilde form, they are already looking forward to next year's show...

The Monster Mash

...or maybe it was Monster Jam?!

Jason and his dad took the boys to Monster Jam again this year. Last year's event started Kent on his obsession with monster trucks. This year it rekindled the romance for him. I think the kids really loved going this time now that they knew what to expect. Jason was a little more excited too. He even wanted to make t-shirts for everyone. Everyone picked out their favorite monster truck picture and we printed it on ink jet paper and ironed it on to the shirts. Super easy - just had to follow the directions on the package.

Jason was so excited to see Max-D (upper left photo). I guess he came out and on the first run he flipped and didn't run again for the rest of the night. We joke about that a lot. Kent now is obsessed with El Toro Loco. He bought an El Toro Loco pillow for his souvenir. Clark still loves Grave Digger which is perfect since he wins all the time. His souvenir was a Grave Digger sword that I thought would be broken by now, but it's still slashing! They were all excited to see Iron Man. Clark loved the Zombie truck with its rotting flesh hanging off everywhere. Kent hated the Megasaurus that came out and ate cars. At least he didn't fall asleep this year!

They are already making plans for next year's big event. Hopefully they will be able to get pit passes next year and get close to the trucks. They will really love that. They tried this year, but it didn't work out. Next year it will!!

2014!

New Year's Eve is always an adventure it seems. There is always some drama going on. This year it was my dad causing the drama. He found himself in the ER on New Year's Eve with some bleeding that wouldn't stop. They kept him overnight for observation. The rest of us went to Dave and Kelli's to ring in the new year with some fondue. Yum! We played Clark's new favorite game, Axis of Villains. It's kind of a cool game because you are all on a team together. Everyone either wins or loses the game together. 

I wish I could remember what the problem was here. It doesn't matter much. This is a very common pose for Kent. It's tough being 3.

The boys wishing you a very Happy New Year!

And in video form...

Supergirl

Here's the cute little outfit that I made for Kara for when she came home from the hospital. I think it fits her pretty well at 8 weeks old...sheesh!

When I was telling Clark that I was going to take Supergirl pictures of Kara he decided that he wanted to make a prop for the photos. He even told me he wanted to have her put her hand up like she was flying. I think she cooperated pretty well!

I'm thinking that if there is one word that our family should be able to spell, it would be "super." I guess we'll be working on that!!

And a picture with her Supergirl bear! I love how they are basically the same size. I know I should have taken a picture with the bear when she was first born, but I didn't for some reason. This one will have to do!

Here's the whole ensemble that I made for her. The shoes fit her when she was first born but they no longer do. I even made the 0-3 month size and they are just too small. You can find the pattern here: they are the Ballerina Baby Shoes. I used this tutorial for the flower on her headband (which is also too small now). I used grosgrain ribbon instead of fabric. The patch was from PowerPatches on Etsy. She did a custom order for me and we LOVED the result! You can get the Superman logo in any colors you want!

May 4, 2013: Carousel, Kare Bear, Free Comics and Star Wars

What a full day we had on May 4th! It was a lot of fun to be able to just spend time having fun together as a family. We didn't do too many chores and we tried to just enjoy the day. We don't get a whole lot of days like that around here.

We started at the mall and of course we had a carousel ride because dad was with us.

And we stuffed Kara's special little Kare Bear at Build A Bear Workshop. The boys were so cute cleaning her up and getting her ready. They are excited for their sister to come. Jason bought the bear ahead of time and brought it home so I could sew on the supergirl patch. Then we took it back to stuff.

Next stop...Graham Cracker Comics for Free Comic Book Day which is the first Saturday of May each year. Maybe we have it set up as a repeating event on our Cozi Calendar. Maybe. We of course had to pick up a Star Wars edition since it was May 4th.

Then we had a baptism and a birthday party and then our first outdoor movie night of the year!

It was still a bit cold out for Star Wars Day, but you can't tell Jason no when it comes to outdoor movies. We just bundle up and brave the cold. We kept with tradition and picked up Milky Way and Star Crunch. This year we even added Yoda Soda. It's our typical punch just made green.

And here's the new set up with the inflatable screen. We are trying to figure out where we want everything and then Jason is actually going to run power out there. It sure will beat having wires everywhere.

It was good. The fourth was with us.

C2E2 - Or the Best Day of Their Lives

The boys had an amazing time at the C2E2 Show. I guess it would be hard not to enjoy a day looking at comics, taking pictures of grown ups in costumes and playing with superhero toys. 

Josh, Clark and Kent get into character.

Clark and Josh with Juggernaut

Clark and Israel Idonije...I guess Israel (Mr. Idonije...what do I call him?) came up to Clark who was standing in line and just swept him right up and said, "I need to take a picture with this kid." I think Clark was pretty happy. Thanks Uncle Brandon for being ready with your phone to snap the pic!

Clark and a Halo guy

Clark and some people...Jason wasn't sure who they were.

Clark and Josh with Deadpool

Kent and Spiderman. Kent wasn't too excited about pictures with these characters. I'm not sure who is getting the stink eye at the moment, but they better be sorry.

Clark and Kent with a Star Wars Trooper. Not sure which kind...

Josh and more Star Wars fans. I guess our boys didn't want to take their picture with Darth Maul.

with Chewbacca

The only character that Kent was okay taking a picture with was Batman. Joker and Harley Quinn had to sneak in behind to get the picture. Kent still talks about seeing Batman.