I am not posting about my new project yet. I’ve been procrastinating today with cupcakes and boats. I was watching N. for my sister this afternoon and we needed a snack. I decided on cupcakes because I had an opened cake box mix in a bowl from last week when I made cupcakes for my sister-in-law’s shower. I made three different flavours from scratch for her shower but felt that it wasn’t enough so I decided to do a cake mix batch as well until my husband stopped the madness before it began continued. So I had the cake mix sitting there waiting to be made and I discovered the perfect cupcake icing during my previous cupcake marathon and felt it needed to be tested again just to be sure of its greatness. It turned out perfect again, or I think so anyway. I found the recipe here at allrecipes.

My sister and her girls and myself went for a walk yesterday because it was so warm and I was inspired by all the massive puddles to make us some boats. I grew up in Battleford, Saskatchewan and if you have ever been there you know that it is fairly hilly as it is beside the river. In the spring when all the snow would start melting we used to be able to race our makeshift boats for blocks. I remember it as a highlight of my childhood. So, I was eating an avocado this morning and I thought they would make great boats, especially if I prettied them up with some sails. They work, as you can see, but we will have to try them out tomorrow in a puddle. In case you want to make your own I used avocado of course (scraped out, washed, and dried), pipe cleaner stuck to the bottom with plastecine (not play dough) and milk carton cut into sails and hole punched, and there you have it, avocado boats!