snow day

i've driven through the 118 freeway practically everyday for the past 19 years. this is the first time i've ever seen snow from this view. so pretty.

red velvet day

i've never baked anything in my life until yesterday. i bought two packs of sprinkles red velvet cupcake mix from williams sonoma a few days ago and decided to bake the fam a batch of unnecessary holiday carbs. plus, my sister and i watched dean for a couple of hours so it made for a good kid-entertaining activity...that is until he got upset that i put one dot of sprinkles decorating dot on his cupcake (i forgot how kids expect bazillion little sprinkles on their cupcakes and that the "modern dot" sprinkles is known for was all lost on the little guy). we explained to him that this is what they're supposed to look like - he didn't care - and so we put two dots on his cupcake. a second later, dean decided he didn't want said confectionery dot nor frosting on his cake. i mean, this kid will eat bowls of white rice plain, so i wasn't surprised. it's just another reason i love him. the cupcakes came out really well, considering we don't have an electric mixer and my arms got a good workout from all the mixing. i've got another package to make sometime before christmas, but even though it was a success, i don't think i'm adding baking to my list of hobbies anytime soon.