The kiddos are super excited about the new baby. We are involving them as much as we can. In the past, we have signed them up for the siblings class at the hospital where I deliver, but because there is now an age range, I would have to go to two different classes, which won't really work because of my work schedule, baseball, end of the school year, and summer camps.
So, I was thinking that something we could do in the next few months would be to have a onsie making party. A onsie is an outfit in my house, and I thought it would be special if each kiddo made one for their new brother.
So, if you were doing this, would you just buy a ton of fun supplies and let them do whatever they want, or try to make it more organized?
Also, Danielle....
Do you have a recipe for red velvet cake? I can't find a good one that is totally from scratch.
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So, by "making a onsie", I'm assuming you mean just decorating an existing onsie. Not really "making" the onsie, right? Because that would be insane...
If they are decorating, I say let them create. It's theirs, afterall. I would encourage them to put some thought into it beforehand, maybe even sketch it out on paper, just so that you know they have a plan.
Lilli tie dyed onesies for Delaney, and again for Owen. She had a blast. :o)
I will email you a red velvet cake recipe!
I won't email it to you because I can't find your addy!
Here's the recipe...
Red Velvet cake
(I usually use vanilla cream cheese frosting on this cake!)
Makes 1 9-inch 3-layer cake
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
3½ cups cake flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa (not Dutch process)
1½ teaspoons salt
2 cups canola oil
2¼ cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) red food coloring or 1 teaspoon red gel food coloring dissolved in 6 tablespoons of water
1½ teaspoons vanilla
1¼ cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons baking soda
2½ teaspoons white vinegar.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place teaspoon of butter in each of 3 round 9-inch layer cake pans and place pans in oven for a few minutes until butter melts. Remove pans from oven, brush interior bottom and sides of each with butter and line bottoms with parchment.
2. Whisk cake flour, cocoa and salt in a bowl.
3. Place oil and sugar in bowl of an electric mixer and beat at medium speed until well-blended. Beat in eggs one at a time. With machine on low, very slowly add red food coloring. (Take care: it may splash.) Add vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in two batches. Scrape down bowl and beat just long enough to combine.
4. Place baking soda in a small dish, stir in vinegar and add to batter with machine running. Beat for 10 seconds.
5. Divide batter among pans, place in oven and bake until a cake tester comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pans 20 minutes. Then remove from pans, flip layers over and peel off parchment. Cool completely before frosting.
danielle...thanks a million for taking the time to type this out-going to make it this weekend :)
XO
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