Wolverine Birthday Cupcakes

My eldest son is in Senior Kindergarten and had requested Wolverine cupcakes to take to school for his birthday. I could not imagine how I was going to make them. I spent a couple of weeks pondering how I would decorate them and each time I wanted an easy way out. The easiest thing to do was to purchase toppers for the cupcakes but I couldn’t find any at Michael’s, Party Packagers, Bulk Barn, or even Wal-Mart. They had Spiderman, Diego, Dora, Superman, Thomas the Tank Engine…Oh why?!? I even tried to convince my soon-to-be 5 year old to choose Spiderman (he loves him a whole lot!), but nope! He was set on Wolverine. Anyhow, here are his Wolverine cupcakes (don’t laugh). I know that I made some mistakes (nose should have been done in yellow) and it doesn’t resemble Wolverine much but remember 5-year olds have great imaginations and if you tell them it’s Wolverine then it’s Wolverine they see. I made 21 of them, well the birthday boy put the grin on the Wolverines. So, here they are!

Ha-ha! I just noticed I missed piping the nose on one of them. I don’t think any of the children noticed.

By the way, the teacher gave me great feedback. They were a hit!

The recipes I used are:

Golden Vanilla Cupcakes (from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World)
Vanilla Frosting (from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes)
I used Sour Big Foots to make Wolverine’s eye mask

Antique Juicer

Isn't this a beauty? You might say, "What's so special about it? You could go out and get an electric juicer with all the bells and whistles or perhaps a citrus juicer that you might hold in your hand."

But this one holds special meaning to me. This belonged to my parents, well actually, my dad. He passed away over 3 years ago. Before my mom sold the house and moved in with us, my siblings and I were faced with packing up our childhood home filled with over 30 years of memories and belongings. My brother, sister, and I each had our own home by now and we didn't need more things to pack into our homes. We sorted through everything and kept what we wanted and the rest went to Goodwill. There were only 3 things that I wanted and, of course, this juicer was one of them. Every time I look at this piece, I am filled with the memories of my father. I picture him making fresh orange juice for us when we were little. No other juicer could ever replace this as I'm sure you'll agree. And IMO, it still does the best job at juicing lemons and oranges.