Cotton Candy Frosting

There are a few simple things in this world that excite me. Like my sister, I like to grocery shop with reckless abandon and buy the weirdest new thing to try. Most of the time, we've come across some winners. Last week, we found a loser.

As per usual, I was shopping for my weekly cupcake adventure when I came across something Duncan Hines calls, "Icing Creations". Basically, you buy an oversized tub of plain frosting and add artificial flavour packets to customize your very own flavour. I bought two packets; pink bubblegum and blue cotton candy. These flavours came at the recommendation of my sister in law, Erica. She and I agreed that Jess would like these flavours best. We were right! Jess loved the cotton candy flavoured icing even though, Erica and I thought it topped the list of probably one of the grossest things each of us have ever eaten (Please note: I've eaten some really gross stuff in my time; including my first attempt at carrot cake- ask Alex about this one).

What really mattered was that Jess had fun and that we tried it. If we hadn't tried something new, how were we to know that it wasn't going to work out or that it was really gross?

Being a first time mom, I'm finding that I have to figure a lot of my life out through trial by fire. These days I'm feeling like I'm getting more fire than actual success. This probably has to do with Molly being a grumpy-pants because she is teething. (Seriously folks, if she doesn't pop out vampire fangs, I'll be surprised. Blood sucking, nocturnal succubus of a baby... I digress).

Trying new things can be scary.
Having children is scary.
Putting these two notions together makes for a terrifying experience but overall a very interesting adventure.
Things that  you never thought you were capable of doing start to become simply a way of life. I never thought I'd be able to carry as much crap in my arms as I can but sure enough, not only can I carry the weeks groceries, but I can do this all while holding a 25lb toddler, opening the front door, and shooing off a ferocious kitty cat. I had to try it; and it was a success (I admit, there were some cat scratches on my ankles, and a few broken eggs).

We all fear the unknown. This is the defining feature of what makes human-kind so interesting. Being in search of "The Answer" has led us to form organized religion, great art, and advances in science. Everyday we are all on the precipice of a great frontier into the unknown. Some answers are obvious, some we search for, and some we will never know. At least when we are looking for our answers, we can have some fun doing it. Nothing is more fun that trying bright blue frosting and laughing your face off with your sisters-in-law because it is just so nasty. :)