Melt Down

I had a few things to bake last night. I needed to bake brownies for Bea's school Christmas party. I wanted to make cake pops for Camille's school birthday party. And I wanted to throw together some gingerbread cookie dough - because it needs to chill over night.

I got home and promptly mixed up the cake mix and put it in the oven. Next I tackled the brownies, then the gingerbread cookie dough. Done and done.

The gingerbread dough was chilling in the fridge. The cake and brownies were cooling... so I sit down to eat a quick dinner and do some other things and head back to the cake.

It's cooled so I cut it up and smash it around in the pan, pour some chocolate frosting in there and start forming balls.  I read somewhere that you should dip the sticks in the melted chocolate first and then stick them into the balls and pop them in the fridge for a few. I did this. Shortly after things went down hill from there. I tried to cover the first cake pop in chocolate. The chocolate was hardening way too fast and yet the cake was coming off in chunks in the chocolate! I destroyed four cake pops trying to get it to work. I was panicking. I only had one bag of chocolate. (Hey, I thought I was a pro since I've done it ONE other time before.) I wanted to cry. It was now 8 p.m. I thought Hobby Lobby was open till 9 p.m. Izak went to get more chocolate and it wasn't! Thankfully Michael's was still open. While he was out doing that I took all the stupid sticks out of the pops and was trying to make cake balls work somehow.  I tried dipping the bottom in chocolate then sprinkles then putting it on wax paper... UGH. The end result is cake ball type things. I'm so disappointed. They look horrible. It only cheered me up slightly this morning when Camille was showing Beatrice: "Look sister! It's pink and purple!" BUT my night didn't end there with misshaped cake balls.. I still had to put them in their little individual bags and tie them. WELL!!! I couldn't get the stupid candy bags open. Finally Izak heard me cursing and grumbling to myself and came out to help me open the stupid bags. When I went to put a stupid ball in the baggie the thing didn't fit!! I was on the verge of throwing all those damn cake ball things on the floor and stomping away!! I managed to shove them all in the bags though - mainly because I didn't want Millie to go to school empty handed and I didn't want to have to buy some stupid store bought cupcakes. :( I'm SO SAD about them!! They look like the girls decorated them. They look like monster balls. Or weird marshmallow shaped things. I am not posting pictures because I don't want to remember that horrible horrible night.

And this morning.... after carrying the girls coats around with me and loading everything up in the car... I FORGOT THE GIRLS COATS!! I wanted to scream: ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!  Luckily I put them in little hoodies and they have long sleeves on but it's SUPER COLD OUTSIDE. So I'll have to leave work and go get their damn coats and bring them to school.  GAH!!