It's TOO DARN HOT

If you're not one of the people complaining about the heat right now, then you're one of the people complaining about the people complaining about the heat.

Either way, we all have the same problem:

Bad bikini cakes.

Yep, this heat wave has clearly addled bakers' brains, my friends, and the results simply aren't pretty.

Unless maybe you're looking for two trees in a Seuss-ian landscape.

Er...

[head tilt]

Naaaah.

Whoah. It's like I can't even see the disembodied torso!

[singing] The hills are ALIIIIVE...

With butterfly CENsor dots!

No, wait. I have a better song.

(Ahem hem hem.)

From the MOUNT-ains,

To the VAL-leys,

To the OH-shoot!

Is that a THOOOOONG?

GOOOOOD bless America!

My...

Oooohhh soooo wroooong!

Thanks to Heather R., Melissa D., Heather H., Ellen G., & Ginny, who will never look at a heart cookie the same way again.

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Speaking of hot, Jen got me one of these neck fans and it’s an absolute must have for this summer heat:

Portable Neck Fan

5 Terrifying Kids' Cakes To Make You Poop A Little

Parents, are the kids making too much noise? Need to quiet them down a bit? Maybe get them rocking themselves in the fetal position for the next few hours, followed by a life-long enrollment in therapy?

THEN DO WE HAVE THE CAKES FOR YOU!!

"Hey, kids, that's not sunburn - it's pulverized entrails! Ho-ho!"

"My name's Murders-A-Lot, and I like warm hugs!

"... followed by murder."

"We're gonna wreck... [clap!]... YOU UP."

[muffled screaming]

I know I usually blur out bakery labels to protect the guilty, but what the actual heck, Baskin Robbins:

Sleep sweet, kiddos.

Thanks to Sarah H., Tom S., Sarah Y., Erica K., & Carol V. for finding a cake that mirrors all of our faces right now.

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Speaking of creepy, it's never too early to start decorating for spooky season, and these stick-on bats were my biggest hit last year:

3D Halloween Bats, Exterior Grade, 60 pc set

They're made of sturdy plastic, come in 4 different sizes, and have adhesive pads to easily stick them up anywhere in or outside your home. (I put a whole belfry of them on our front door.) (I don't know if "belfry" is right, but I'm going with it. :D) Even better, the whole 60 piece set is only $10 Prime!

They're made of sturdy plastic, come in 4 different sizes, and have adhesive pads for easy sticking. (I recommend adding a little poster tack to the largest size, though, since mine have started falling off the wall.) Here's what I just did with some of mine:

I also like putting a whole flock on the front door. :)