Monday, July 18, 2011

Birthday Cakes

Growing up, my mom always made us a special birthday cake. I remember having a Winnie the Pooh cake at some point. I'm sure there Strawberry Shortcake cakes and who knows what else, but every year it was something special. If I had a picture from way back when, I'd post it.

Anywhoodle, birthdays just aren't birthdays without torturing myself into finding a little creativity and making a cake for my boys. This year, Cole wanted Spiderman. I talked him out of a Viking cake because I had NO idea how that was going to materialize. Spiderman has his own special cake pan with instructions.

The second child is always a little more difficult. He likes what his brother likes but I wasn't about to do Spiderman twice. Instead, he came up with an airplane cake. Should be simple right? It wasn't actually too bad, thanks to google. I found a bunch of different ideas, and decided to try some fondant. It could have been better, but it looks like an airplane right?

At least I can take a break for another year. That's one nice thing about having birthdays close together!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

The Belated Birthday Post

My baby is 3! Don't worry, I didn't forget his birthday. Blogging has just taken a back seat to just about everything else for a while.

Hard to believe that 3 years ago we got to meet this guy, 6 weeks earlier than expected.

But he grew and grew and loved to show his personality right from the start.
He loves to push the limits and get into trouble,
but it's been so much fun (mostly) watching him go from baby to little boy!
Happy Birthday, Tate! We love you!