He requested a cheetah chocolate cake with caramel frosting. We opted for a cheetah den and lots of plastic cheetahs on it. He liked it even though there were lots of cave ins.
Scouring pinterest, Zoe came up with this for her cake. It’s a chocolate cake with mint chocolate chip buttercream icing. Was it yummy? Oh my goodness it was. The cake was my standard chocolate cake but the icing was so fluffy and good. And I don’t like mint chocolate chip anything.
This past year, I requested a ban on actual toys for the kids. I know I’m mean. But seriously, some of you did not see all these toys and such we moved. So, Ge and Granddaddy gifted the kids with a membership to a children’s museum near them. They also gave them a bunch of toys (I’m not a Scrooge, peeps).
Well, the museum has reciprocity to several museums across the nation. One happens to be even closer and it’s one we’ve been to before. We’ve always enjoyed it.
So, for Liam’s birthday celebration, he requested a trip to Edventure. We happily obliged. They had a special exhibit called Snowville. The last time we had been to that exhibit they had fake snow. We got the kids super excited this time that there would be snow indoors. Well, we were wrong. No snow this time. But the day and the evening activity (more on that later) more than made up for it.
We were super excited to see all the wonderful improvements Edventure has made to their exhibits and the kids totally enjoyed themselves!
From grocery shopping…
Yes, I know we’re almost at the end of January but a month behind is not too bad.
Liam turned 7 in December. I can’t believe it. I started blogging the summer after he was born so that means this blog is nearing 7 years. Agghhh!
Anyway, my rambunctious passionate kid is growing up. We still have our moments (days/weeks) but he is an amazing kid and we know God has big plans for this little man.
He requested a chocolate cake with blue icing and Hobbit Legos, no wait, Pirate Legos, no wait, Ninjago Legos…I finally found a fun pirate game with Legos. That satisfied him. And it fit with the blue icing.
He got to celebrate birthday early at Ge & Granddaddy’s when we traveled there for Christmas. And he never complained about getting an extra present.
This year is going to be full of fun and challenges, I just know it (especially since it’s already started). We continue to pray and seek God’s wisdom as we raise this little man who is so full of energy and life.
Zoe turned ten last month! Be still my heart. I keep looking at her thinking about the little baby, toddler, girl, she was and then I blink and see the young lady she is becoming!
We joined pinterest last year. And by “we,” I mean Zoe and I. It’s all too common for us to sit and oogle over the pinned items and for her to call out something she wants me to pin.
Her birthday cake was one of the first pins we had.
Yep. A tie dye cake. My sweet girl is all about colors and this was her request way back in our early pinterest days.
I was excited to try it but definitely a bit apprehensive.
But, try I did. Here’s the result:
We did a funky design on top hoping it would mix in to the cake. It didn’t much but it was still fun to do. I used a home made cake recipe and next time I’ll double it for a two layered round cake to make the layers thicker.
Here’s the top. Gel colors. So cool.
The inside. Soooo yummy! I also found a great buttercream icing recipe that didn’t require shortening (blech).
She voted for a duct tape party and the girls made headbands!
Zoe got a Lilla Rose clip of her very own. She was pumped!
We traveled on her actual birthday so she had two celebrations. Grandmere made some yummy cupcakes and presents were at both sets of grandparents’ homes!
