The kind of cake we all like
Posted on Aug 24 in baking, dessert, Food Porn, Off Topicby NikaPrint
This last August 22nd, my middle child turned 4 years old.
Life becomes very full when you have three kids, one being all of 10 months, and you homeschool and you are dedicated to starting a new direction in your working life.
So full that time zips past ferociously fast.
So fast that when you look at the newly 4 year old you get a flash back to the pain of labor and delivery and the heart wrenching experience of watching her be resuscitated, dragged from the brink of death.
It seems like yesterday that she was born and here she is a very spicy little 4 year old girl who is about to start preschool.
We threw a Spongebob/ Dora the Explorer birthday party for her. I priced out a Spongebob Squarepants cake at the grocery store but they wanted $21.00 for the crazy thing!
I made my own non-spongebob presents-stacked-up cake and put so many candles on the thing that I was sort of fearful it might burst into a bonfire at some point, taking the spongebob plates, cups, napkins, and plastic tablecloth with it!
Baby Oh, being the sensible little man he is, was quite concerned about this odd practice we were partaking in, setting the dining room on fire.
I also made a little cake just for KD so she got to blow it and the big one out. They had magic relighting candles so the blowing out happened over and over.
This is a good thing for kids and great for moms who want to shoot it (over and over to get the shot).
Many presents appeared for the party. I have to confess that, while it looks like excess, its almost all school stuff. I am a bad party mom to pass off school supplies as presents! Thing is, she adores clothes so she was excited about her new clothes-as-presents and her new Dora backpack and Dora tennis shoes and pretty pink butterfly rain poncho.
At one point, we moved the party outside to beat on a Spongebob Squarepants pinata I had loaded with lunch snacks and raisins (a few chocolate kisses too). Alas, this pinata was politically correct and was not rigged for bludgeoning.
No, Spongebob had these streamers hanging down, between his stubby little legs.
The idea is that kids each pull one streamer and then finally one kid gets the one streamer attached to a drop-open patch on Spongebob’s behind.
The most disturbing part is that I had open and loosen and generally widen the “behind” opening. Spongebob and I never knew each other very well and after this, well, he doesn’t spare me a kind look.
With a little help from Q, Spongebob gave up the goods.
We ended the festivities with explosive little things that blow out streamers. We will be picking that stuff up out of the backyard for some time.
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Lovely birthday cake! And lucky Sponge Bob, who didn’t have to get whacked with a stick the way our kids’ pinatas did. Perhaps the streamers were the kinder way!
Indeed, kinder, but I would looking forward to .. well .. the workout
To be honest, with all the recent Spongebob Squarepants lead related recalls I am worried about this stuff coming into our house :-/.
Those kids are so cute. And very fun to see you have the BlogherAds.
Kalyn: Glad you like the kid shots! I think they tire of me shooting them but they would not be the only kids who felt thsi way!
Sent you a private email with a blogher ad question.
What a beautiful cake!! And Happy, Happy Birthday to the middle one
Having backyard parties for my kids were always the best fun. Glad to see the tradition continues!
Rebecca: thnx! Yeah, backyard parties are definitely the way to go. We spent the whole day anticipating it. KD watched me bake the cake and then cut it up and then put it back together again and put the frosting on it. It was an all day event. I would not want it any other way!
What a wonderful celebration. The cake is so pretty!
Anh: thanks
was much fun. Love your blog, its beautiful!
I love your cake! Its like a mad baker decided to make a happy cake. I showed it to my 4 year old son and we have decided to make the same cake. Hope you don’t mind.
Lulu: oh my goodness, of course I dont mind! I am glad he likes it, you have made my day!
That cake is wonderful – and what a great idea to make a smaller one. Your kids are adorable too!
Your cake is beautiful,your kids gorgeous and the pictures.well just wonderful
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