So far Bubbalu has been spoiling me.
Bubbalu loves his truck bed. He is a good sleeper most of the time, taking 2ish hour naps every afternoon and in bed for 12 hours at night. He often talks and plays in bed but never gets out of bed. He ALWAYS waits for me. I do realize how good I have it. Um...I mean had.
Until yesterday.
Yesterday morning he must have heard us up and about downstairs and decided to get out by himself, "hi Mommy, hi Daddy!".
And a good hour before he should be up from his afternoon nap he came sauntering down the stairs holding 2 pieces of his nightlight, "hi Mommy, hi Daddy!".
Oh crap...
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Bubbalu one year ago:
It is SHOCKING how much they change in one short year. It reminds me to treasure these days of Lil Chick's infancy. To enjoy every second, including the 3AM wake-up calls.
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Did anybody else's Mom make themed birthday cakes for you growing up? My Mom always made us a special theme cake for our birthday. Some of the themes over the years were dolls, teddy bears, trucks (for my brother), a barbie cake and 3-D candy house.
Last year for Bubbalu's first birthday I made a monkey face cake to fit his monkey party:
Bubbalu turned 2 in December and because he is obsessed with anything truck, car, or motorcycle (AKA "Lululululu" in Bubbalu language, NO idea where that came from!) Mama made a truck cake.
I used a 9x13 sheet cake cut into thirds, stacked and 'glued' them with frosting then trimmed the sides:
Next a shaved down mini-loaf pan cake became the cab and an extra cake piece (one that I actually didn't eat during the shaving process) became the hood:
Next up, make blue frosting:
ALWAYS let the youngun lick the spoon! It's a rite of passage and provides cute pictures, see?
Lil Chick was kinda crabby, so Mama threw her in the Moby and went right back to work painting the truck:
Finished product, with mini bundt pan cake "wheels" and pretzel wipers, grill and door handle:
Notice where the door handle is? Yeah, I moved it to the correct spot after Lance pointed it out. He thought that was funny.
Hint: use chocolate donuts for the wheels, cause mini bundt pan cake wheels are annoying.
I used red hots for the tail lights and a hershey bar for the license plate.
Our family of four at Bubbalu's birthday party:
Bubbalu blew out the candle the very first try! Notice how surprised/excited Lance is? Hilarious:
Because he blew the candle out so quickly, we re-lit it a good 3 more times for optimal photographic opportunities:
I think it's safe to say Bubbalu liked his cake:
Inspired? Check out this website or this website for some ideas, techniques and pictures. And be sure to post your creations!
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