Well today was the day. Eli's first birthday party since he was 1. I haven't had a party for him since we've moved to Mississippi because we haven't had any kids his age to invite. But this year we decided to have a party. Despite inviting his whole tball team we still ended up with 5 girls and Eli! One day he will really appreciate that. :) We had a lot of fun decorating and getting ready. Here you see Eli stuffing the pinata. He really is having fun, he just wasn't in a picture mood at this moment. Speaking of pictures, my camera died 2 minutes after our first guest arrived and I didn't get it working again until a couple of hours ago. So, this is all I got!This is the playroom all decked out with the totally cool solar system. Yes, Sarah is running away. By the time I got my camera to take the picture everyone was running to find something else to do.
Eli also had fun helping daddy blow up the planets. While I was getting ready Josh came and told me that he had just hung the moon. :)
Doesn't Eli look excited? Here is the "kidney cake" as I affectionately call it. I don't know if you can tell, but the "wings" at the bottom looked just like kidneys, especially before I put the candy on because even after using all of the red coloring the icing was still pink. I was the most excited about the twizzlers at the bottom, but being the genius that I am I put it on a red board so you can barely see them!! Poor Eli. People kept telling me that all that mattered was that the cake was made with a mother's love. See what happens when your mama loves ya??? The kids actually really liked it and as much as it looks nothing like it is supposed to, I decided I will enjoy making ugly cakes until my kids catch on and demand I not humiliate them with my incompetence.
This may be my favorite picture of all time!!!
Me and the birthday boy!
7 comments:
I love the pics! Especially the last two with Eil and you & Josh. The cake looked fine. I can't wait to get the whole story. How was homecoming? We had homecoming at Causeyville today and if I may have a confession moment...I HATE church potlucks. (how un-baptist is that?)
Personally, I love the eating part. The cooking and toting of the food all over creation and trying to keep it warm during church, I could do without. :)
Beautiful pictures. And as for the cake, I'm jealous that you can make it look like something. Mine barely turn out edible, let alone pretty or decorated.
Thanks Ali! I've figured out that with kids you can't go wrong if you just cover it in candy!
Well, I clicked on the picture to make it big and the cake turned out GREAT!! I'm really impressed - you don't give yourself enough credit. Your cake may have had a little more character than the original but it totally looked like a rocket to me. What a "rocking" cake - Eli's mom ROCKS!! Get it?!
BTW, I HATE church potlucks too!
Lori, you crack me up! And how sad is it that when you say the cake totally looks like a rocket I take that as the highest compliment?? Ha! The best I can do is hope that it looks somewhat like the intended object. :)
I see that the chilren have grown a lot. I trust that all is well with you and the whole family. Happy Mother's Day friend.
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