Snorkie turned FOUR on February 7th
and Scooter turned TEN on February 16th
We generally have a joint "family" party for them...
I still do two cakes, though!
This year's cakes are some of my very favorites.
Someday I'll do a strictly CAKE blog post....
this is where I get to be creative!
I offered Snorkie a Pirate's treasure chest...this is what HE decided on...
He was adamant that there be beach and ocean.
That treasure chest was molded
from about three pound of chocolate!
The sand is made from crushed Graham crackers...
Even his cake choice was different...
He picked orange cake and strawberry cake-
I LOVED the orange cake...
(We are trying to finish it off before Lent begins next week)
Scooter continues her life as "Kit Kitteridge"...This cake was a breeze...it is two layers of BROWNIE
stacked up and iced...with fondant and chocolate for the cover.
YUM
This one set me back a little...who can resist brownies?
Oh and the binoculars are not solid chocolate...
but they took about 1.5 pounds to mold!
One of Snorkies Favorite gifts! He put his "ord on the ouch"...we figure there
will be a few "ouches" with this one...
but as you can see...the gifts from his God Parents
made quite an impression on him!
He felt kind-of lousy by the end of the party...
this is what he chose to curl up and "nuggle" with!
Scooter's Kit Kitteridge
Mystery Party...
She had all her "best" friends over
for crafts, mystery solving, and food.
We are still in the mode
of finding all sorts of "vintage-y" things...
Aren't those plates and cups cute???
Here's.........Kit Kitteridge...girl reporter!
This is "Kit" pretending to type a story...
on her CAKE!
OKAY...this is now my very favorite "art cake"
Yes, I reused the "pencil" (fondant)
and "binoculars" (chocolate) from the other party...
Why reinvent if you don't need to?
The surface under the Typewriter is just a cake board
iced to look like Kit's desk top.
(I think my favorite part is the fruit roll-up typewriter ribbon)
I think my children enjoy trying to stump me
I think my children enjoy trying to stump me
when they choose their birthday themes!
