Birthdays

It’s the pictures-of-me birthday post

April 29, 2011

You asked for it, so Mr. FG and Joshua took over with the picture-taking a bit.  This never goes quite how I’d like it to (it would be so much easier if I could just have a quick out of body experience so that I could take the pictures myself!), but given my “an imperfect [...]

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Want to see some turtles?

March 3, 2011

If you’re one of the ones that use Facebook to keep track of my doings, you know that I tried my hand at making turtle rolls for Sonia’s birthday yesterday. The verdict? They’re cute. Time-consuming. But cute. Joshua loves all herps, but he put in a special request for his favorite type of reptile. I [...]

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By request: Joshua’s gecko cake

September 7, 2010

This year Joshua requested a gecko cake for his birthday (actually, first he wanted an axolotl cake and then he decided on a gecko).  He’s really into animals and really into reptiles, so I wasn’t at all surprised. I used a single homemade round chocolate cake layer to make this gecko. I was surprised at [...]

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Where did my 3 bags of candy go?

March 5, 2010

Onto a birthday cake. Which was a (modified) replica of a CandyLand game board. We didn’t use all new candy, though…broken candy canes leftover from Christmas were perfect for making the Peppermint Forest. Sonia had a cake like this when she turned 4 (she found the idea in a Taste of Home magazine), and after [...]

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Zoe’s Birthday, in pictures

March 2, 2010

Since I posted recently about how we do low-key birthdays around here, I thought it might be fun to take a photo trip through Zoe’s birthday.  Dial-up internet readers, I apologize for the copious amount of pictures contained in this post. She started her birthday with bedhead and her customary cup of OJ. You don’t [...]

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