It's official...we have a five-year-old in the house. Elisabeth celebrated her birthday the other day. She long ago decided she wanted a "princess" theme cake.
And not just any princess cake.....a "stacked-up princess cake." Which to this sweet little girl means a two-layer cake. I am so glad my kids are pretty easy to please. Aside from managing to dye my right thumb pink.....the rest went off without a hitch. I enjoy basic cake decorating. A few years back I made a 50th wedding anniversary cake for my parents. I made it two layers with the columns between the layers. And the top layer was smaller than the bottom...kind of like a traditional wedding cake. But I'd much rather do these fun birthday cakes. Much quicker and less brain-strain involved.
Ethan was on the ready to help Elisabeth blow out her candles. This year she was lined up just right and one perfectly executed blow was all it took. We ate lots of yummy cake and then proceeded to open the gifts. She throughly enjoyed that too.
Since she wanted the princess cake....I knew when I saw this cardboard castle advertised at a local craft store....that we had to have it. Wayne and I assembled it and then the children all started coloring it with markers. They stayed on task working for hours afterwards. Amazing.
Ethan was as focused as the rest. Plus he's working on those ever-so-important fine motor skills.
And they can all fit inside the castle for playing purposes as well. Who knew you could have this much fun for $14? Doesn't it look like Emily is saying, "You all come back now, you hear????" Probably too much Beverly Hillbillies watching in my youth!!!
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Tell Elisabeth happy birthday for us. I'm glad she had a wonderful birthday. Sometimes the simplest gifts are the ones that bring them the most joy. You did a great job on the cake. Abbie and I are thinking of taking the Wilton classes in the spring, after we get moved!
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