Okay, I am just going to throw all the birthdays from last year into one post. All except my birthday, because my birthday is kind of all by its lonesome. The kids tend to forget about my birthday, Britton told me she wanted to be a boy so her birthday would come first because the boys' birthdays do come before both the girls' birthdays. I told her that my birthday technically was first. She didn't believe me. Anyway, on to the rest of the birthdays.
First up is Bradley. On the morning of his birthday he informed me that he is so big because he is three and can talk know. He is a silly kid, but oh so cute. He has a great smile, two dimples, and he knows when to use it. He is starting to open up around people but only people that he has been around a lot. He gets along with Britton when they play outside but not inside. He really wants to be big enough to do everything the older kids do.
For his cake I tried marshmallow fondant for the first time. Unfortunately it cracked but he was pretty happy with his superman cake. For breakfast on his birthday he wanted monkey bread. The best part of his birthday was the fact that we scored a great bunkbed on craigslist and set it up.
So Brandon had a birthday. I'm sure I made a cake but I have no pictures. He had to work on his birthday. The trade off was that he didn't work the day before which just happened to be our 10th anniversary. He pretended like he had planned that. He somehow convince Brent and Cami to watch the kids and we spent a night in Denver and went to the temple the next morning. We actually celebrated his birthday the day after because he was working.
William turned nine this year and we let him have a party. He absolutely loves to read and one of his goals for the year was to finish the Harry Potter series. He managed that before school got out for the summer and he loved the books, so we planned a Harry Potter party.
We found some pop rocks for our "potions" class. Food coloring on the bottom of the cups, let it dry and then cover with ice. Add some pop rocks and 7up, instant potion.
Homemade wands and a sorting hat.
The golden snitch cake. The marshmallow fondant worked so much better this time. William was really excited about how it looked and that makes it a success.
Our little Grant man turned one. He was so lucky, he got shots on his birthday and Brandon was out of town for work. So we didn't really celebrate on his birthday. In fact, he got his cake early.
Orange Train cake.
He doesn't really like to get his hands dirty. Well, he doesn't really like getting his hands dirty with food. So there wasn't a lot of smashing with the cake.
His toy was a hit, with all of the kids. I guess the problem with being number 5 is that everyone wants to "show" you how to play with your new toy.
Caitlyn turned seven. She is loving first grade and is turning into quite the reader. She has a flair for drama and is currently in love with My Little Pony. So for her cake she wanted a Rainbow Dash cake. I didn't want to even attempt a cake shaped like a pony so I used marshmallow fondant that was the same color as Rainbow Dash and had a rainbow inside.
Inside the rainbow cake. Caitlyn also had a small party with some friends. Cupcake decorating and a pinata, she had a lot of fun.
So rounding out our year is Britton.
I can't believe that she is five. She can't wait to go to school. She has so much energy. She mastered her bike without training wheels and learned to write her name just so she could get her own library card.
I found a different technique to decorate her cake. It was the fastest decorating I've ever done. Just big swirls. Britton loved the green.
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