67/365 March 7, 2011

Invitations

It would seem we have birthday parties on the brain around here. I designed these little invitations on the computer and then had them printed on photo paper. Wal-Mart's photo department worked well since they are so geographically close and affordable. Quincy was really happy with them. He couldn't wait to hand them out at school.

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Nape

May 26, 2010 119/365

Fishing

He caught a worm and was ecstatic!

May 23, 2010 117/365

A happy birthday party! I brought her home to this little house twenty years ago!

Now...what you can't see is the part of her birthday cake that isn't so pretty! I don't know what it is about this girl's birthday cakes, but for the past three years, the cakes I have made for her have not been so successful. One year, she'd asked for a carrot cake. I had used the same recipe I used when I won a baking contest. It fell....badly. The next year, she asked for a cheesecake. It was a mess. I think it burned. This year, she wanted a marble pudding cake. I had just made a HUGE marble cake in March for Quincy's birthday party. It was great. Amanda wanted pudding in between the layers of her cake. It slid off the stand and crashed in big crumbs all over the kitchen floor. We ended up using the two lower layers that didn't hit the floor. It's a good thing she is such a good sport!