Last weekend we had a birthday party for Emmett. I had good intentions for Emmett's party, I really did. I know he's only 1 but planning it is all part of the fun for me. One of my "good intentions" was I wanted to do a cute cupcakey cake like this caterpillar below:
pic by google
I had made cupcakes and a small round cake the night before, and bought everything I needed for the frosting. Well, I thought 1 hour before the party started would be enough time to frost quickly and line them up accordingly. But I was wrong. This is what the frosting looked like when I put it on the cupcake.
You may think that looks fine, but really it isn't. Not when its supposed to look like this:
pic by google.
I don't know what happened or why the frosting decided to basically melt down the cupcake. So that led to my own meltdown and I drove to the grocery store and bought some cupcakes instead. (if anybody out there knows why...please feel free to enlighten me. Maybe I needed to refrigerate it for awhile?)
Boring store bought cupcakes.
For his birthday banner I printed a picture for each month of age he was. Starting with the first week, all the way to 12 months.
Opening presents.
I got his cake from Albertsons. I justified ordering this cake because Albertsons does free birthday cakes for 1 year olds! It was super cute.
But unfortunately right before we were ready to sing, there was an accident and it dropped on the floor.
All the gasping and commotion from the cake falling startled Emmett and he started to cry a little. We decided to substitute with a cupcake and by the time we were singing Happy Birthday he was in full blown hysteria from 20 people around him screaming, I mean singing loudly.
In his 1 year of life I rarely have seen him cry this hard. He was so freaked out. I thought there was no way he was going to touch that cupcake, but after letting him suck on his binky for a couple minutes to calm his nerves and after getting a taste of that delicious frosting it wasn't too long after he was chowing down happily.
8 comments:
WOW!!! It looks a bit rough, good thing kids can't remember that far back!! the pictures of him eating the cake are priceless, so cute!! Happy Birthday Emmett!!!
Don't you just hate when all your good intentions go the wrong way? I'm so sorry, but atleast he enjoyed his cupcake! That's the funnest part anyway :)
THOSE ARE ADORABLE PICS of him eating it!!! I love the video of the crying... sooooo cute! As for the frosting, maybe it needed to be more stiffened with powdered sugar? Despite the mishaps, it looks like a wonderful party!
I agree with the need for more powdered sugar, it was just too wet. I love the pictures of him eating the cup cake soo cute!
Oh man, until your post/video it has never occurred to me how traumatizing it must be for a one year old to have a blazing cake sat in front of him with people looking on and enthusiastic singing and camera flashes sparking everywhere. How funny.
Did you use butter/margarine in your frosting? To get peaks you've got to use shortening (and even the powdered egg whites if you really want swirls).
I love your blog header picture.
Lisa,
I just caught up on your blog (I've been slacking) and I have a few things to say:
1) Your kid-super cute.
2) Your costume was the best idea.
3) Your blog header is such a cool picture! Cali told me I needed to come look at it. She and Ray copied your idea. Minus the child and plus a stupid pet turtle. Tell her to have babies.
4) Thanks for the great read(s) this morning!
Lisa, it's so fun to look through your blog. Emmett is so adorable! It would be so fun to get together sometime!
He's so cute Lisa! I'm so glad we got to see you guys a couple weeks ago, it's so fun to catch up! I'll have to be better at updating my blog and checking other blogs so we can keep in touch! Happy holidays!
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