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The Non-Cake

I am not sure how J formed his dislike for cake or all things cake-like (muffins, cupcakes, soft bread).  I am sure it is just a texture thing, but either way he doesn’t eat cake.  When I was preparing for his birthday and he wanted a cake for his friends, I said to him, “But, J you don’t eat cake!”.  He said, “It doesn’t matter Mommy, I will just lick the icing.”

Well, I would have non of that.  For his first Birthday party with friends from school, he was going to have a cake that he wanted to eat.  So I asked him if he would like a Rice Krispies Cake and he loved the idea.  Which also worked great because his best buddy is allergic to peanuts, so I was going to have to special order the cake for him.

I made two recipes of Rice Kripies Squares (recipe from the box). and pressed them into circular cake pans.  I buttered them and added a strip of parchment paper so I could lift them out easier.  I flipped them over, added some pre-made icing, Smarties (the Canadian kind)  and some Birthday Candles.  It was great and all the kids loved their cake.

It will certainly make more appearances here in our house as the Non-Cake Birthday Cake.

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Categories: Birthdays, Food

J turned Five!!!  Five years old!!!  My little boy.  Well, he is not so little anymore and going to school and turning five is a big deal for parties now.  I was just thankful that all of his friends were not away on holidays and were able to make it to a summertime party.

There were games, Reptiles, a non-cake, and lots of fun.   It is Wednesday and I don’t think I have recovered yet from the planning and execution of the party.  Even though I know why so many people host parties away from home, there is nothing like the rush, for me, of planning a great party.

Happy Birthday, my sweet, little, big boy.

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Yesterday marked nine years that Hubby and I have been married!  We have been together for thirteen years this summer and have actually known each other for 25 years this fall, yikes, that is a long time.  Hubby and I knew each other in high school.  He is a few years older than I am and was in the same grade as my older Sister.  He did not, however, hang out with her and her friends.  But, I knew him because his best friend and my best friend were brothers.

Hubby played guitar and my buddy’s brother aspired to play (he still does, aspire’s that is.  He has a music room with something like ten guitars, impressive).  Hubby was in a band, and I used to go watch my friends who played in bands.  Throughout the years we would run into each other either at school, at buddy’s house, or around town.  Then one summer, thirteen years ago.  I was hanging out at buddy’s pool for the summer and his brother was home for a bit, so Hubby was hanging out there too for a while.  Eventually we decided to go to a movie, then dinner, then we just kinda became a couple.

Not long later we moved in together, not the smartest thing I have ever done, but thankfully it all worked out.     We got a dog, got married and moved to a new house.

Another dog and four and a bit years later, J was born. And another four years later Apple came into our lives.

 

They are the two best gifts I could ever ask for for our anniversary.  J, bless his heart, tried to understand the whole Anniversary thing and decided all on his own that he wanted to buy me a new lipstick.  So we went to the drug store (for diapers) and he helped me pick out a lipstick.  Then we went to the coffee shop and had a sit in coffee, as opposed to a drive-thru coffee.  He wanted to treat me yesterday and it made my heart full and happy.

Apple behaved well yesterday, so I was happy with that.  My Mom came and watched the kids so we could go to the Police concert.  It was fun, hard to believe that it was so long ago that we used to party it up to their music.  Fantastic show!  Sting could have used some back up singers and the sound wasn’t the greatest, but Hubby and I are starting to think it was our seats as no one else seemed to mind the sound at all. I have seen Sting in concert at least three times, maybe four, and he has always sung some faves from the old albums so it was great to hear them all together.

So that was our big ‘date’ night and it was fabulous.  And onward we march toward our big tenth!!

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