The Cake! (And the birthday.)

Is is wrong for me to be this excited about making a cute birthday cake for William's birthday? Really this cake was probably the highlight of my whole week. Here's how it came to be: A couple of weeks ago in swimming lessons one of the other mom's had this birthday cake book with all these cute cakes in it. We looked through it and I thought "Hey I could probably make some of those." I've never even thought about making a cute cake for the kids birthdays, they always get a box mix cake with home made frosting and sprinkles because it's a special occasion, served from the pan. I figure since I actually make the frosting that counts for something. But anyway I noticed that some of the cakes were just decorated with candy and such so there wouldn't be any trying to write or draw with those bags things which I don't own and would never attempt anyway.
We came home and I looked up the book on amazon and found it for 25 cents coming from California, (which was good because it's close) so with shipping my total was $4.24 and I got it in 3 days. I still can't believe there are amazon sellers out there who will sell books for that amount. Glenn has figured out our costs down to the penny so we don't list anything under $1.00 because apparently 77 cents is our break even point. I have already given the seller glowing feedback hoping to keep her kind around the amazon community, but I digress.
Here is the ISBN to the book in case anyone is interested in getting the same deal.
0785351779


William chose the monster cake with only a little prodding from his mom. (The firetruck and the race car were out of my league.) I bought all the supplies I would need and decided that I was buying more candy for this cake that I have purchased all year. But it's a birthday right, what the heck.
I baked the cake and made the frosting early but the day did get away from me and I ended up in a frenzy of decorating madness that was worthy of a food network challenge. The problem was not only that it was late and we needed to eat dinner but that our air conditioning was not working so the frosting was soft and the toes were sliding off. I was able to get it in the fridge and luckily everything stayed in place for the big moment.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. I present you with William's chocolate with cream cheese frosting purple monster cake!!!!



TA DAH!
Other birthday notes:
We went to "Wall e" as a family. William fell asleep and missed most of the movie.
He chose corn dogs for his birthday dinner.
Quinn Wilson was with us because he and Dylan were at baseball camp together and they finished that day. The Wilson's were coming the next day to spend the weekend.
Birthday presents- Wall e dish set, hotwheels sunglasses, play dinosaurs, Diego playdoh set, a glider plane, M&M's, Camping set (tent, sleeping bag, backpack, water bottle) and a bike!
The candles on the cake made him a little nervous.
Blakeslie stopped by to bring him a present (the playdoh set) and cupcakes. She frosted and decorated one especially for William.
Emily made William a home made card. She also helped me wrap his presents.
Dylan called William from baseball camp to tell him Happy Birthday.