Tomorrow is Graham's big 2nd birthday. We had his party on Labor Day since it was convenient. I'm not sure if our kids are candle challenged or what, but Graham just wanted to sit there and look at them. We practiced the day before, and he did great in practice, but he's such a shy fry that when everyone was looking at him he just wanted to be bashful. I finally did it for him when I became afraid we'd all be eating wax if I didn't.
Here's the cake. You will never convince me that a bought cake or icing tastes as good as a homemade cake with homemade icing. I know it's not any cheaper and takes a whole lot more time, work, and cleanup, but I really love the taste! This one did turn out a little better than Evie's did, despite my freehand puppy and paw. I normally can't draw at all, and when I was practicing Evie kept saying, "it looks like a frog!" but she did approve of the end product. :)
So we lit the candles and sang to him, and then we just waited.
And waited...
And waited...
And waited...
And waited...
And finally we dug in! I thought it was really cute that they sat in the same chair, but really she probably just sat there b/c it was closest to the cake.
Notice the baby curls are all chopped off of Graham :) I think I'm going to let them grown out again (sorry Greg).