fun with birthday food

I needed to add the invitation we made cause it was so darn cute!

(click on these to open them so you can read the text)

P.S. if you want the full instructions and the templates for the paper goods click here. I didn't use her template for the box because I already had some, but I used the blank one for the french fry holder and used Photoshop Elements to add my text.

late April Fools day

Claire and I prepared a special April Fools dessert for the other kids. We told them we had a special dessert for them, we'd spent tons of time making it, etc. They didn't clue into the day at all, even Coleman. Doesn't it look super yummy?


Coleman didn't think so at first. Isn't that a great look? Just what we were going for!

my very hungry caterpillar

Anson just turned 4--I know, hard to believe. I think he's been going through a growing spurt lately because first of all, he's been unusually grumpy, but mostly he's hungry all the time. The number one thing to hear from him lately is, "I'm still hungry." I hear it so often that I've started calling him the very hungry caterpillar! So for his birthday I decided to make a very hungry caterpillar cake. I actually thought this up all on my own. Can you believe it? I didn't search the internet for hours to find a picture. I just thought it up in my own little brain and made it! Granted it's not the most complicated cake in the world, but it did turn out pretty cute. And Anson really liked it--need I say more?

Prior to this we celebrated a joint birthday with his cousin Abby and the extended Coleman family on Easter weekend. Two birthdays--lucky boy!