Birthday Boys

Jimmy and Ben have birthdays two weeks apart so we decided this year to do a double birthday party. Luckily the boys agreed somewhat when it came to picking out a theme for the party. Ben wanted a Star Wars party and Jimmy wanted an outer space party. It was pretty easy bring them together and please both of them. Except when it came to the cake. I was up until 1am Friday night doing their cakes and when Jimmy woke up on Saturday morning and saw his cake completed, the first thing that he said to me was that he really didn't like it. He said that he wanted to create his own cake and decorate it himself. I was about to cry but I decided to just laugh instead! Then I called my mom to tell her thanks for everything that she did for me as a kid and now. Because the whole incident just reminded me that moms don't often get the thanks and appreciation that they deserve. So if it's been awhile, call you mom and tell her thanks - she needs to hear it! Okay, I'll get off the soapbox now. Anyway, back to the party. The kids had a lot of fun. It gets pretty wild with 18 kids running around on a sugar high. So we crashed after that. But overall, it was a fun day.

Just in case you can't tell from this picture, Ben's cake is supposed to be Lego blocks. I was kind of irritated that one of them turned out pink. I was going for red, but I couldn't figure out how to make it a deep red. I used the gel food coloring but I really didn't want to dump the whole jar in so I just called it good. Does anyone know the trick to making frosting look red? I really should take a class or something and learn these things.

Happy Birthday Jimmy and Ben!