Yesterday, I swept my floors 8 times. Seriously. 8 times! And not because, I felt like it- because I NEEDED to. Every time we eat, or DO anything, the floors are covered with whatever it is that we were eating or doing. (That’s also not counting the spills that needed to be mopped up- Gnocchi’s thinks when he is finished with his drink, the best place for it is the floor. So he can splash in it. When will I learn not to give him open cups??) We were playing with some foamie people stickers the other day, it’s a good activity- I do the hair and face on the person, and CheshireCat plays shopkeeper, giving them clothes ( his prices are high, but if one of the people only has a dollar, they can still get a new outfit). Gnocchi then takes all the dressed characters and tears everything off of them- hair, clothes, limbs… well, at least it’s a quiet activity that can occupy almost an hour. It was great, until I tried to clean the hundreds of foamies, and their paper backings from the floor. Those stickers do not easily come off. Now we’re left with multicoloured sticker remnants all over the livingroom floor. Well, you win some, you lose some.
Today, I’ve gathered together some photos of boyish cakes, in celebration of all things boy! Here they are:
The first are photos Lindsey sent of Finley’s First birthday party. I love the frog theme she chose! The cake was vanilla bean with vanilla bean buttercream, and the cupcakes were a mix of chocolate & vanilla with chocolate fudge & vanilla bean buttercream. They are some of my favourite people to see at the market each Saturday, and though they’ve picked up lots of cupcakes, I’m sure that this was Finley’s first taste. He’d been eyeing the cupcakes since about 6 months. ADORABLE!
The next are from Tara & JR’s baby shower! Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream, and a vanilla bean cake topper. 
Luke’s first birthday cake was also vanilla bean with vanilla bean buttercream. A sweet monkey face, polka dots, and matching chocolate and vanilla cupcakes.
Parker’s first birthday and Sean’s second birthday cakes, both construction themed in boyish colours. (I started out this blog post with lots of time, but now I’ve run out- I had a few blurbs to share, but times up for today!! : ) I’ll also have to sort out the layout later..
