Friday, June 27, 2008

The big celebration

It was really hard to decide how to celebrate Adona's birthday. I have never been one to make big deals out of birthdays, but for the first time was have a little bit of a desire to. However in the end we just did a family thing. Which to me was the best anyway. (Adona was cranky and she won't remember who was there anyway.)

I was however very excited to make her a cake. I wanted to get a jumbo cupcake for her, but didn't want to buy it already done or an expensive mold for it. So I saw these mini round cake pans and decided that was exactly what I wanted. They were so cute. I just made a box cake and then layered and frosted. I however have never been a perfectionist, so the cakes were not even. That made the cakes slant a little. HA! I was bumped they didn't turn out BEAUTIFUL, but I didn't really care that much. I thought they turned out good enough. Next year I'll make it better!
She did a great job at destroying her cake and she seemed to like it well enough. It was fun.

8 comments:

Jaime Lynne said...

Happy Birthday, Adona! We love you!!!

Valerie said...

Carter saw her picture and said: "A cake! Oh no, Adona a mess!" That was funny! Happy 1st bday!!

Tuita Family said...

How cute!!! You are so good at trying things out w/ your cooking and baking. I think the cake is adorable- I'm boring, I always just give my kids a big cupcake to destroy. I also love checking out your recipe blog- keep on cooking!

MC Lewis said...

You are brave to make that cute of a b-day cake. Maybe I should start practicing for Lana!

Jaimee said...

HAPPY BIG 1 ADONA!!! Can't wait for you to hang w/your boyfriend this weekend! Also I had no idea you had a recipe blog I'll have to check it out I always love trying new recipe's too!!!

Canadian Ainu'u's said...

Happy 1st Birthday Adona!!! Jen...you are such a mom. That cake looks awesome and really yummy.
P.S. - I bought that "Leap Frog" DVD you told me to get. So far the kids love it. They haven't memorized it...YET. But it is a hit, so thank you for that!

Marleen said...

Happy birthday Adona. The cake looks great and every year they get better. This reminds me I should be doing something for my soon to be one year old next week. Thanks.

Rachel H. said...

Jena,
I can't believe that Adonna is 1, how is that possible? I found your blog through Karissa's. Mark and I were just saying that we need to call you guys. When are you headed to visit Jo, or did you already go? I should really just email you instead of taking space here.