My boys

I love having family birthday parties. I especially love it right now as I have a lot of say of what the theme of the party will be and can plan a fun theme to make a fun cake!!!My youngest son turned 2 and the "Hungry Caterpillar - by Eric Carle" was the theme of his birthday. I can't take full credit for all of the fun little food items we were able to have (as there are many smart Mommies out there who have done this before me and my thanks goes out to them). But the cake definitely was a super fun thing to decorate! We mainly did this theme because our little caterpillar's favourite words to say are "I'm still hungry". And it is true, he is ALWAYS hungry. Such fun! Here are a few shots from his party.

Then my eldest son turned 4 in January. I can't believe he is 4 already! How time flies! But he decided a while back that he wanted a rocket ship birthday cake... with fire. I think he actually wanted it to blast off, which was not within my realm of cake decorating, but the fire I could probably do. We ended up sticking sparklers out the back and he loved it!!! We had a blast at his party (hehe)! The moon rock hunt was probably more of a hit then anything. Again, thanks to all those Mommies who have these great party ideas!!

Here is also a picture from our biggest boy's birthday (Daddy). We made him a shark eating a Hebrew Bible cake. Seems silly, but it is quite significant. We have moved down to Florida for him to pursue his Seminary education, so that is where the Hebrew Bible comes in. And then the shark, just because we are in Florida.... and there are sharks here. It was fun. Don't really hope to see one of these anytime while I'm down here, but it was fun to have a shark "eating the Word of God". I hope we all would devour the Bible as this shark is. It sometimes seems like it is the other way around with the Word of God biting into us, but what an amazing blessing it is to have the written word of God right in our hands! God is so good to us.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures, until next time, many blessings!

Back at it

Different climate, different lifestyle, different home, different country, same God, same family, same love for baking!

I am back at it, picking up, very slowly, where I left off about a year or two ago. Sorry for those of you who have wanted more updates, this last season of our

life has been incredibly hectic and doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon!

Since the time I have last wrote on here, we have packed up our family and headed south, all the way from southern Ontario to south Florida!! It is lovely down here. Having lived down here during the hot summer months for 3 consecutive years during my husband's baseball career, we had become accustomed to the heat, but it has been such a treat to be here in the winter! No worries of scraping the driveway, sludging through slush in the springtime, or slipping on ice. You just leave the windows open and let the sea-breeze blow. It has kinda been a dream. Sorry to all of you northern folk reading this. Just come for a visit, you are welcome anytime!!

As for the baking, I have had a few requests here and there. This first one was for a 1st birthday and also a 50th all in one!! What fun! They just wante

d a simple smash cake for the little boy and cake pops for their guests. Strawberry, orange and chocolate were the flavors. I always love doing the cake pops! Always so cute and fun!

Well enjoy these new posts as I slowly get them up!