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Daniel's Birthday and other surprises

Well it was Daniel's birthday and he said he wanted blue barn cake, green balloons and a back hoe trailer. He got green balloons in his room, and a basketball hoop and then he turned to Jason and I and asked

"Did anyone remember to get me a backhoe?" That kid. Here are some pics from his special day of turning three.

 


So I was determined to make the cake from scratch and so I did. I made two, one chocolate and a "yellow" cake that obviously did not turn out yellow. Putting the cake together had a few snags. The chocolate was not as thick as the yellow so the cake was slightly to very lopsided. Daniel, who helped me put it together, ate a huge amount of the chocolate cake and thus the layers were all messed up.

 


 


 


 


We went to the farm the day after his birthday because it was warm. He loved climbing in the tractor.

 


Alice liked all the animals. Not so sure about the goats but she will make a "goat" noise when asked and heavily prompted. The cow took the most interest in her and the stroller and freaked Daniel out when he started licking the stroller. Cows have long tongues.

 


Daniel had such a long couple days that even eating dinner was too much. He barely made it on to the chair.

 


Since then Daniel has been asking to have friends over non stop. Eventually I have deduced that he is convinced that if friends come back to his house that he will get more presents.

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Megan said…
I would have never known that you had so many problems getting the cake together. It turned out SO cute and good too. I just wish I could have eaten more ;) Thanks again for inviting us and for catering to my daughter. You guys are swell!
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