The Party

The decorations were up. 

The stage was set (OP style, of course).

The cakes that were lovingly baked and decorated by Auntie Karen* were in place... 

... awaiting their inevitable demise. 

All we needed were a couple of birthday babies! Luckily, I happened to have some handy. 

They were pretty nonplussed all things considered.

The candles were lit (at a safe distance) and we sang Happy Birthday. And then it was time. The time we'd all been waiting for. The time to see all that cake getting smashed, icing in hair, the works! I bet you can't wait to hear all about it.

Except, that wasn't quite what happened.

What can I say? I have strangely polite babies. Or at least I did when it was "go time" at their party. Ah well, I took plenty of pics anyway and they are still quite funny in their own right, even if the results were not what we'd all expected. 

Nate and Seth's first reaction to their cakes. 

Nate eventually got busy with a one-finger touch (which was not his touching finger** strangely enough). Seth was deeply contemplative. 

Nate looking a little disturbed as if to say, "get this blue stuff off me!". Seth going in for a polite taste (although he didn't actually get any in his mouth on this pass). 

Nate eyeballing Seth's hand to mouth action... 

... and bravely trying it for himself. Although you can't see it in this picture, he did enjoy a few tiny dabs of icing. Seth meanwhile was getting our hopes up in the background since we thought he was going to stick his whole hand in the cake. 

But he did not. He also made a few motions like he was going to stick his face right in his cake. But he didn't do that either. See that impish little look on his face though? 

That's because he was playing us! My little prankster found it hilarious that we kept falling for it too. Because we did. Every time. 

Some random shots that made me smile: 

And one that made me laugh – what Seth thought about icing flavor when he finally got some in his mouth: 

It's not the best shot, but yes (sadly) that is his "stinkeroo" face. He did go back for more though, so it must have been more like mum-mum stinkeroo rather than blueberry or peanut butter stinkeroo.

At the end of it all, Seth had the messiest face: 

I know. I bet you're thinking that took hours to clean up, right?

Nate took the prize for most destroyed cake. Yeah. Cakes everywhere better watch out if this guy is around – and don't be surprised if you see Nate on a "Most Wanted" poster at your local bakery. He's a killer. Lock up your cakes everyone!

- L.

*Best auntie prize this year for Karen! Thanks so much again for making cakes for the boys. : )

**Note to self: either write a post about the touching finger or stop mentioning it already. People must be starting to wonder.