Studs' bday

With Disney World being less than 2 months away, we decided to have a small, family party for Studs this year. After attending Sissy's first soccer game the morning of his birthday, Studs came home to find Disney on Ice: Toy Story tickets as a surprise afternoon treat. Grandma had Sissy and Mommy needed to stay home to prep for the party, so Daddy and Studs spent the afternoon together.


Now, Studs is very particular about some things and when he makes his mind up about some things he never forgets it. So, when he said a few weeks ago "I want a PUPPY MONEY cake for my birthday" I knew that I had to get on it. And everyday for the past several weeks he has been asking for his cake. Now, he has a particular puppy he sleeps with that he wanted it to look like. And the money thing? I have no idea.

I spent the night before his birthday baking homeade vanilla and chocolate cakes and vanilla sour cream and chocolate cream cheese icings. It took forever. And then the next day as soon as Daddy and Studs left, I began the horrendous task of decorating- something I did not enjoy at all.

And this was the result! Not too shabby, but after many, many hours of work I was seriously regretting my decision to do it myself. The color theme for the party became brown, white, and red as an ode to the cake and the balloons and everything followed suit.


When Studs got home from Toy Story we did a little photo shoot with him.










Then our family began to arrive and we ate Studs' fave pizza.

Who needs presents? He was pretty happy just using the pizza box as a giant canvas.










He was very impressed with the cake and I was very relieved that he liked it- and thought it looked like his puppy! Notice the money on the sides? Just what he ordered- a "puppy money" cake.

And this picture made everything sooo worth it!




I love my little, happy guy! He had a great birthday and is excited to be one step closer to kindergarten. If you ask how old he is he will say, "well, next I'm going to turn 5 so I can go to kindergarten like Sissy".

His school, by the way, is going amazingly. He ADORES his teachers and begs to go. And he has the best.teachers.ever. for a kid like him. They've both known him a long time and just think he is the funniest. His orneriness doesn't bother them one bit! I have gotten nothing but glowing reviews for him including one teacher saying, "my favorite thing about T is how bright eyed and ready for anything he is". And it's true! He's a happy little guy and we wouldn't change him for anything in the world!