Day Three Hundred Sixteen
I cannot possibly explain why exactly this was the request, but Alexis was adamant that she wanted exactly one cake for her birthday this year. This cake.
Again, I do not understand.
If you've been around for a while, you know that I am physically incapable of making that cake. It would bring me great pain and suffering to make that frog because LOOK AT IT. It is not a symbol of over achieving. I am perfectly fine with under achieving as a parent 363 days per year, but on the girls' birthdays, I pour my heart and soul into ridiculous cakes. It brings me joy to spend hours making something that screams with perfection.
I did for Alexis' birthday this year again. NO WORRIES. I will post photos of the majesty that I created which was a twist on the cake that Alexis really wanted. But! I also made sure to exactly meet her expectations.
I handed Mila a pile of fondant and a photo of that cake and told her to go to town. She was decorating a cupcake instead of a full cake, but that was for very good reasons that I knew Alexis would support.
Mila nailed it. Seriously.
There are two frogs because one is the Alexis frog and one is the Mila frog. Mila also decorated a separate cupcake with frogs for herself. The mushrooms were represented elsewhere, no worries. Regardless, LOOK AT IT. Mila is well on her way to being my shadow in cake perfection.
Alexis was more than a little delighted with her sister's creation.
Friday, January 29, 2021