It's hard to believe but our oldest son J turned 5 recently. We don't do big birthdays but they do get cake and ice cream, normally with Grandma and Grandpa F and maybe one or 2 other couples. The birthday person gets to pick what they want for supper on their birthday. J wanted waffles. So I made him waffles with blackberry sauce and whipped cream. Yum. He sure can pick them. J wanted an owl cake and I had several hours of 'how on earth can a make an owl on a cake' worries before I just jumped in and did it. And it turned out rather well considering I had really no plans before starting. He was outside playing when I decorated it and when I was done I called him in to see. His eyes lit right up and he said. "It's beautiful." That was music to my ears!! I was so worried it wouldn't/ didn't look anything like an owl!! But he loved it and could hardly take his eyes off it. He had a great Birthday Bash with his owl cake and Oreo ice cream and balloons and spider man face masks. We let the kids pick their own paper cups, napkins and plates and one special thing for their birthdays (normally at the $$ store). J's was spider man masks. He didn't really have a lot to choose from but he really likes his masks. He pretty much made his own cake. I did the eggs and some fine measuring, but he did the rest. What a little man we have!!
