Sunday, October 5, 2008

My Peanut is 5

Sean turned 5 today. Time flies! My boy wanted a very specific meal: Caribbean ham (aka the meat with the goodies - basically ham with oranges, mango, pineapple, and rum), and a yellow cake with chocolate filling, white frosting, and Lightning McQueen. The ham is easy, but the cake was a challenge. I didn't want to spend money on a McQueen shaped cake pan that we'd use once. So I freehanded it using one of his McQueen toys as a model. I made good use of a mechanical pastry tool from Williams-Sonoma to make the car. A labor of love, and I'm happy with the results. Aside from the meal, Sean received lots of Legos and a projector toy (teaches him drawing).

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