The Queen's Rambles

I can’t believe I have a seven year old! Doesn’t seem possible that he is such a big kid, yet in some ways I can’t remember what life was like before he came along.

How did this little bundle:

Become this:

You can click through for more pictures if you are interested in seeing a bunch of goofy kids trying to all look the silliest during pictures.

This was, hands down, the easiest birthday party I’ve hosted. I let him pick 10 friends (we did let a few siblings come) and manipulated his little brain so no brats were on the list. Other parents were surprised at the mix of boys and girls. I guess at this age a lot of kids only want same gender friends, but he really enjoys playing with girls. Or I should say he enjoys being around girls. He doesn’t really like playing with them unless we are doing something like bowling. The girls always want to play house and he always wants to play ninja warrior fighter crash or whatever the heck it is boys play. Somehow it all manages to work out.

Can we have a bowling party every year? It was so much cheaper than a lot of the party places and all I had to bring was the cake and goody bags. I wasn’t allowed to bring in any other food, which was great. Usually I stress out over what type of munchies to put out for the adults. Kind of nice when all the stress is taken away because some one else lays down the law.

I did stress over the cake, but it turned out pretty neat. You know I hate camo, but I will do anything for my kids. So. . .

He got his camo cake with a waterfall. He wanted a moose drinking from the waterfall, but when we got to Micheal’s he saw the tube of bugs and had to have them. There’s a preying mantis in the water, which is the MOST HILARIOUS THING EVER. Ummmm. If you’re seven, maybe. I don’t get the joke.

I found a tutorial on making a camo cake, but someone on FB told me a better way to do it. I just piped out blobs and lines, let the cake sit in the fridge for about a half hour, then laid Viva paper towels over the cake and smashed it all down with a fondant smoother. The Viva paper towels are super, super smooth so leave a smooth finish. My buttercream was a smidgen too runny so I had a bit of an issue. If I ever use this method again I will really blob on the frosting with a super, super big hole in the bag instead of piping it on with a skinny hole. You can kind of see the lines were I was piping. I’m pretty proud of the cake, regardless. Erik placed all the bugs and chocorocks, so I can’t take credit for that artistic vision. I refuse to take credit for giant cockroaches.

The inside of the cake was also camo colored, but I didn’t think to take a picture.

One of my friends took Elsa for the day, so that alleviated a lot of stress. No one had to chase after her for three hours. My friend even took some really cute pictures of her, which is a minor miracle. Elsa refuses to look at the camera when I point it her way, which is very frustrating for someone like me who loves pictures.

This is the best I get:

Hope you all had a great weekend!