Monday, 4 June 2007

The Tale of Two Cakes, One Party and a Lost Tooth

KelpieBlossom turns 9 today and the floor of her room is covered in gifts. There are so many gifts, in fact, that she feels concerned that her dad didn't have as many gifts on his recent significant, large number, birthday. However, this is what happens when you invite 15 friends to an indoor climbing party.

So what's popular with your average 9 year old girl? From her present pile I would guess: notebooks, monkey themed pjs, 3/4 leggings, books, DVD DanceTwister, art materials, the label maker, clothes (but only if purchased by a favorite aunt), monkey themed knickers (!) and anything cat-themed. And anything wrapped in "cuuuuuute" paper.

Yesterday, we had the aforementioned party an indoor climbing place nearby. Fifteen crazy boys and girls did this:


Then they descended like ravenous locusts onto the party food and demolished these cupcakes


grabbed their party bags and headed home.


Padawan Learner left one thing behind - his front tooth. His story is that he accidentally hit his mouth while he was climbing and it fell out. I'm thinking he needed a cash injection to his pocket money supplies and thought that appealling to the tooth fairy was easier than making his bed each morning.


This evening we are planning a roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings and yet another cupcake "cake":


After which we will all need a week to recover from the sugar high.


Happy 9th Birthday KelpieBlossom!

4 comments:

Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.com said...

Good to see that 3-tiered afternoon tea serving plate (I'm sure it has a proper name, which no doubt Mrs C.E Humphry could enlighten me about)enjoying a new lease of life as a cupcake dispenser. Maybe that's what I'll call the aforementioned object in the future - a "cupcake dispenser"...very 21st Century.

Looks like it was a fabbo party. Another present to join the pile on the floor is in the mail.

Anonymous said...

Sending our best birthday wishes! Love Team SAK

M said...

Yes, the Cupcake Dispenser was a gift from my friend Army Wife.

I used two different cupcake recipes and the jury is out on which one was better. The climbing party cupcakes were a classic Aussie "Melt'n'Mix" recipe which we use for our school cupcake stall, while the dinner ones were a Martha Stewart recipe. Will blog the recipes later.

M said...

Thanks for the birthday wishes Team SAK. Will pass onto KelpieBlossom.