"Happy Two" Kaylee!

This incredibly cute little girl turned two last week. I can't believe it! It seems like I just posted about her first birthday. We love our niece so much. She had an Elmo party last Saturday. It was lots of fun as you can see.

I made an Elmo cake for her and the more I think about it the more glad I am that she didn't want a Dora party! I found the idea for this cake online and it seemed so easy. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. It said to draw the picture on wax paper and cut it out. Place it on the cake, trace around it with a toothpick and remove the wax paper. The outline will be there for you to fill in. Sounds easy enough, right?I found the picture online and re sized it to fit the cake, traced it on wax paper, cut it out, put it on the cake and traced it, removed the wax paper, and there was no Elmo there! All I could see were the eyeballs so I had to freehand the whole thing...no fun! Then when I mixed the dye into the frosting it must have heat up too much because when I was using the star tip for the fur it just came out as runny blobs so I just filled the whole thing in and textured it myself. It turned out much better than I expected considering all of those little pitfalls. All that mattered was that Kaylee like it...I'm sure she wouldn't have cared if it looked like a big red blob though.

I think she liked it, don't you?

This is what Tyler did the whole time Kaylee was opening her presents. I tried getting some better pictures but I hate my camera because they ALL turned out blurry. Boo hoo! I miss my red camera so much.

Kaylee made out pretty good...she even got a CAR for her birthday! I thought you were supposed to get your first car when you turn 16...times have sure changed. We took Tyler to the park the other day and there was a girl driving this convertible through the park. It was very realistic! What will they come up with next?