Somehow, it's already been 2 years since I sat in an inflatable pool in our little backyard garden in Bombay, delivering a baby. I don't know how a full 730 days could've passed this quickly; I'm convinced there's some sort of time warp that goes along with motherhood that should be explored by quantum physics and string theories. But I have proof that it has indeed been long enough for us to celebrate Sam's 2nd birthday yesterday:
A close up of the cake that included a brontosaurus and stegosaurus along with little dinosaur confetti. Amol got in to the baking-at-home thing and enjoyed adding the swirled color effect to the batter as well as the icing job...
What were those odd red things around the cake in the above pictures? Well, let me tell you...
We found the dinosaur molds months ago and I've been so excited to make dinosaur shaped cupcakes for Sam's birthday. Unfortunately, as the bubbles in the batter got baked into permanency, much of the definition was lost. Only the brontosaurus turned out (mostly) properly. The stegosaurus wasn't awful but not quite in line with my long held vision for the day. The fearsome T-Rex? Looked like a small breasted chicken... What's a mother to do in such a situation?
Make Jello jigglers, of course...
They turned out to be rather fun, as jigglers always are.
Sam made short order of beheading the T-Rex.
In honor of his birthday (and because by then, I was on a jiggler roll), I used a cool flower-topped mold to make some for the Praise-a-thon gang at church yesterday evening. Turned out pretty and disappeared in short order.
The day was rather brilliant and we had a good time, along with a pretty significant sugar high (Amol made Indian gulab jamun sweets in the evening along with a special birthday dinner). Sam is at a very cool age where he's interacting in a big way but still small enough to be adorable and regularly cuddled (whether he wants to be or not). I am aware that even though we're firmly into tantrum season, this is a time that will be all-too-fleeting and I try to hold on to every memory-in-the-making.
PS - if you're one of the folks who checked in about anything he needs, we're collecting a Playset Fund so that we can get him this
and be able to share with him over the many years of use that it was a collective gift from so many family and friends.
We found the dinosaur molds months ago and I've been so excited to make dinosaur shaped cupcakes for Sam's birthday. Unfortunately, as the bubbles in the batter got baked into permanency, much of the definition was lost. Only the brontosaurus turned out (mostly) properly. The stegosaurus wasn't awful but not quite in line with my long held vision for the day. The fearsome T-Rex? Looked like a small breasted chicken... What's a mother to do in such a situation?
Make Jello jigglers, of course...
Sam made short order of beheading the T-Rex.
In honor of his birthday (and because by then, I was on a jiggler roll), I used a cool flower-topped mold to make some for the Praise-a-thon gang at church yesterday evening. Turned out pretty and disappeared in short order.
The day was rather brilliant and we had a good time, along with a pretty significant sugar high (Amol made Indian gulab jamun sweets in the evening along with a special birthday dinner). Sam is at a very cool age where he's interacting in a big way but still small enough to be adorable and regularly cuddled (whether he wants to be or not). I am aware that even though we're firmly into tantrum season, this is a time that will be all-too-fleeting and I try to hold on to every memory-in-the-making.
PS - if you're one of the folks who checked in about anything he needs, we're collecting a Playset Fund so that we can get him this
Wowsers... two years old already? I love the smile you two are sharing in that top picture, Val☺
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