Birthday Bonanza

This week we celebrated two birthdays and there's more to come!

 Of course we had  homemade gluten-free cake and homemade ice cream..............yummmm!

 The first party was just us, but the second one we invited friends and went all out with the princess theme.
Here we have our princess party bags.

Every princess needs a castle.

So does every muffin.

Princesses also need to eat.

Here are the two birthday princesses blowing out their share of candles.

Didn't Thomasina Tittlemouse do a good job on her pin the crown on the princess that she drew!!

Of course, no party is complete without some gifts!

Even the rabbit behaved......all right, he slept through most of it, if you must know the truth.

Here We Go Again!

Yes, another birthday! This time it was Thomasina Tittlemouse, who turned sixteen. Its hard to believe my little Ms. Mouse is so grown up now. It seems like just yesterday she was a new baby, only three pounds and nine ounces. What a fine, mature, young lady she has turned out to be. I'm so very proud of her and I know that whatever she chooses to do in the future she will be a great success. Hopefully she had a nice day, despite some sickness that has infiltrated our house. So without further ado, here are some scenes from the day.



Ptolemy Tortoise wrapping the cool present



two eager helpers





"I think we should have used NASCAR paper"





"Now I'm set for all night blogging!"



"I wonder if they hid the paperwork for my driving permit in here?"







 Happy Sweet Sixteen!!










Happy Birthday Ptolemy Tortoise!!!



Ptolemy Tortoise circa 1999

Today is Ptolemy Tortoise's 14th birthday, and of course the only reason to have a birthday is to have cake! It was agreed by all  (except Mr. Bouncer ) that it should be a chocolate cake. In the past I have made some fancy cakes (see exhibit A and exhibit B) but this year the cakes are more modest than their predecessors. That, however doesn't mean we don't want them to be tasty.


exhibit A



exhibit B (and yes, the whole thing is cake)

This time I am not ashamed to say I took the easy way out. Why spend a lot of time mixing your own blend of gluten free flour when Betty Crocker can do it for you? Since I have an allergy to eggs,  (and I wanted to eat cake) I had to substitute the 3 eggs called for on the box with egg replacer. In order to not lose some of the moistness I used a secret ingredient. (SHH! Don't tell the children!)

Now mix the secret ingredient with these other chocolate lovelies,

and you end up with this:

and this:

and this:

I think the Fierce Bad Rabbit liked it too.

Besides helping to finish the cake, everyone helped wrap presents.

 Happy Birthday Ptolemy Tortoise!!!!