All in a Sunday's afternoon

Perhaps I'm the only one that feels this way, but planning a birthday party (ESPECIALLY the first) is stressful! I've never done anything like this before and lots of people are going to watch me learn. So Danny and I spent the weekend trying to get things ready for Nathan's first birthday. We worked hard to get things cleaned up and prepared for a party.

On my To Do List was to bake a practice cake. I forgot to remove it from the pan before I left for the store, so poor Danny was left with the task. Needless to say, after and hour in the stoneware, half of the cake was on the rack and the other still in the pan. So hopefully I won't make that mistake again. My next challenge was to use fondant for the first time. It was GREAT!!! I had so much fun! The decoration is a little corny, I know, but I only wanted to mess with one color for the practice cake. Now I just have to figure out what to do with all of this cake.



After a dinner of cake scraps, I was feeling extra confident. Danny somehow convinced me to let the girls out of the coop. I told him that if they flew over the fence, I was going inside and he could figure out how to get them back (insert image of four chickens wandering down our shaded suburban neighborhood street). He agreed so out we went, opened the door to the coop and they all just stood their. Marilyn, the bravest of them all, finally ventured out but stayed close. The others watched her in amazement. We finally convinced the others that freedom would be glorious. The wandered around the yard, ate corn from around our feet and eventually made their way back to their coop. Nathan sat in his swing watching the episode and commenting on the crazy birds.




So that was our Sunday afternoon. What about you?