So recently my gorgeous wee boy turned one!
Where the heck did that year go??? I swear my daughters first year felt twice as long, those two definitely keep me on my toes!
We decided to have a fairly low key birthday party this time, we went all out with Alia's first birthday and for the most part she cried and whinged and had an awful time. So we thought this time we'd do a casual afternoon tea with friends and my parents popped down to stay as well.
It was just lovely, really relaxed and stress free! I think we can get too caught up in the whole, First Birthday thing and go over board too easily. After all, the child is never going to remember it, and so long as there are photos to show you did SOMETHING to celebrate the milestone for your child to look back on, it doesn't need to be enormously over the top.
The cake is a different story entirely for me though, I have made it my mission in life to do the whole big birthday cake thing every year, I started off with my daughters first birthday cake being a fairy toadstool cake and they've gotten better each year with practice.
We decided to have a fairly low key birthday party this time, we went all out with Alia's first birthday and for the most part she cried and whinged and had an awful time. So we thought this time we'd do a casual afternoon tea with friends and my parents popped down to stay as well.
It was just lovely, really relaxed and stress free! I think we can get too caught up in the whole, First Birthday thing and go over board too easily. After all, the child is never going to remember it, and so long as there are photos to show you did SOMETHING to celebrate the milestone for your child to look back on, it doesn't need to be enormously over the top.
The cake is a different story entirely for me though, I have made it my mission in life to do the whole big birthday cake thing every year, I started off with my daughters first birthday cake being a fairy toadstool cake and they've gotten better each year with practice.
My cake making abilities isn't the only thing that has improved over the last 4 years, my camera has upgraded quite some what since then too haha, excuse the terrible photos!
So onto Master Alexander's first cake,
So onto Master Alexander's first cake,
After much pinterest cake idea searching I decided on the very popular Dump Truck cake.
Pretty impressed with how it turned out and how simple it actually was to construct! I've gotten much better at icing cakes now I've learnt a few new tricks and watched countless tutorials on Youtube. But don't get me wrong, It's still anything but perfect and I certainly won't be opening up a professional cake making business any time soon!
Delicious afternoon tea, our friends brought an oh so nommy antipasto platter and french bread and we made the best scones in the world.( Lemonade scones are by far the best scones in the world, i'll so a post on those another day, otherwise google Lemonade Scone recipe) and cake and punch. Pretty tasty little afternoon really!
Got some family photos finally! Sadly, there is only 2 photos of all four of us together since Alex was born, and both were blurry! So we made sure we got heaps together at his party, though managing to snap a shot where we are all looking at the camera nicely was easier said than done. The best ones are usually candid and not posed anyway so thats ok!
Alex had never tasted chocolate or cake up until his birthday party, and his reaction was pretty unimpressed haha!
That's a malteaser he's holding and about to taste.
Haaa! Yeah he wasn't too sure about that...and the cake was even worse lol he mostly just scrunched it up in his hands and threw it on the floor. But hey, we all enjoyed it!
For now I must love and leave you, as Master 1 has just started singing out his *I'm awake and I've probably done poos* cry!
Go make some cake and stay beautiful! x
Go make some cake and stay beautiful! x
