Pop's Birthday!

It was my Dad's birthday on Sunday. I got the task of making his cake! Speaking of eating something that looks like something else, I saw these cute cupcakes on Bakerella (I just love that name by the way! BAKE-eralla...get it? Cinderella spent all her time in the kitchen by the cinders. Bakerella spends her time in the kitchen baking. hehe :) )


I was pleased with my work. :)



Since Dad likes to mow the lawn, I made the other part of the cake look like grass and found a John Deere mower in the grandkids' playbox (No worries, I washed it!) to put on top. (So it looked like grass, you see? Not just a square of badly frosted cake. I was slightly concerned that my cake could end up on cakewrecks someday. Then I remembered I'm no professional. I'm safe! :) )

Dad blowing out his candles!


This is the gift Heidi found for the three of us daughters to give him. Pretty spiffy, eh? The eyes tick back and forth even! It must miss Ohio though. I heard it made a break for it around 2:15 a.m. Didn't get far, thank goodness!


Happy Birthday Dad! Sure do love ya!