Isabel’s First Birthday
Isabel turned 1 on Sunday. Crazy to think it has been a year since my world was turned upside down by a warm pink bundle of goo. It makes me all broody for more babies just thinking about it :D
Anyway, to celebrate her birthday we had family over and ate crisps, sausage rolls, jelly and ice cream, etc. I also baked an epic Very Hungry Caterpillar cake:
I didn’t think it came out too bad, considering I had never used that sort of icing before OR in fact made a decorated cake at all. Very Hungry Caterpillar aficionados will recognise a few minor incorrect details (the antennae should be purple, eye pupils green, should have 6 feet) but this was mostly due to lack of time/running out of icing/forgetting to buy purple.
Tasted good though.
Karl said:
On 18 Nov at 10:38 am
I will admit I had my eyes closed when you cut into it. I know it was made to be eaten, but it was almost a "lump in the throat" moment.
Han said:
On 18 Nov at 10:40 am
Thats an awesome cake!!!
I cannot believe she’s 1 already!! How quickly does time fly!!
Have more babies! You’re a great mum! <3>
Hanna said:
On 18 Nov at 10:40 am
That cake is epic! And who cares if colours are not quite there, I think it looks awesome the way it is. :D
Carly said:
On 18 Nov at 10:45 am
That cake is awesome Jem, I hope you had a great day <
Broody for more babies hey? Or just wanting another year off work now you’ve had to go back?? heheehe.
Macca said:
On 18 Nov at 10:48 am
Happy belated birthday to Isabel. :)
I love the very hungry caterpillar. :)
My mum got me a hungry caterpillar mug for Christmas last year and the other day I got up in the middle of the night wanting a glass of water. But there were no glasses, so I went to grab a mug.
I have strabismus so my depth perception is very poor and I managed to put it down on the edge of the kitchen surface, and it fell and smashed on the floor.
I cried for like half an hour. :(
Kalliste said:
On 18 Nov at 10:54 am
That cake is all kinds of awesome! It amazes me how when women become Mums they somehow can suddenly do all these wonderful things.
Vickie said:
On 18 Nov at 11:02 am
Happy Birthday, little Isabel!
Noellium said:
On 18 Nov at 12:36 pm
Happy birthday Isabel! :D
That is an epic cake. :o
Mumblies said:
On 18 Nov at 1:14 pm
The cake was indeed wonderfully made (tasted good too) and everything that you did for the party was great! I think Isabel had a super time too, she certainly seemed to be enjoying being the centre of attention. I think you should take a piccy of her giant hungry caterpillar too, he deserves a mention too :)
Vera said:
On 18 Nov at 2:30 pm
Happy belated Birthday to Isabel.
That is one yummy looking cake. Plus it’s also cute. Who care about its "realness"? :P
Amanda said:
On 18 Nov at 2:37 pm
That is an awesome cake. :D Happy Birthday Isabel! Hard to imagine it’s been a year already. Wow.
Rose said:
On 18 Nov at 3:52 pm
omg so cutee !!!!
Nice work on the cake :) Much better than I could have done!
Melissa said:
On 18 Nov at 4:11 pm
Awesome cake! And happy first birthday to Isabel, too!
Stephanie said:
On 18 Nov at 5:14 pm
I know who’s making my next birthday cake.
Audrey said:
On 18 Nov at 5:16 pm
Congrats to you & family! That cake looks AWESOME! :D
Kim said:
On 18 Nov at 7:31 pm
Great cake! I like the very hungry caterpillar – was my favourite book as a child.
Happy Birthday Isabel!
Adam said:
On 18 Nov at 11:51 pm
Aw, cute! I used to love The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
And happy birthday to Isabel :-)
Trish said:
On 19 Nov at 1:09 am
I wish my mom could make cakes like that…she tries, at least. :)
Caity said:
On 19 Nov at 5:40 am
Happy Belated Birthday to Isabel. That cake is definitely epic. That book is so great. I can’t believe it has been a year already. A year goes pretty fast.
Kitty said:
On 19 Nov at 8:04 am
Happy birthday to lil’ Isabel!
Wait wait.. did I hear that right? Broody for more babies? Are we to expect more little Jem and little Karl in the future? ;)
Nomnomnom! That’s a nice cake. It doesn’t matter what it looks like, it’s the effort that counts (and the taste too, of course) :p
Sarah May said:
On 20 Nov at 10:18 am
Happy Belated Birthday and very cute cake!!
Doodlemum said:
On 21 Nov at 8:19 pm
Aw Happy Birthday to your little girl. They do grow up too fast but it gets better and better. Hope your next year is a good one.
Maja said:
On 25 Nov at 7:04 pm
I LOVED that book! I still do. :)
Kelly said:
On 01 Dec at 2:54 pm
Shh…ugar – I log into this site about once every 3 months (keep forgetting about it/get distracted by shiny objects) and remember when you were writing pregnancy entries. Swear that was yesterday. Time flying away with me…
Anyways, Belated Happy Birthday to Isabell and the caterpillar.