September Birthdays

  Merinda turned eleven this year and if we had to pick a theme for her birthday it would simply be called "Cupcakes".

 Merinda holding up fun birthday cards from the Grandparents. For her birthday present from us Merinda got a Kindle (Merinda's only request this year was books, bout eight new books to be exact - I though a Kindle would be easier and cheaper!).

 Merinda also wanted to make her own birthday cake this year which was, yes you guessed it, a giant cupcake. She is pretty obsessed with cupcakes.

 Breck is hiding in this picture, probably for good reason since he didn't get dressed for the day (pretty tough life when your mom is picture-taking-crazy and your photos are forever aired in cyberspace).

One part of the cake I liked best was the inside, somehow Merinda made it  look like a rainbow. The coconut cream cheese frosting on top was also pretty much to die for!

 With the leftover cake mix and frosting she made, what else, cupcakes! 

Here are some more cupcakes she made with her church youth group. They are made up of fun Fall flavors and designs.

 Aubrey turned seventeen this year and for her birthday dinner she wanted to go to Fat Kats Pizza (family-owned pizza parlor here in Georgetown, KY). 

We all loved the pizza, especially Aubrey since pizza is her favorite thing in the whole world. She would have pizza breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I let her.

Aubrey just got money from us this year. Not too exciting but it's what she wanted. 

If I had to give Aubrey's birthday a theme it would definitely be called "Pizza"! In fact, I think Aubrey likes pizza more than Merinda likes cupcakes! Therefore, Merinda and I made Aubrey two cakes that look like pizzas. The meat-lover's pizza had snickers candy bars, milk duds, fruit candies, fruit leather, and white icing for the cheese, and the veggie-lover's pizza had an assortment of gum drops, fruit leather, and white icing. The "pizza sauce" was made out of homemade peanut butter frosting. 

We had to write "Happy Birthday" on the cake pan since there was no place to write it on the cakes.

I don't know which was more fun, making the cakes, or eating them!