Busy week

So, for Brody's birthday party we went with a zoo theme since we are taking him to the zoo on his  birthday. I found a bunch of cute decorations and I committed myself to becoming good at making cute kids cakes because (1) grocery store cakes are gross (2) bakery cakes are expensive (3) it means  more...maybe when our kids get older...that I put the time into making a homemade, mommy decorated cake. Hey, for this birthday he'll be able to look back at the pictures and see what I did for him ;) 

This particular cake I chose to make involves gumpaste (which I have never worked with)- 3 animals hand sculpted out of gumpaste to be exact. I quickly figured out why it has that name- it feels exactly like molding something out of chewed gum. And that's not a very easy medium to work with in case you were wondering. So for the past week during nap times and late at night I have been working on these animals - frustrating sometimes but it was also fun since I don't really get to do many art projects these days.

I should also mention that during this busy week, Brody got his first fever. He woke up crying lastnight with a 101.5 fever and we were up until 3:00 this morning. After a late night call to my mom for advice and  some Tylenol for Brody he was finally able to sleep (he is getting a few molars in) and seems to be doing a little better today. Hoping he feels a lot better by his birthday party, don't want him to be sick for his first birthday like his momma was.