Twins Turn Two

Last Saturday (April 10th) was the twins 2nd birthday. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morn making their cake and about 40 miniature cupcakes. The bottom layer was chocolate, the top was strawberry, and the cupcakes were those two plus white confetti. I made a homemade cream cheese butter cream, which I have to say is my favorite icing. Then I topped the cake with animal figures from the girl's nativity set.

Making the cake was a lot of work, and I could have bought one, but for me it was just one of those things I had to do. For as long as I remember, I imagined making my kids birthday cakes. We had a barnyard theme to go with the petting zoo and pony rides.

At one point Andre asked if the party was for the girls or for me...and honestly its hard to say. I mean, really, who doesn't love baby animals? Even my grandmother loved it. This little baby goat was only a week old and spent the entire time curled up in my grandmother's arms.Fry's Fun Farm supplied the petting zoo, complete with a baby donkey, and calf.

It was a big hit with all the children. The pony rides were only appreciated by the older kids. Evelyn and Rowan wouldn't go anywhere near the pony. They had plenty of other animals though: lots of little bunnies, ducks, chicks, a full grown rooster, and baby goats. They even had a little piglet that would squeal every time someone tried to pick him up. Fry's provided dry food as well so the kids to feed the little animals. At one point Rowan tried to feed Evelyn some.

We had quite a few kids at the party and a nice range of ages too. Andre had the local fire station bring a fire truck and they actually brought a ladder. The fire fighters were so nice, they brought two stuffed bears for the girls. Of course, the older kids were really excited to see a fire truck and get to climb inside.


And arriving just in time to enjoy the party, our friends Viki and Dale flew in from Canada to visit for a week. The girls really love them, as do we. Viki and I have been friends since we went to school together in England--maybe 9 years ago. It is so wonderful to share your life with great friends.




To top it off, our firefighter friend Ax gave the girls three of their very own chickens. "Nugget," "Dumpling," and "Drumstick" are the newest members of our family. They are a breed called silver laced Wyandottes.

Andre is so in love with them. He takes them out of their little cage everyday and lets them play in the yard. The girls like them too and say "my chi-ken," and point to them. Joey (our dog) is also very fond of the chickens and loves to stare at them while licking his lips. Andre keeps telling him, "No Joey, they're family", but I don't think he really cares.