Seventeen, Fourteen and Twelve

Cakes, cakes, cakes Galore! Yes, I have a lot of fun making and decorating cakes for my kiddos. These 3 cakes I had a blast with. I decorated each one according to each childs likes and personality and tied them all together the the new printed edible paper from Wilton. I however didn't realize that one sheet of paper was soooo small and being as I couldn't go back to Reno to pick another sheet I had to make do. Still, I don't think that they turned out too bad. :}

I love the color with the black and white paper. A goregous affect.

Don't get too nit picky about the mistakes you may see, remember, I have helpers! Both while I am decorating and after. Its more work to keep the cakes safe than it is to make them with my little boys running around!

 This was my favorite one to make. It was fun and I think fit Chelsea's personality perfectly. She's a bright fun girl!

MadN's Favorite color is purple, so is TaTa's but I didn't want to make them both purple.

 The little cake for the small fry.

I tie dyed the inside of this cake so its all color on the inside and out.

I thought that this cake had just a little bit of class to it which would describe Natasha to a T.

Yes, I've put ALOT of pictures on this post, not to show off the wonderful beautiful cakes but because there are so many different facial expressions in all of these pictures. Its pretty funny.

Time to cut the cake and eat, chocolate cake with cream cheese filling.

She looks so serious as she carves up her cake.

Britten just can hardly wait!

 The little kids like to get in on the giving so they often find something of theirs to give away. They are sooo sweet!

Chelsea with her own purse!

MadN goes into Young Women's now so she has a bracelet with the young womens value colors and a YW journal

 Watch Natasha's facial expressions in the next 3 shots while MadN gets her scarf.

I Love It!

Natasha got this wall sticker for her purple and black room.

Pretty awesome!

This was the celebration of the 3 girls together. They each had their own celebrations also. Just so that they know we think that they each are special!

Fourteen Here I Come

Give me a one, Give me a two, What is that???? TWELVE

Yes, MadN has long awaited this day. She is now 12. Being 12 means soooo many things. It means almost out of elementary school and into Jr. High. It means no more Primary Sharing time or Singing time. It means weekday activies for Mutual and going to Young Womens on Sunday and going to the Temple. It means babysitting, makeup, higheels and not being called a kid anymore. Maddie is definately ready for all of those things. Now, to just let her go. I'm sooooo not ready for my baby girl to grow up, be 12, be in Young Womens or go to Jr. High. I'm not ready!!!! What happens when mom is not ready? Nothing. Because whether or not we as moms are ready for our wee ones to grow up or not does'nt matter, they will grow up anyways. So what do we do? We stand aside with our breaking hearts and watch with pride and joy as our babies take step after step into adulthood.

 Because turning 12 is such a special age we have always tried to make it a special celebration so MadN's day began with her birthday crown, a tradition that we started many many years ago.

The little boys and I also worked on making her favorite treat to share with her class and we decorated them super special with purple white chocolate since that is MadN's favorite color.

We added a few birthday balloons to the mix and left it in her classroom as a surprise.

Then for lunch we picked MadN up with a couple of her friends and we ran off to the Hunan Buffet for a scrupmtious meal. The girls had a blast being loud and silly!

After school I picked MadN up for a trip to the beauty parlour. One of her presents this year was colored hair extensions.

There were so many colors to choose from, it was a difficult choice to make.

But in the end Blue won.

MadN and Debbie showing of their cool hair!

Picture perfect!

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