Today is Someone's Birthday
...but I don't want to say whose. I mean, some people are really touchy about birthdays. As if being touchy about your age will actually change something? Take the Boy, for example. He made this comment in Sunbeams last week: "I will turn 100 and all my teeth will fall out and I won't know what to do!" Isn't he a little young to be worrying about aging?
And, you know, if I was at liberty to say whose birthday it is today, perhaps I would also be able to share with you what this mysterious person's dream cake would look like. A dream cake that I may have made myself. And that doesn't look at all like the amount of work that went into it. No, instead it looks like a big pile of mud. (At least I can say, in my defense, that it was supposed to look like that.)
And now, for some reason, I am completely worn out. I can't imagine why, though. Isn't a birthday supposed to be a joyous event, and Fun For All?
Maybe. But I would like to say to the makers of the following product:
...may you all rot in hell, you miserable #@!#@!!!!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday. See you in a week when I'm rested again.
24 comments:
330 pieces?? Really? What in the world did you buy with 330 pieces?
Happy Birthday Jake!
Happy birthday to someone! And mom, nice job on that pile of mud/truck cake.
And wow, 330 pieces? Those people must hate parents.
Aww! Happy Birthday to Jake!! And what a good mom you are!! Very cool cake!
That is a really cool cake! I love it!
Hey! It was my sons 4th birthday yesterday! How old is Jake?
Happy Birthday Jakey!!! You don't look a day over 3 3/4!
I can't believe I missed it. I hope no one tries to initiate Fairygodmother impeachment proceedings.
The cake is fantasic, and I say any excuse to have more frosting is a good excuse!
wynn, that cake is amazing! You have way too many talents, do you mind sharing some of them with me?
Oh and Happy Birthday Jake!
Happy Birthday to Jake from Tyler!
Also, Tyler would like you to make that cake for his birthday this year. I only know how to make rectangle cakes.
Oh, wow, Wynne. I'm having Waterford flashbacks of "First, Middle, and Last"
HA! Annie, how did you know? That is EXACTLY what that cake was supposed to be! He loves that song! He has been playing with the monster trucks and singing that song to himself all day. And then they go on to have very polite conversations with each other (Jake playing all parts of course).
Jake: I got to go to Chuck E. Cheese today.
Truck 1: Oh, that's nice.
Truck 2: Yeah.
Truck 3: Fun!
Jake: I got to drive the car game.
Truck 3: Did you crash?
Jake: Yes.
Truck 2: Oh no!
And then they all go back to singing "First, Middle, Last."
meghan--I will gladly make Tyler that cake and ship it to him. I miss the lil' stinker.
janeen--how do you propose I share my so-called "talents" with you? Do you want me to ship a piece of my brain to you? (Do you have the right kind of equipment to...er...install the new hardware? i.e., strange bubbling vials, a dank dark laboratory, lightning-access window in ceiling.) Or did you simply want me to ship you a cake, too?
marie--that ain't no frosting. Jake won't eat frosting. That is melted chocolate mixed with some heavy whipping cream. And the cake is a chocolate layer cake with chocolate mousse for the filling. It gave me a bit of a buzz. But at least Jake ate his cake this year (the FIRST birthday cake he has EVER eaten).
And fairy godmothers are automatically pardoned, you know. You have a badge. Who is going to take it away from you? I mean, you could turn them into a toad if they tried.
carrot--OUR SONS ARE THE SAME AGE. Let's see how close they are. Jake was born at...right, like I remember this...I think 5:14 in the morning. (LOOK EVERYBODY! Carrot and I (I like that, I have to type it again) CARROT AND I have something in common!
tirzah--thanks, dear. I wish you could've been here to help me eat the dumb thing. There was so much left over. Jeff decided he needed to take the leftovers to work with him today and had to pry my fingers off of the cake pan, then made a dash for the door. It's a good thing he's 40% larger and 60% stronger than me, or he never would've made it out of the kitchen.
lisa--cool? What do you mean? Oh--you're talking about my body temperature. Yes, I am rather cool. You should feel my fingers now. They're icy. It's like I'm dead. At least that's what Jeff says when I get in bed at night and try to cuddle with him. (If I have a superpower, that's it: I can cool a can of lukewarm soda merely by holding the thing for 5 minutes. My fingers leech all of the heat out of it.)
omar--they do. They HATE parents. And...HEY, HI OMAR! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! (Are you going to charge me for the visit or anything? I can pay you in peanuts or bellybutton lint, your choice.)
melissa--I'd like to say I didn't buy it. I'd like to blame it on the grandparents. But, no, it was me. It looked like fun. I thought Jake would love it. (It's a marble-run type of thing--tubes and gears and marbles.) But the box DOES say "for children 8+ years" and under that, in extremely fine print, it adds: "and a masters degree in engineering is also extremely helpful."
*sigh* Jake DOES love it. He's not going to let me rest until the dumb thing is assembled.
good morning awesome wynne.
happy bday to your little jake. the pic of him is so cute .. the expression is adorable.
you're so funny how you ended this post, too.
you rock,
kathleen
Happy Birthday Jake. We wish we could have celebrated with you. That cake looks yummy.
The first thought I had when I saw the picture of the girft was the letter Tor Toy (or whatever it really says) reminds me of Torture toy. I am sure it is a torture toy at least for you Wynne. I can't imagine having that many pieces of anything around my house. And then I learned they were marbles. Oh my. Enjoy them.
Oh my, happy birthday little guy! And happy recovery Wynne!
Nicholas was born at 3:30 a.m.!
Happy Birthday to the mystery person aka Jake!
I'm late for all the fun, excitment and cake.
So, how much fun is that puzzle?
hi, kathleen! How ya doin'?
kristine--
yeah, I wish you guys coulda been here, too. Curtis would LOVE to play with this new toy, I just know it.
kimberly--happy recovery right back at YOU. Hope your day has been better.
carrot--so close! I guess they aren't the same person, then? So, did Nicholas get anything excitingly annoying for HIS birthday?
NCS--Nah, you didn't miss a thing. The party is still going on, see?
How'd you sneak this in without me seeing?
I love that cake it is soooo chocolatey
that's too many pieces for anything, anywhere, ever
maybe they're small enough for the vaccum cleaner to suck up
Lean was not potty trained until well after four the doctor said whatever, she'll be fine-and she was
AWWWW Happy birthday Jake!!!!
Happy Birthday Jake!! Wynne you are adventurous to buy something with that many pieces!
Jake is a cutie!
I have six kids and an average of 54.9888888 toy pieces per child thrown on the floor.
Jake is going to love that picture of him with his wet pants one day.
Curtis FINALLY potty trained and only had three accidents doing it. I was so happy. That is until months later (now) and he is wetting his pants because he is "too busy" to use the toilet. Yeah, this has crushed all pride I had over being able to finally potty trained him.
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