Wonderings and Wanderings

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

First Birthday Fun!

Getting ready to bake the cake

Cutting out my stencil

The cake, fresh out of the oven

GOOD MORNING birthday boy!

Daddy tries to get Jaden to attack the cake early!

#1 - the cutting actually went really smoothly

frosting the cake

mmmm...looking good. It's a white butter cake with cream cheese frosting. I had never made cream cheese frosting with orange or lemon zest it in but, it was REALLY good! See Jaden's little cake on the side?

all decorated with berries and a candle

I'm not sure if Jaden thinks the cake is cool or, if he's just thinking it's pretty fun to sit on the table! He's never done that before!

There's a smile!

Hmm...now he notices the cake. Doesn't it look good?

Just the 3 of us!

With G'ma & G'pa K

Don't forget the lavish decorations - Happy Birthday! Everyone's over for lunch.

Dishing up the salad. A unique but very yummy combination. Cheese tortilinni, chicken, grapes, kiwi, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin oranges with an orange/maple dressing. Sounds strange but tastes yummy!

Jaden sticks with his beans - a bit of food before cake!

Dig in!

Jaden wasn't too sure what to do with the cake so, daddy tried to help him out.

Jaden didn't seem too thrilled and wasn't into getting so dirty. Every time his fingers touched the cake he would look at them and try to wipe them off...so, we gave him a fork and spoon and he had a good time playing with it.

Yup - mooshing it is WAY more fun than eating it!

Then we added some berries and mmmm.....he LOVES the berries!

Mmmm.....no first birthday frosting face here...just a berry face!

Okay - enough of this....I'm ready to be OUT of here!

Wow - are ALL of these for me?!?!?

Cool - a toy with a hammer!

And a noisemaking tamborine - my mommy is going to LOVE this one!

I think I'll get started practicing right now!

Cool books and fun cards from Keely & Mali

I LOVE this paper! How did you know?!?!?!

Oma helping open one present.

With Oma & G'ma H

Are these crayons, or balls? Can I eat them? Throw them? Hmmm.....

Woah - a trip to the garage...what's this?

My VERY OWN CAR!!?!??!?!?!

pretty nice ride I got, don't you think?

Woohoo....how do I fill up THIS gas tank?

How do I look?

The horn beeps, the blinkers make noise and there are even TUNES on this radio!!!!

A trip around the yard with my dad! - when he wasn't on the move, Jaden found the door to be one of the most interesting features of the car and spent SEVERAL minutes opening and closing it!

Then, he just had to kick back and talk to Aunt Karen

Yup - I'm just chillin'. It's been a great day!

A Few Odds and Ends

So, here is a meal we made some time last week. We had mixed reviews. My mom and dad both really liked it, I liked it more the more I ate of it and Stephen thought it was OK. Jaden LOVED it, especially the noodles. Here is "Chicken El Paso"

My husband keeps finding the camera when I'm still sleeping. I guess I have to hide it better! But, it is pretty funny that Jaden and I were sleeping the same. Stephen says this happens often.

Here's another day of Christmas presents - this time with Grandpa K around to help open them!

What a cool tool truck!

When we all had our family Christmas (yes, at the end of January) Jaden enjoyed helping to pass out the presents.

He got a tool guy bib shirt that you see here and a set of dishes. I think this was the best gift ever. He played with the fork, spoon, bowl and glass for about 45 minutes!

Either I cook too much, he's a born chef, or these are GREAT toys!

He also got a cool new hat!

Again, interested in the dishes!

Last Saturday we went to the mission where Chris made us chili rellenos. Mmmmm mmmm good!!! :-) I say, he can cook for us ANYTIME!!!

Jaden got a new hat from some out-of-town friends

And, Jaden decided that books are way more fun to pull off of the shelf and stack than actually sit down and read. I think he has every single one of his books on the floor in this picture. There was no where to walk!