I Got Off Easy This Time....Sort Of

This handsome young man just turned 7.

As far as cakes go this time I got off easy....sort of. Zach was eager to have a Ben 10 Ultimate Alien character on his cake. When he began to describe how to draw it I knew my frosting skills would not match the description. I offered to print off a picture and stick it on the cake but in the end he had an even better idea. He drew the picture then I stuck it on the cake with seven candles in the shape of a seven. There wasn't much debate about what kind of cake either, a vanilla with chocolate cream cheese frosting. So I went to work thinking this would be a breeze. Until at the last minute the day of Chris had to say, "Don't you think those cake layers are kinda small. Shouldn't it be four layers." Zach quickly agreed then they all went back to work and school leaving me to quickly get another two layers mixed, baked, cooled, and frosted!

The cake was huge and oh so yummy!

Zach and his birthday buddies worked up an appetite practicing their Ninja moves before dinner and dessert.

I made Zach's Ultimate Favorite Peas, Bacon, and Cream Pasta. I was glad that his two best friends liked it too.

After a hearty rendition of Happy Birthday followed by the ever popular ooh la la cha cha cha a birthday wish was made and candles blown out.

Zach's first gift was accompanied by a homemade birthday card. Zach was so sweet to Max telling him what a great job he did on the card and how much he liked it.

"M" moved here this summer and spent some time at our house while his parents settled into their new teaching positions. They couldn't help but become inseparable with the same love of all things Star Wars, Legos, and Wii. His other friend "C" got back into town just in time for the party. He surprised Zach with a super cool gravity defying Hot Wheels track the next day.

I think Zach was excited about his family gifts to. He finally got the Harry Potter Blu Ray set he has wanted for ages. He is pretty bummed that he's not old enough to watch them all and keeps trying to convince us he is mature enough.....we'll see. Lastly he got three Magic Tree House books. He's been asking for more and more chapter books and we have trouble satiating his reading habit. (Yahoo! Gotta love that as a parent.)

Just before the boys settled in for a movie Graham pulled out the light sabers for a quick battle with"M". Graham so thinks he's one of the big boys and puts up a good fight. Several times he got hurt came over to me for a quick kiss on the wound and went back for more. Poor "M" didn't have anyone to kiss him better after Graham got several solid hits.