Birthday Boy's Day

That time of year has come upon us once again and Nolan turned two!

We had a very small get together in the evening with a few little boys for company. Lots of running around, cars/train playing and giggles filled out small place. And the parents were able to enjoy each others company too! *win win*

Since they only time I seem to make layer cakes is around family birthdays, I knew early on that a plane cake was n order for our little boy. It was simple for the most part, with using part of his present from us to be the cake toppers. I found a pretty easy from scratch vanilla cake recipe here from pintrest, and it held up pretty good and was light and moist enough for home made cake.

The frosting was a mint vanilla butter cream. It was just a matter of trying to smooth the frosting and placing clouds around. The front Planes logo was left over packaging from the diecast toy, which I think adds a nice easy touch to the front.

This is probably the most low key birthday celebration I've done. With the cold winter and lots of sickness going around, it can be hard for families to commit to coming. Not to mention, things are just super tight for the family budget. But despite that, we were able to pull something together and enjoy our "family" in celebration. Nolan had fun, I didn't have to stress too much (add mad cleaning before hand), and I was able to at least give him a special cake made with love. Eliza still talks about her pony cake from last birthday.

And to think....next time this year we'll have an additional family member to celebrate with!