Yes, it's OmNom, from the phone app Cut The Rope. Which she requested spontaneously, having put together entirely by herself that parties have themes, and the birthday kid gets to choose the theme, and it should be the birthday kid's favorite character or thing.

It should also be known that every bite of the cake was eaten, so I have proof it tasted as good as it looked.

Excellent! I did themed birthday parties too, diy ones at home with costumes and shaped cakes that I got wrist cramp from decorating. All of my kids fondly remember each party. Totally worth it. :)

This makes me proud. Proud to know and count friend such a good, talented, loving parent.


This makes me happy. Happy to know all that hard work produced success. :-)

You da MOM!:thumb:

I'm just reflecting on how much easier it would have been to say "Sorry, Sweetie, you can't have a cake because blah blah blah, but here's a crappy sago pudding with a candle on it..."

No. All the other kids get yummy decorated cakes on birthdays, and Minifobette knows that, and to hell with her feeling left out, marginalised, excluded.

The cake is NOT a lie.

Those pinchable cheeks aren't a lie either. I just wanna pinch them.

Awww, man. That's a supremely rad little-kid smile.

Little ƒuckers won't give a real smile for the camera, usually, in my experience.

You have to either a) trick them, or b) do something super-awesome.

Read this on my phone when it was first posted and meant to post when i got home.

Anyways: reading the OP I proper choked up. You, Clod, are a superb mum. You remind me of my own mum and the lengths she used to go to to try and make ridiculously restricted diets bend to some sense of 'normal'. Cooking with blends of weird and wonderful non-wheat flours, this and that substitute.

My big thing was jelly. I really, really loved the big colourful wobbly jellies that you got at kids' birthday parties. But food colouring was not allowed and natural options were no where near as widely available as they are now. I think ordinary gelatin might have been off the menu as well, along with regular sugar. She used seaweed and managed to make an impressively green jelly. It wasn't wholly successful. Taste was a little off-kilter, but I only really know that because I found out later :p My brother and cousins all ate it with apparent gusto and much praise, so I just enjoyed it. There were other, far more successful culinary adventures, but the jelly always sticks in my mind. It fulfilled its primary purpose: it was a jelly, and it was manifestly bright green, ergo it was a proper birthday party.

The cake is awesome, Clod. And your little lass looks a picture.

I never got around to posting my comments either. It's rather late now in the thread; however, I do want to say that Clodfobble is an awesome mom. I think all too often super moms like you aren't recognized and acknowledged enough. Btw, love the cake. :thumb: