I love milestones, and 100 posts is a milestone for me. Especially the way I'm posting lately! :)
Last week was my grandson, Gavin's, sixth birthday. He's in kindergarten this year. So Gavin came over on Wednesday to bake a birthday cake.
When my grandkids have a birthday, I have them over to bake a cake for themselves and decorate them to bring home for their birthday. (At least my son's kids. Kristy's two live too far away, but I bake with them when I can.) Lots of kids don't help mom bake in the kitchen anymore - in fact I'm not sure my kids helped me when they were little. I made their birthday cakes myself. But now that I'm a grandmother, it seems important to let them bake and decorate their own cakes.
Here are Gavin's, from 3 to 6 years old:
3 years old - blowing out his candle.
Yummy cupcake!
4 years old - measuring.
Decorating star-shaped cupcakes.
5 years old - this poor cake looked great when it was decorated, kind of...
Getting ready to blow out the candles!
6 years old - licking the bowl, the best part!
Decorating the cake.
Beautiful! He carefully drew lines, crossed them, put patches of color - all very carefully constructed.
It's really fun to see how Gavin has grown. At first I just let him stir the batter, then each year he did more of the prep. This year I measured, and he did everything else, pouring the ingredients into the bowl, stirring, pouring the batter into the pans, and all the decorating. I decorated one and he decorated one. He wanted to take a photo of me holding "my" cake:
Happy Birthday Gavin!
That's a tired Grammy at the end of a long day, but the photo he took of me was actually flattering, I thought. I was pretty beat by this time. Such tired eyes... But worth it for the memories! Notice the professional-like decorated cake! Gavin was very impressed - I love working with kids! : )
Blowing out the candles.
Gavin and his sister, Kennedy
Gavin, baby brother Graydin, and Kennedy
And that's it until next Saturday when the REAL birthday party is - a couple of Gavin's best friends couldn't come on Saturday, that's why they had the pizza night. He's having quite a Birthday this year!
From me and Katie, have a great Tuesday, everyone! : )
PS: If you noticed the difference in my kitchen counters, the first year the tile was an old yellow - from the early 1960s. Still pretty much in good shape, just worn. The next three birthdays, look at the tile - beautiful. That's what my company does - refinishing. Kitchen counters, vanities, bathtubs. Instead of replacing the fixture, you can have it refinished. Click on the photos to really see what a difference it made in my kitchen and bathrooms. : )
