Happy Birthday to The Pure Baby's brother!

The Pure Baby (PB)'s older brother celebrated another Happy Birthday!  With that came another GFCF and Feingold Diet birthday cake.  PB's brother wanted a beagle cake, in honor of our 14-year-old beagle :)

I used another Wilton cake pan, along with (again) King Arthur Flour gluten-free chocolate cake mix and quite a lot of cocoa powder (for the frosting colors).

The dog cake pan was used for the groom's cake at our wedding, back in the beagle's tiny puppy days :)  I did not make the cake then, though, and it definitely was not GFCF or Feingold!

Happy Birthday to The Pure Baby!

The Pure Baby (PB) celebrated another super birthday and enjoyed his GFCF/ Feingold Diet Elmo cake :)

Inspired by my expert-cake-decorating mother, I made the Elmo cake using the Elmo Wilton cake pan, King Arthur Flour gluten-free chocolate cake mix, and India Tree natural decorating colors.

I completely adore King Arthur Flour gluten-free mixes - and buy them online by the case. Its much cheaper than in the stores, and I love having a good supply in my pantry.

I've been using India Tree natural decorating colors for my oldest son's past eight years on The Feingold Diet. While the colors may be a little more challenging to work with, they are safe and healthy - containing no petroleum or other nasty chemicals.

Happy Birthday to The Pure Baby!

The Pure Baby (PB) recently celebrated his second birthday!  We had a fun family day together, enjoying a trip to the zoo followed by cake and presents at home :)  Due to Spring Break, PB's brothers were able to share in the entire day's celebration of the sweet little brother who they adore.

THE ZOO:

DINNER AND CAKE:

PRESENTS:

Continuing my Birthday Celebration

A couple days ago, our family went on an outing, in our effort to further celebrate my birthday :)  My older boys chose the place, as they knew I would greatly enjoy watching them have tons of fun.  We went to a local theme park that offers attractions such as a train ride, an elevated climbing course, an obstacle course, a rock wall, and a big play barn.

The older boys' most favorite is the elevated climbing course.  In the last two years, my oldest son has gone from being quite nervous about it, to now whizzing right through with no fear.  My middle son has always been a monkey, though, and he loves it :)

PB's favorite is the big play barn, especially since he is really too little to do anything else aside from the train ride.  He loves to say "Hi dog!" to the pretend animals in the barn, while giving them pats.  So cute :)  He also has great fun on the baby slides.

The Pure Mom Has a Birthday!

The Pure Mom had a birthday a few days ago!  Lots of family fun at our house :)

The night before my birthday, my husband and The Pure Baby's (PB's) two big brothers baked my birthday cake!  This was their first attempt at baking.  Due to my oldest son's special diet, we are not able to buy cakes.  And, I've just gotten really tired of making my own birthday cake.  So, this year I suggested that my husband and older boys bake the cake!  The three of them baked a yellow cake, covered with butter frosting :)

Although the cake did not turn out perfectly, I greatly appreciate their loving effort :)  Somehow, the frosting was more of a glaze, with most of it pooling on the cake dish.  Something must have been off with the cake itself too, as it was quite dense.  PB actually ended up have tummy pain through the night and was a bit constipated :(

My birthday itself was a super day!  My husband and PB's two big brothers provided a surprise breakfast of Einstein bagels and coffee.  Then, in the evening, my husband grilled his gourmet blue cheese hamburgers, followed by the special birthday cake and gifts :)