What a fun week we've had! On Monday the girls and I went on a field trip for Carolyn's school to a pumpkin patch, on Wednesday Carolyn had a Halloween party at school, on Friday we went to JT's office to trick or treat, on Saturday we did a trunk or treat at the church and we finished off our fun week with Lilia's birthday on Sunday. For her cake, I decided on a Candy Land cake. I got the idea from my friend's blog (AWESOME blog, you should totally check it out--and check me out, I remembered how to make a link!!) and thought to give it a try. The great thing about doing a Candy Land cake is that with as much candy as it takes to make it, you can't go wrong. The girls were sooo excited to eat it. Lilia got a couple pairs of shoes and a big Mickey Mouse Clubhouse coloring book from us and then was spoiled with clothes, a necklace we'll be keeping out of her reach, and Mickey Mouse toys from her grandparents. All throughout the day I kept catching Lilia digging into her cake with a spatula. I'd move it to the table, the counter, back to the table, to the stove...it didn't matter. All of a sudden we'd realize that we didn't know what Lilia was doing, and we'd find that she'd stealthily moved a chair over to where the cake was, and was eating it. Each time I got after her, she'd reply defensively that, "I like my cake!" and I couldn't get mad at her because I really, really wanted her to like her cake. Needless to say the cake didn't last very long. But that's okay too, because with my gestational diabetes, the last thing I needed was this cake, loaded with candy, frosting, and chocolate to be hanging around the house. Meanwhile, Carolyn is already making plans for the cake she wants me to make her for her 5th birthday. To be fair, she's actually been planning this since her 4th birthday.
