Tobias' 6th Birthday...
Oh my, it has once again come round - it's Tobias' birthday once again - the years are literally just flying by... sigh!
A week ago - 20th May 2010 - Tobias turned 6 - he has waited sooooo long to turn 6 & finally the day came :D
So this year Tobias had 3 parties - a main one at Nilpfi (an indoor playpark) here in Solothurn with his Kindergarten friends, a tiny one with the whole Kindergarten class (i made Ham & Cheese sandwiches for that one) - we were not at the Kindergarten one, it was just a tiny celebration during break time & then a small one at church.
This year's theme is FISH! That's right - we are still on Fish - this has been a theme for Tobias since his 1st day in Kindergarten last August!
So he sent out 10 fish-shaped invitations to 10 little friends for his party at Nilpfi - 9 of whom were able to come.
Here's a photo of the Fish Cupcakes i made & Tobias sitting happily in front of them, waiting for his friends to arrive:
His friends loved it that the party was at the playpark - it was hard to get them to focus on being at the birthday table ;)
But they did a great job with the birthday song - have a listen:
Then they were off to ride bumper cars, jump on the trampolines & basically run around the place - it was an easy party to plan for & i thank God for it. i was down with a serious sore throat (or what i thot was a serious sore throat - turned out to be Strept Throat) & it took 6 pandols for me to ignore the pain & function normally for the party.
The cake Tobias really wanted was a Rainbow Fish Cake - if you don't know the story of Rainbow Fish, go & get the book - it's a great story.
So that's what i attempted to make for the cake at church. Here's the process:
i used a Quick Sponge Cake recipe to bake the cake in a ball cake tin - but some how the centre didn't rise properly - but it was still usable.
Here's the cut shaped of the fish:
Then i covered it with sugarpaste icing:
Then the scales, eyes, mouth & fins went on:
i think all in all it took me like 5hrs to finish - but it was worth it - all the time i was making it, i thot: "this is a disaster, it's not going to work." But it did & it turned out ok - i would have liked a better looking cake but it was close enough, considering my "semi-drugged" state ;)
Here's Tobias with some of the kids from church:
This year he had more presents than any other year - cos of the party with his little friends - but i did not get a chance to photograph the pressies before he opened them & started building - he got mostly Legos (which he loves at the moment).
So there goes another year & my little guy doesn't seem so little anymore...
My baby - a 6-year old boy...
syc
A week ago - 20th May 2010 - Tobias turned 6 - he has waited sooooo long to turn 6 & finally the day came :D
So this year Tobias had 3 parties - a main one at Nilpfi (an indoor playpark) here in Solothurn with his Kindergarten friends, a tiny one with the whole Kindergarten class (i made Ham & Cheese sandwiches for that one) - we were not at the Kindergarten one, it was just a tiny celebration during break time & then a small one at church.
This year's theme is FISH! That's right - we are still on Fish - this has been a theme for Tobias since his 1st day in Kindergarten last August!
So he sent out 10 fish-shaped invitations to 10 little friends for his party at Nilpfi - 9 of whom were able to come.
Here's a photo of the Fish Cupcakes i made & Tobias sitting happily in front of them, waiting for his friends to arrive:
His friends loved it that the party was at the playpark - it was hard to get them to focus on being at the birthday table ;)
But they did a great job with the birthday song - have a listen:
Then they were off to ride bumper cars, jump on the trampolines & basically run around the place - it was an easy party to plan for & i thank God for it. i was down with a serious sore throat (or what i thot was a serious sore throat - turned out to be Strept Throat) & it took 6 pandols for me to ignore the pain & function normally for the party.
The cake Tobias really wanted was a Rainbow Fish Cake - if you don't know the story of Rainbow Fish, go & get the book - it's a great story.
So that's what i attempted to make for the cake at church. Here's the process:
i used a Quick Sponge Cake recipe to bake the cake in a ball cake tin - but some how the centre didn't rise properly - but it was still usable.
Here's the cut shaped of the fish:
Then i covered it with sugarpaste icing:
Then the scales, eyes, mouth & fins went on:
i think all in all it took me like 5hrs to finish - but it was worth it - all the time i was making it, i thot: "this is a disaster, it's not going to work." But it did & it turned out ok - i would have liked a better looking cake but it was close enough, considering my "semi-drugged" state ;)
Here's Tobias with some of the kids from church:
This year he had more presents than any other year - cos of the party with his little friends - but i did not get a chance to photograph the pressies before he opened them & started building - he got mostly Legos (which he loves at the moment).
So there goes another year & my little guy doesn't seem so little anymore...
My baby - a 6-year old boy...
syc