Birthday Smash Cake

It's birthday time!


And what's a birthday without a little cake?


I had emailed a local bakery last week to order a beach-themed birthday cake for the boys. Well, mostly for us but we were finally going to relax our rules and let the boys get their first taste of cake!


Greg was going to let them dive right in, but I explained no, no! I want to eat some of this deliciousness too! They get a slice. One slice with a birthday candle.

So we sang them the song, blew out the candles and let them go to town.


Or not.


They didn't seem to have any idea what to do with cake. They mostly just stared.


Luke finally braved a taste.


But Joseph needed a little more coaxing.



He wasn't too impressed.


In fact, he seemed to enjoy the plate more than he enjoyed the cake.


Luke, on the other hand, fully embraced the spirit of the smash cake and destroyed his slice in style...


...making sure to squeeeeze it between his fingers and smear it across his tray.


Oh, the joy!


I gotta be honest. I never thought Joseph would be the tidy one. :)

Now, how are we gonna hose this mess down?


The boys are 1 year and 3 days old.