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Victor had his Boy Scout Blue and Gold Banquet today. All the boys are supposed to make their own cake but as you can imagine it doesn't usually turn out that way with parents getting in the way. Last year we planned something too elaborate and I ended up doing most of it. This year Victor planned it himself, baked his own cake (from scratch I might add) and decorated it himself. It took him ALL day. It might not have been the fanciest cake at the party but we thought it was the coolest.

And I know there wasn't another boy there who was more excited about his creation. We started a new tradition this year of having the kids make their own birthday cakes. They have had a great time and it has relieved me of a lot of pressure. Not that it's not a lot of work to supervise them because it is. I have to be in the kitchen every moment to answer questions and help when they ask but they love it so much that it's well worth it.

Lovely's birthday is tomorrow so Victor baked her a little cake to decorate. That's two cakes out of the way in one day! I will have to show you her sparkly finished creation tomorrow.

I also want you to know how proud I was of myself. I didn't plan one single other thing today. Nothing! I reserved the entire day for cake making.

Normally I would have planned 52 other things and then been frustrated with myself and everyone else that it was all going wrong and I was a frantic mess. Nope. Today was a good day.