Last weekend we celebrated Jimmy's birthday up at Auntie Jeannie's house, where Jimmy got a chance to go fishing with Dad and Grammy. He ended up catching his first bass--a good-sized one! Dad caught one too, but it had swallowed the hook and got pretty bloody. Uncle Danny cleaned the fish, and we didn't think there'd be much to eat, but in fact once I battered them up (as Gram used to do), we had enough for our family of four.
Jimmy enjoyed his cake, too. He'd wanted a violin one, and the best I could do was come up with something that had one on it (versus one that was
shaped like a violin). I tried doing a rolled fondant cake, which I'd never done--but the fondant wasn't as good-tasting as regular icing. Jimmy still liked it, though!
On his actual birthday we did a "normal" cake, which we all enjoyed a lot, and Jimmy got a cool toy from Gram Crackers and Pop that allows him to build models of factories that feature all kinds of water pumps and valves. The one he made today was called a Vinegar Distilling Factory, and once he turned it on, he had fun changing the different valves to see what would happen. Just wish he could keep his cool when parts don't fit together, or things don't work
immediately . . .
Last weekend we celebrated Jimmy's birthday up at Auntie Jeannie's house, where Jimmy got a chance to go fishing with Dad and Grammy. He ended up catching his first bass--a good-sized one! Dad caught one too, but it had swallowed the hook and got pretty bloody. Uncle Danny cleaned the fish, and we didn't think there'd be much to eat, but in fact once I battered them up (as Gram used to do), we had enough for our family of four. 
Jimmy enjoyed his cake, too. He'd wanted a violin one, and the best I could do was come up with something that had one on it (versus one that was shaped like a violin). I tried doing a rolled fondant cake, which I'd never done--but the fondant wasn't as good-tasting as regular icing. Jimmy still liked it, though!
On his actual birthday we did a "normal" cake, which we all enjoyed a lot, and Jimmy got a cool toy from Gram Crackers and Pop that allows him to build models of factories that feature all kinds of water pumps and valves. The one he made today was called a Vinegar Distilling Factory, and once he turned it on, he had fun changing the different valves to see what would happen. Just wish he could keep his cool when parts don't fit together, or things don't work immediately . . .
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