Spaghetti & Bunny Cake

We let Andrew have spaghetti and feed it to himself for the first time on Tuesday. Here are the results (click on the pictures, especially the last one, to get up close and personal with the spaghetti mess):

"I think I might be able to grab this stuff if I try really hard..."









"GOT IT! Now what do I do with it?"

"Hey, this stuff might be tasty."









"GASP! Where have they been hiding this stuff??????"












Most of you don't know that I have a secret hobby of decorating cakes for family members and special occasions. I learned how to do this from my Mom. I watched her stay up til the wee hours of the morning on countless nights to make cakes for me to take to school parties. On Wednesday, I made a bunny cake for Peyton to take to her Easter party on Thursday. (Thanks, Christy, for the frosting recipe. It's great.) Here's the finished product. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this technique, the cake is decorated with literally hundreds of delicious frosting stars: