Aaron's birthday

Dale and I were a bit intimidated by Aaron's birthday party this year. We didn't have a bouncy house or even much of a plan, just a Lego cake and a game or two, and as the kids get older, they can get a little canny. We have seen some birthday party mayhem at others' houses. But this party was perfectly lovely. Best buddies Finn and Emanuel had to celebrate separately with Aaron, but Adam, Holden, Tony, Mason, and Hondo were in fine form. (Ian stayed to play with Jordan.) There was volleyball. 

There was one organized activity, a Lego spoon relay race, which was a great time.

And there was lego cake. I have made Lego cake before, but that time I made giant legos, and this time I made them cupcake-sized.

Everyone gobbled them up.

 And for the afterparty there was Lego building bliss. Couldn't really ask for more.

The backstory on the lego cakes is not too complicated, although frosting each one on all four sides and then moving it to a display plate is not easy to do perfectly. I settled for imperfection. The frosting colors, wowie zowie, look at what gels can do.

The individual pieces were cut from a large rectangular cake. I laid out marshmallows to decide how to cut the pieces. Mini marshmallows for regular legos, large ones (cut in half) for Duplos.

Happy birthday to our big seven-year-old!