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August 8, 2015 Marie 3 Comments

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A year ago today this kid made his grand appearance. This last year has been rough with many highs and lows, but we survived. We’ve all survived. But I’m especially proud of myself and that survival thing.

This kid is officially one and we celebrated with Peter Rabbit and carrot cake. I’ve promised the husband that I won’t go so overboard on the future. I really couldn’t help it, though – Peter Rabbit is just about my favorite kids book ever and Declan really loves the bunnies in the books we have and the one I knit him. And, truthfully, I didn’t really go THAT overboard – I had probably 100 different ideas for food and whatnot and ended up keeping all of that simple. So, really, he should thank me for not doing all the things I wanted to do.

Peter Rabbit will be making an appearance from now on every Easter, especially since we don’t celebrate the religious aspect of the holiday, so I can’t wait to dig all these decorations back out next Spring (see, it can’t count as going overboard if you’re going to actually re-use the decorations every year for a holiday, right?). The bunny cake was… eh. I don’t understand how to bake with these fancy pans – the instructions say to make the sides of the cake higher than the middle… but, hello, gravity called: they’re breaking up with your silly directions. I don’t know, maybe I’m doing something wrong? The one half of the bunny had broken ears, and there was no way I was going to be able to shave the sides down to piece this thing together to make the 3D cake I imagined. But, you know? I don’t even care – it looks damn adorable sitting on a bed of kale on my cake plate regardless.

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Comments

  1. DKnits says

    August 13, 2015 at 8:41 am

    Happy Birthday to your son! Your Peter Rabbit themed birthday party is amazing!

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  2. Mountain Girl says

    August 21, 2015 at 11:18 am

    Wow, you seem like quite a busy lady, with your knitting, baking, and baby boy! I really admire your “Tour de Fleece”, haha–It’s been quite a while since I’ve done any knitting. Love the Peter Rabbit themed birthday–looks like the boy did, too! Found you through Susan. Have a great day. :)

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    • Marie says

      August 30, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Aww, thank you! <3

      The jewelry you make is beautiful! I'm going to have to tell the husband I want some of those hammered copper earrings for our anniversary!

      Reply

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