Today Emily is five years old! Grandma Mum & Grandpa Bob brought the traditional balloons and donuts! Yummy! And all three kids got really cute hair cuts.
Emily requested an orange layer cake with chocolate frosting -- I have no idea where she came up with the idea to have an orange flavored cake with chocolate frosting! What 5 year old requests that? Anyway, I decided to use an orange flavored cake recipe that I love from The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook and experimented by making an orange curd for the filling between the layers. Then topped it all off with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.
It looked great and it tasted pretty good too... meaning the kids all ate it which, frankly I was surprised at. I think I may try making an orange flavored pudding or custard to use as the filling next time. The curd had an odd flavor that I'm not sure I cared for - pudding/custard might be more appealing? I sent the left over cake home with Mom and Daddy really enjoyed it. So I think with alittle tweaking, this cake may actually survive and get made more.
For our 5 year old birthday's we have a party at home with family. Emily got to pick the restaurant we had dinner at and of course she picked Applebee's - why? Because she wanted to have her birthday scoop of ice cream ... the scoop of ice cream that only the birthday girl gets to eat... while everyone else watches. This is what Rebecca got to do for her birthday, while Emily watched... she's been waiting a long time to take her turn.
We had a great night and Emily seemed really happy to have a day where she was the center of attention!
On our way home from getting haircuts, Mom got her some roses from the local florist - 5 pink roses, one for each year. She got some really cute clothes from Grandma Mum & Grandpa Bob along with a pocket/travel size, Simon Says game that we're all still trying to master. She also got a real watch, cheerleading pom-poms complete with a DVD of moves and cheers, 3 new pairs of funky pajama pants (sewn by Grandma Mutti). Grandma Mutti also gave her the book "If you give a Pig a Party" and some simple Sudoku puzzles she could work on (Mom’s been teaching Rebecca and Emily both how to work the puzzles and the girls are catching on!).
