On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:19:44 -0500, Terrel
> wrote:

>Then I got an idea. I asked my daughter-in-law if she would like to
>help me frost the cakes. We sat at the kitchen table with 16 little
>cakes and two bowls of buttercream frosting (chocolate and vanilla).
>She frosted half of the cakes with chocolate and I frosted half of
>them with vanilla. Then we piped decorations onto the cakes. Even my
>husband and son joined in and piped decorations. My grandson, being
>only a year and a half old, didn't do any decorating, but he had fun
>watching.
>

Cool! Next year give the kid a cake and some frosting (vanilla)!
What's the worst he can do? Make a mess? ;>

My mother used to make a separate little cake (6-8" diameter) at
babies' birthday parties. She'd give it to the guest of honor in
their "throne" (high chair). Depending on the age, some would poke it
with their fingers, pick the frosting off delicately and put some in
their mouth, and look happily around ("For me??). Others would smash
the cake with their open hands (how cute!). The best, though, was one
of my nieces who was so excited about the decorated cake before her
that she let out a screech, opened her mouth wide, and put her face
right down into the cake!

That was a nice tradition. We're kind of in a "baby dry spell" right
now, waiting for the next generation to reproduce.

PS- put some newspapers down on the floor around the chair first.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!