Angelique was the taste tester of the icing to make sure that it was good enough to be on the cake! I think that we passed the taste test. She hollered at us the rest of the afternoon to feed her MORE and MORE icing!

Grandma worked hard to get the icing on the cake and started to work on the polk-a-dot border around the bottom of the cake. It took awhile to get the colors just right and get the decorating underway but once we got started there was no stopping the creative flow! After some tracing of the invitation onto the top of the cake the decorating continued. It really was pretty easy to decorate this cake, I was worried that it would be hard and turn out looking funny. Angelique continued to help Mom and Grandma with the decorating by making sure that she was in on the action the whole time, meaning she would NOT let us put her down for a second. After getting the "ONE" on the cake Mommy had to run out the door and go see the doctor! So, Grandma finished up the border on the big cake and started working on cupcakes and the cake that we decorated for Angelique to dig into and make a mess with (which she did not do! She was so good with her cake). After hours of hard work the 2 cakes and numerous cupcakes were decorated and ready for the big party!!

I don't think I could have gotten all of the decorating done if Grandma had not been there to lend a hand by helping ice cakes, babysit while I ran to the doctor and chase the munchkin around while we took turns adding decorations to the cake!

Happy Birthday little Monkey!