It blows my mind that I have a six year old child. When did that happen, and who let me have a kid? I'm somebody's mom? Whaaa? But it turns out that I love being Julian's mom, and he's the coolest boy I could ever imagine. When I was pregnant with him, I used to wonder what my kid would be like, who this person would be. And as hard as I tried, I couldn't for the life of me imagine what he would be like at six years old. I didn't even know he was a he back then. Fast forward six years to the coolest person I've ever known. Julian.
For his birthday party, we had a screening of "Yellow Submarine" in the theatre of the university where Wade works. It was possibly the most awesome birthday party experience ever. Julian sang quite loudly throughout the entire film.
Here he is with Wade, before the party began:
Cheesing with his cake:
I made the yellow submarine and covered the cake with marshmallow fondant. This was my first time ever working with fondant, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, for having no idea what I was actually doing:
The inside of the cake was a gluten-free yellow cake that was dyed six different colors. How can you have a Yellow Submarine party without having your cake look like a total acid trip?
This last picture cracks me up. Julian's at the table with all his lady friends. There were boys at the party too but for some reason, Julian is way comfortable around girls. I'd like to put him in a time machine with me so we could go back in time together and he could give me lessons on not being awkward.
My gigantic 37 weeks pregnant body is wearing an apron that I made. My grandmother gave me a tablecloth a super long time ago that I never used because a) I'm not a tablecloth kind of person, and b) the fabric was kind of crazy looking. So I turned it into an apron. It made me sad to see this awesome vintage tablecloth from my grandmother on a shelf, unused. So now that it's an apron I get to see and use it all the time and think of her. Sweet.
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That looks like an AWESOME party and the cake turned out beautiful. Even aside from the fondant and the submarine the multi-color interior is beautiful. February birthdays are tough but I would definitely deem this one a success!
btw - I'm always amazed that Julian looks like a perfect blend between you and Wade. Some parents get the shaft and their kids just look like on or the other parent but Julian is a perfect blend of you both.
Thanks! We had such a good time, even though a lot of people couldn't make it.
And the looks thing - It's always interesting for me to hear, because it's hard for me to be objective and figure out who he looks like. I agree with you, that he's a total blend of me and Wade. But some people will tell me that he looks EXACTLY like Wade and nothing like me except for his coloring. It's so weird. And even weirder when people say that Wade and I look like we could be brother and sister. Heh!!
The cake is awesome and what a cool idea for a party theme! You guys are the coolest family ever!
The cake looks awesome! You're a natural at the artist thing! Happy Birthday again Julian!
beautiful post, thank you. great solution with the apron.
and the fondant! it looks perfect! can you please link the recipe? pleeease?
and what a submarine, i am seriously impressed.
Oh he is so beautiful!!! Awesome cake :)
Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone!
Christine - Here's the link my friend Julie gave me for the fondant: http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm
It was crazy simple to make and ended up tasting really good, unlike regular fondant, which I've heard is awful. But I haven't actually tried regular fondant so I can't really give an opinion either way.
Seriously, adopt me?!?
That cake is awesome! So glad you guys were able to have the party!
That looks like it was so much fun. Totally jealous here. I could have snuck in, no one would have noticed my gigantic head and the vacuum like mouth eating all the cake...would they?
What a great idea for a cake....and the apron too! Is the fondant easy to work with?
Kailey -
The fondant was surprisingly easy to work with. Kind of like a modeling clay. And whatever you don't use keeps in the refrigerator for a really long time. All you have to do is take it out and microwave it for like 10 seconds to make it pliable again. To cover the cake, I just rolled it out really thin, like a pie crust. Also, make sure to use a little corn starch on your working surface so the fondant doesn't stick.
My mom has this joke that when she does something awesome for my brother or I, she gets the Mother of the Year award. "Am I Mother of the Year or WHAT?!" she'll say and yes, she is. Because she deserves it every time.
I think you should get Mother of the Year for the most AWESOME birthday cake I've ever seen. Seriously, I can't get over it. So cool, and that submarine! The BEST part is that its a gluten free cake!
Mother. Of the Year.
That cake is amazing!! Wow!
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