Okay, so blogging has been a little light… for the past thirteen months or so. No more.
I have some older stuff to get to, but the most recent happening here was Tina’s birthday… I forget which one, I think it was 29?
Because I had a toothache, and she is a far better cook, she got roped into baking her own birthday cake. I tried, honest, and took all three kids to our local Super Target while Tina was out of town for grocery shopping. While there, I planned to get a store-bought cake, but it was about 6 PM and nobody seemed to be around in the bakery. So we bought a Duncan Hines mix, frosting in a can, and some sprinkles and decorative write-your-name frosting.
I meant to do the baking, really I did.
But it was a fun thing for Tina to do with the kids, and this way she was guaranteed to have a cake that was actually edible, right?
All our kids are very mom-centric, and even moreso when she is doing something they all want to be part of anyhow, such as bake a birthday cake. But at least I was there to take the pictures.
![Boy, that mixer is loud](https://kategreen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image200.thumbnail.jpg)
Everybody wants to help, but apparently thinks the mixer is just too dang loud.
![Kate licks beater](https://kategreen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image201.thumbnail.jpg)
I think this was Kate’s first experience with licking the beater after the batter was poured. Presumably it won’t be her last.
![Kate eats cake](https://kategreen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image210.thumbnail.jpg)
And of course the upshot of all that slaving away, watching mommy work in the kitchen, is that you get a yummy cake!
![Sam has some cake](https://kategreen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image211.thumbnail.jpg)
Sam agrees. I’m not sure that I’ve seen this expression before.
![Emmitt? Or Sam??](https://kategreen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image216.thumbnail.jpg)
Finally, we opened mommy’s gifts, once again revealing daddy’s complete lack of thoughtfulness in gift-giving. (Another DVD? Really?) However, I think she liked the classic Emmitt Smith jersey; hopefully she’ll wear it while watching some Cowboys games with Poppy when the season starts. (She said, “What, were you afraid I’d have a crush on Romo or something?” Truthfully, I was just glad to come up with Emmitt Smith, and to be aware enough of football not to ask how he did last season.)