The Cake is a Lie....Glow Birthday

i still need to go strawberry picking. just saying. it's fun, you can get them really cheap, but then i end up with 10 pounds of them because i don't stop, and have to figure out what to do with them before they go bad. i picked these up from tops, they were from a local place anyway (picked in baldwinsville), so that was cool.

anyway. i had a birthday request from heather for her niece. she had decided a few months ago that she wanted to do a math themed birthday party.

my response? pi. simple as that. cake is pie. because pie, your argument is invalid.

for me, it was just a perfect excuse to mess with everyone, and make some silly puns. pi-r-squared. cake-r-round. the cake is a LIE.

okay, so that last one is from portal, but who cares. cake puns. or would it be the pie is a lie, this time, considering the pie is actually a cake? think about that one for a little bit.

i even baked the "pie" in a pie tin, and placed it on a "table" with a picnic tablecloth.

true story, bro. one big, delicious, strawberry filled lie. i was told it went over pretty well with everyone. i haven't been on facebook to see if any pictures were posted yet though. i liked the way it came out. something simple and fun. it always makes me happy when things turn out how i pictured them.

and now, on the other hand, we get to ron's birthday. i had actually planned about a month ago to ask people to come out, just for the purpose of making sure people would ask for the day off or that they had the day available and stuff. naturally, anytime i make plans, everyone backs out at the last minute. a few friends did show up though, so it worked out and he was surprised anyway. he just really wanted to go bowling.

 

i was able to hide cupcakes and glow sticks, and even brought some balloons out earlier in the day to have them there waiting when we got there. it mostly worked, he had fun i think.


the best part though? even after i thought i had failed at being a wife? cupcakes.

now, these may look like normal cupcakes, with red and black stripes, but when exposed to a black light at cosmic bowling.....

BEHOLD.

glow cupcakes. there is no filter applied to this. the frosting is black light reactive. the secret? tonic water.

how cool is that? i mean, my silicone liners that he bought me for christmas being black light reactive as well, the frosting glowed. i am awesome. so is my husband, so he got awesome cupcakes. hope you had a good birthday weekend! xoxo

today, sunday, is his actual birthday. we stayed home, was hoping to go to green lakes for a picnic or some such, but it stormed, so we couldn't really go outside. i invited people over to have food, i made some pulled chicken, salt potatoes, corn bread and pasta salad. his dad and my mom came out for a bit, and now we are just watching movies. jurassic park, to be specific. i have not seen the second or third, and we are going for the fourth one tomorrow, so why not. they totally just used the title of the movie as a line right in the beginning of the second one.

 

mom was talking to nubs, and the other birds, but nubs never talks to anyone unless he's under his blanket. he came out and was singing, kissing, being a little poop, because that's what he does. it was amusing though. now he is nestled safely back in his hoop while we are here watching the movie. maybe he just likes the attention. anyway, i am going to quit here for now. i will get some recipes for you, hopefully on wednesday. i want to make hush puppies, i found a recipe and bought the ingredients for them. they are big in the south, and when we go to the outer banks, the last few times we have made it a point to get them because they are awesome. it's almost like deep fried corn bread. how can you say no to deep fried? you don't. the end.

it will be awesome with the chicken. yep yep. so, enjoy the glow cupcakes, and imagine having a slice of epic pie, which would really be cake. have a good week, all!

happy birthday again, love! ☺♥