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Two painstaking days to create the cake, demolished in less than two minutes by one tiny tractor and one tiny plow, driven by a tiny, deranged farmer named Carson.
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BOBBIE
October 29, 2008 at 10:37 am
OMG, that is hilarious!
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Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 10:44 am
Oh hi. I’m commenting on my own post.
Let’s get the cake decorating critique out of the way.
Yes I know it looks like crap. Holy moly it’s hard to get icing smooth. Also, it’s two sheet cakes on top of each other and getting them even gave me a run for my money.
Secondly. I look AWFUL in that picture. Kelly green is NOT my color, why haven’t any of you told me??? Now I have two kelly green shirts and a kelly green trench coat. Crappity, crap, crap.
Lastly, please remember that we’re in a rental and so don’t judge the awful decor. Kuntry heart shelves and glass top brass dining room tables are not my thing.
Sandy
October 29, 2008 at 11:09 am
First the cake looks great. Better than most of my creations! LOL
Second…even if the cake didn’t look great do you really think he would have cared? If you had a cake that looked like a turd and put the tractor on it he would still have loved it, then demolished it.
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heather
October 29, 2008 at 11:20 am
OMG I am so stealing that cake for next year…this year I did cookie monster cupcakes, which were a big hit but what I’m assuming is crushed Oreo dirt is calling my name…
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Mommy Daisy
October 29, 2008 at 11:20 am
I think the cake turned out great. I almost made one similar to that for Zachariah’s 2nd birthday, but I opted for a barn cake and set a John Deere figurine next to it on the cake board. Now I know why.
Uhh, my dining table is glass topped, wood, with brass legs. I’m not saying I LIKE it, but I live with it.
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Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 11:21 am
@heather It is indeed crushed oreos. Too bad we didn’t actually get to eat that part.
Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 11:22 am
I don’t mind the glass top…except how gross it gets with one very messy boy.
The really cheap brass-like legs and chairs are really terrible, though.
Anita Kaiser
October 29, 2008 at 11:29 am
Holy Moley are you kidding – taht cake looks incredible! I can’t even begin to imagine tackling such an piece! We head to the local cake maker and get our girl whatever she wants! I wish I could be a this kind of momma! Carson is one lucky guy!
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Anglophile Football Fanatic
October 29, 2008 at 11:30 am
You matched the cake! And, I must say, you are pretty in green. Goes with the Irish lassie, me thinks. And, I’m in awe of you making the cake. I buy mine….
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Hip Mom's Guide
October 29, 2008 at 11:36 am
You’re nuts! That cake looks great. And who cares anyway? It’s the thought, and TASTE, that counts. It seems to have tasted fantastic!
Jon
October 29, 2008 at 11:51 am
Great job!
It’s amazing how long we’ll take on something to just have it destroyed in a moment!
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Heidi
October 29, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Great cake!!!! You are awesome. And it looks yummy. I want some. Oh, and shouldn’t that place at least have floral wallpaper in the kitchen too? I mean, they should really stick to their theme.
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Rachel
October 29, 2008 at 12:12 pm
The cake looks absolutely fabulous, we are always our own harshest critics.
I love the style and color of the sweater, I think it might be the lighting, that makes you think it doesn’t look right. I dunno.
It’s amazing how quickly they can demolish our hard work.
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Fairly Odd Mother
October 29, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Mmmmm, I think the cake looks great! It’s hard to watch them destroy it though!
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Burgh Baby
October 29, 2008 at 12:25 pm
OK, crazy, the cake looks GOOD! You done did a fabulous job, n’at.
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Sabrina
October 29, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Wow, you MADE the cake. Awesome. It’s too cute. At least the sweater matches the John Deere green. ?
Colleen - Mommy Always Wins
October 29, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Yeah, I was thinking you did a great job on the cake, too! WAY better than I could have done – I don’t even try.
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mpotter
October 29, 2008 at 12:43 pm
looks like fun!
and great job on the cake!
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Aimee Greeblemonkey
October 29, 2008 at 12:48 pm
It’s all about the journey, right?
abunslife
October 29, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Damn Jen! You took all my comments away from me! I WAS going to tell you the cake look FAB, and I was ALSO going to ask if you those chairs were really BRASS or not?
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Sticky
October 29, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I bet he had a GREAT time doing it, tho! Thats what counts, right? Did you get any pieces that didnt look plowed under? (yeah, thats my priority – the eating!)
Jen L.
October 29, 2008 at 1:33 pm
The cake is totally cute. He is quite the lucky guy to have a mommy to bake for him.
PLEASE tell me he destroyed it AFTER you’d sung happy birthday, etc.
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Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 2:00 pm
@Sticky There was a strip along the back of the cake he didn’t destroy, so I cut that part off for eating later!
Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 2:01 pm
@Jen We luckily had sung to him and I’d cut off about 1/3 of the left side of the cake before he started “plowing his field.”
justmylife
October 29, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I thought the cake looked great! I should be so talented. It looks like it tasted good.
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Shelly
October 29, 2008 at 2:27 pm
That cake rocks! & how sweet of you to dress to match.
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jess
October 29, 2008 at 2:32 pm
forget the cake. i <3 ur sweater.
Angella
October 29, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Mmmm…now I want cake!
Kat
October 29, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Wow! Great job on the cake!
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all things BD
October 29, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Another awesome cake. That shot of the destruction is magnificent. You’re rockin’ that camera!
Sarah
October 29, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Ah yes…the joys of cake decorating for toddlers!!! The cake came out great!!! And I’m sure he thoroughly enjoyed himself!!!
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brittany
October 29, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Both the before and after look better than any cake I could make:)
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amy
October 29, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I have shots just like this of a monster truck running over a large dinosaur (cake).
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the planet of janet
October 29, 2008 at 5:35 pm
the fact that you can make that cake to begin with makes you a total goddess. like aff, i buy mine!!!!!
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Maggie
October 29, 2008 at 6:00 pm
That cake looks great! I love the second shot, the close up is awesome!
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Donna
October 29, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Fabulous cake – and the matching sweater is a nice touch, too. Maybe next year, take the tractor off the cake after he blows the candles out so he doesn’t destroy it? Then again, I’ll bet he always remembers this particular birthday cake just for the fun he had off-roading.
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patois
October 29, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Oh, dear God, if that’s a crappy looking cake, what the hell are the things I make? It’s fabulous! Oh, wait, was that false modesty. Ahhhh. Now I get it.
I love that you let destructo-boy play with his cake. That’s too cool.
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Karly
October 29, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I’m pretty sure I would have eaten it anyway. Cake is cake. I don’t mind tire tracks.
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lceel
October 29, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Lovely cake. Nice job, Carson. And since no one else seems to want to man up and say it – NICE RACK!!!
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Jennifer
October 29, 2008 at 7:47 pm
@Iceel Thanks for noticing. They are rather nice.
Cathy
October 29, 2008 at 8:30 pm
First – the cake looks awesome.
Second – I think you look good in green – with the dark hair and all.
Third – the cake looks delicious!
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Jamie
October 29, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I can’t believe you made that cake…you rock!
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The Farmers Wife
October 29, 2008 at 10:38 pm
That cake is super cute! It looks yummy!
Miss
October 29, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Cake looks great and might I say I like that color on you. You matched the cake!
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Heather, Queen of Shake Shake
October 30, 2008 at 10:08 am
Oh my gosh. You did an awesome job. And Carson’s job? Well, he was thorough.
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Kat
October 30, 2008 at 5:45 pm
At least the destruction looks REALLY yummy! I too try and make cool cakes only to have the let down when the boys dive into them
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Deb - Mom of 3 Girls
October 31, 2008 at 12:39 am
LOL – too cute! And that’s about the story of our lives as parents, I think…
That’s an awesome job on the cake!
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