# 3 for Bruce

Bruce's birthday is January 23. It fell on a Wednesday this year. We decided that the party would be on the 26th, the Sunday following his big day. On the 23rd, we made his favorite dinner (mac & cheese), put three candles in a ding dong for him to blow out and gave him his presents from Momma and Daddy. He was so excited about that. Unfortunately, I had the flu that entire week and we had to postpone his bigger party until Super Bowl Sunday. He had a great time. His cousin wanted in on the fun, too.

Along with the guitar cake, we had rocky road and peanut butter tracks ice creams to go with the "Rockin' Star" theme.  Aleah always says rockin' star instead of rock star.  :)

Musta been yummy!

The making of a cake

Since Bruce started his fascination with guitars, we decided to make a guitar cake for his birthday. Since I used a half sheet cake pan, 3 boxes of yellow cake mix, and almost 4 containers of icing, it was "fun" trying to find something to fit the length of it for the base.

Monkey Bread

One Saturday morning, the Aleah and Bruce helped me make monkey bread. It took a little longer than I would have liked, but I know they enjoyed doing their part. This was the first time they had tried it. I wonder if it has something to do with all the sugar. It was a HIT!

Ice Skating with Uncle Caleb 01.03.2008

At the hockey game on New Year's Eve, Caleb and Aleah had a conversation about ice skating. We really wanted to go to the outdoor rink, but the week before Caleb went back to college the weather turned bitter cold. The indoor rink was just fine. Aleah did great with this little red stand to push around to keep her balance. She absolutely loved it. If she fell, she would just recruit the closest person around to help her get up and get stabilized.



Bruce on the other hand...he didn't take to it as well. Thanks to Uncle Caleb, he did enjoy some of his time on the ice. Of course, his skates weren't really on the ice. :)