Next week is Jayden's first birthday!! I am super excited to celebrate it. It's bittersweet though, because Rob will miss out on it. He missed out on Bobby's first birthday and now missed out on Jay's. We will def miss him at the party, but will make sure that we know he is here in spirit.
Anyways, I am trying to mdo a monkey party for Jay. His nursery was done in monkeys and I would love to do his party in monkeys. Bobby's nursery and first birthday was Winnie the Pooh. So, I like to keep their first birthdays in sync with their nurseries.
I have to plan Jayden's monkey birthday and then turn around and plan a Scooby Doo party for Bobby. That should make things interesting.
So, I figured that a monkey party would be easy to plan out. Yep, it's not. I've been spending days on trying to figure out how to make a monkey cake. I want to make the cake myself and I am going to attempt to make a monkey face cake. Attempt. Last year for Bobby's second birthday, I attemped to make a Mickey Mouse cake with a Mickey Mouse pan. Did not work, it kind of fell apart and it was a disaster. I ended up having to quickly go out and buy a cake for his birthday all within minutes of his party. I actually had guests arriving when I left to go get a cake. I am praying that this does not happen to Jayden's cake. I am building it this time and it should be easier. I've never built a cake and I've never made a monkey cake. If it works out, I will attempt to make a Scooby-Doo cake for Bobby.
What the heck do you serve for a monkey birthday? I am desperately searching for food related to monkey. I think I may just throw some things together and call it even. His party is right at dinner time so I think I will just make appetizer entrees. Should be easy enough. I am going to make his cake the night before just in case something happens to it and I have to run out first thing in the morning.
If something happens, I may go to Food Lion. I have friends in the bakery that may be able to whip something up for me. Who knows.
I am literally going bananas over planning a monkey party. Rob's not here which makes things a little worse. I am so glad that I moved home when I did. Rob may not be here, but Jayden is surrounded by family and friends that love him. Daddy may not be here, but family is. Thank God for family. Moving home was the best decision that I could have made. Just wish that I had made it sooner.
I will keep everyone posted on how my monkey cake turns out. It should be interesting and hopefully it won't turn out to be a complete disaster.
