Emily turned 5!!!!

I can't believe it has already been five years since I had my sweet Emily.  The doctor's office told me I was going to the hospital for some imaging studies on the baby to make sure everything was okay because I was having a lot of pain but they said it wasn't a big deal and I just had to go over sometime during the day.  When I got there the doctor yelled at me for taking so long to get there because apparently he had been waiting to do an emergency C-section on me because my uterus was about to rupture.  I think there was a slight mix up in communication somewhere along the way but at least she got to us safely.   She has always been such a sweet child and she has a very tender heart. 

She wanted a castle cake this year for her birthday so I made her the best one I could.  She absolutely loved it.  It took me a LONG time to put together but it was worth it in the end.  I used the Wilton Romantic Castle cake set that I bought at Michael's.  I started with making all the flowers a few days ahead of time so they had plenty of time to set up.  Then I covered the tops of the turrets and the roof with fondant and rolled them in sugar sprinkles.  I also decorated the turret windows with royal icing they day before so they had time to set up.   The night before I baked the cakes, frosted them, stacked them, and put the flowers around the top edges.  The morning of her party I put it all together and it turned out great except that I had to use hot glue to glue the dowels to the turrets instead of melted candy like the directions said, but it worked perfectly.  All in all it was a great cake!






 P.S.:  I FOUND SOME OF MY FAVORITE COMMERCIALS FROM WHEN I WAS A KID.  HILARIOUS!