Handy Manny Birthday Cake
As I mentioned earlier, my youngest daughter turned 3 last month.
This is where I’d like to talk about how beautiful she is – because she really is gorgeous.
(She also refuses to look at the camera for pictures)
I’d like to tell you how smart she is, what a quick sense of humor she’s got, how she posesses a God-given ability to entertain herself quietly for hours. I’d like to tell you how bittersweet it is to watch her grow up, knowing that she is my last baby.
But since I just said a blog shouldn’t be all about ‘me’, I can’t.
So instead I’ll tell you about her Handy Manny Birthday Cake.
The kid is head over heels for Manny these days. I have my concerns, but whatever.
She got the Handy Manny Talkin’ Toolbox for Christmas, so a toolbox cake seemed appropriate. It also seemed easy, since I could just steal borrow the plastic tools from her set.
My mom was kind enough to bake the cake and fashion the handle for me – my only task was frosting it. You’d think I’d be able to handle that, but actually not so much. Cake decorating is so not my thing. Pardon the rough splotches.
The design on the front was meant to make it look like her toy toolbox. My dad printed the image off and laminated it and then I just stuck it in the frosting.
(You might notice here that I said ‘my mom’ and ‘my dad’ and not ‘my husband’. That’s because he did nothing.)
Lilly was a happy camper.
And a good day was had by all. Even by Mommy, who cried a little when she tucked a 3-year-old baby into bed that night. Bittersweet, I tell you.
Tags: birthday cake, handy manny, Lilly, toolbox cake
Food, My beautiful daughters | Heather February 6, 2010
By Darcie - Such The Spot, February 6, 2010 @ 9:47 am
I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen three little girls who look so alike. And since you won’t blog about it – I’ll just brag on how beautiful they are here in the comments.
You did a fabulous job on that cake, btw. I love all three of their faces in that photo!
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By Cindy, February 6, 2010 @ 10:04 am
Great idea using the toys in the cake.
LOVE all your girls’ side-swiped bangs!
By Becca - Our Crazy Boys, February 6, 2010 @ 11:29 am
The cake is amazing! I bet she was so excited to get those toys after you blew out the candles!
They are beautiful girls!
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By Rachel, February 6, 2010 @ 11:44 am
Can you tell me how your mom made that cake?? I made the mistake of showing my husband in front of my son (will be 4 in April) and now he wants it! He has the same toolbox, and absolutely loves it.
It looks amazing and your girls are gorgeous!
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By Debbie Hudson, February 7, 2010 @ 7:08 am
Oh Heather, it looks fine. You are too hard on yourself. Between you and Zanna and your cakes, you are going to give the rest of us a lot to live up to!
Good job!
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By Amanda, February 8, 2010 @ 9:54 am
That cake looks FABULOUS! M went thru a total Manny phase – we have more talking tools around this house than you can imagine.
I love the cake – it looks awesome!
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By AJ, February 15, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
I LOVE THIS! I have a little crush on Handy Manny, I must admit, and the tools are hilarious. Rusty the wrench makes me crack up every time.
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