A Frog Birthday for Ethan

Ethan had a hard time deciding what theme he wanted for his cake (changing his mind every day/minute for a month).  He finally stuck with frogs, since we have a pond in our backyard and he loves going out to catch the frogs almost every day.

Ethan wanted to decorate his own cake.  He wanted chocolate, so I made a double chocolate mousse, and then just put some seran wrap over the top to decorate and then pull off rather than making an actual cake with frosting. (I'm not a huge cake fan)

Here is a closer picture of the finished 'pond'.  The kids had fun making 'cat tails' out of tootsie rolls and toothipicks, we made pond water with died piping gel, and dirt with graham cracker crumbs.  Ethan assembled it all and insisted he needed an entire family of frogs in the pond.

For those that do like cakes, we made some frog cupcakes, and Cousin Allison made him a giant heart-cookie which he was very excited about.

Birthday dinner request was hamburgers and french fries.  James came up with the idea to include frog-eye salad as well and took charge of tracking down the ingredients, which wasn't an easy job.  Our groceries stores don't sell acini di pepe, but he found couscous to substitute. 

For his birthday breakfast he wanted green eggs and ham. We did Dr. Seuss week last week and his new favorite book has been Green Eggs and Ham.  He loves the color green, so is happy with any kind of green food.

Thanks to the family that lives close and could come.  He felt so special and loved.  And was very excited about his birthday presents.