Mother May I Craft S'more: September 2013

I can't believe my little man is already 2! (and my baby is almost 6 months, yikes!) I felt like when he turned 1 it was no big deal; he was still a "baby" and smaller and needed me A LOT and not a big boy yet so I was fine with it. But as his birthday was approaching I kept thinking back on the past year we had together. He has changed so much! He is no longer a baby, but a potty trained big boy! He is not small at all! AT LEAST HE STILL NEEDS ME A LOT!! Let me be honest for a second, sometimes he needs me WAY TOO MUCH but I deal with it because I know one day he wont need or want me to help him with anything! So as I was thinking about all these changes and tear forming thoughts, the light bulb started shining above my head. OK, I think it would be totally awesome if that actually happened because then everyone could see all the GREAT ideas I get! lol Anyways, back to my idea. I started a Birthday Binder for Isaiah (and I went ahead and started one for Naomi too so I don't get behind). Every year until he graduates from high school (but I hope he'll ask me to keep doing it), I will be writing him a letter. It will be all about who Isaiah was and what he did/liked over the past year. I opened the letter with an explanation of what this was he was reading and then did 2 years worth of writing for my little man. I wish I would've had the idea last year because trying to sort out 2 years of information in my head was CRAZY hard! I loved remembering all we did together and thinking about how much Isaiah has grown up. I loved it so much I wrote 10 pages! haha I have his letter in individual page protectors in a 3 ring binder. Now it's time to make a cute cover and jazz it up! He's gonna hate me, I know! ;)
For Isaiah's birthday this year, we went with a dump truck theme. Had Isaiah developed his love for trains or "gege" as he calls them, a few weeks sooner, we would've had a Thomas party. Maybe next year! Last year was Mickey Mouse, and you can find that blog post here Birthday Fun . I had a great time searching Pinterest for dump truck cakes and getting ideas for decorations. I was hoping to have his party out on the deck by our pool, but Indiana weather in September (or anytime for that matter) is unpredictable! We were all set up outside and just as the first guests were arriving, it started to rain, so we had to move inside. It ended up working out fine because we didn't have to worry about my niece or nephew falling in the pool. My niece is fearless so she would've walked right in! And the kids were able to play with the inside toys and stay entertained. Once again, I made his cake and that's what this post is really supposed to be about. But I get rambly and love my little guy so much, so it's hard to stay focused! Here is the cake and a how to if you will:

IT IS EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY!!!
Ingredients:
2 boxes of chocolate cake (any kind you like)
crunch bars (I used 1 giant pack)
1 bag of gummy worms
1 chocolate frosting container (the rich & creamy was perfect)

Directions:
Cook the cake according to the package. It doesn't matter what size or shape pan you use because you are cutting the cake up anyways! Once the cake is cooled (completely or mostly because messy is good in this case), cut it up into squares and load up that dump truck. I washed my trucks and lined them just so our guests wouldn't be worried about the real dirt from the trucks. Then chop up the crunch bars and add them to the pile of cake pieces.

Before I forget, if I were doing it again, I would probably make this a 2 layer cake. It was good the way I did it, but it would've been better if the cake in the middle and bottom had all that delicious frosting too. Anyways, then add your gummy worms. Microwave the frosting (be sure you remove the lid and that sealed piece under the lid) for 30 seconds. It should be nice and runny! Drizzle the frosting all over the cake and TA DA! You have an easy, delicious, and attention grabbing cake!

I add too much cake to fit in the dump truck, so I made another pile of cake in the clear glass bowl. I also fastened my dump truck down with twisty ties so that it wouldn't actually dump! I did not need a disaster on my hands! I also cleaned up a little shovel from the sand box and added it to the truck.

We served hot dogs, hamburgers, fruit, and chips as well. I used the trucks for some of those items too.