Just a follow-up on Sebastian's 4th Birthday festivities. For his family-only celebration, I offered to make him ANYTHING he wanted for dinner, ANYTHING. Turns out he wanted to go to the new IKEA to eat in their café. Great by me. How much easier could that be? By the time dinner rolled around he'd forgone a nap in place of swimming and had consumed so much sugar that he was exhausted. He fell asleep during the 5 minute drive to our new IKEA. Poor kid. I had to practically drag him out of the stroller to eat his dinner. Luckly IKEA's bright lights and colors gave him a second wind, and he was ready for cupcakes when we got home. Red velvet cupcakes, that is. I'm not a huge fan of red velvet cake, but here's a great recipe with WONDERFUL vanilla frosting that's not too sweet. I don't know how all that red food coloring can be good for a kid, but hey - it couldn't be worse than the amount I've consumed eating Twizzlers these many years.
The following weekend we hosted a dinosaur-themed party. I'd say it was a hit despite the fact that I forgot to fill the piñata with candy. Don't those things come pre-filled!? The kids didn't seem to care, since I quickly supplied them with candy. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. The party was fun and total chaos fueled by sugar. I think next year I'm going to make whole wheat zucchini muffins with a low-sugar frosting. The kids won't even know what hit them!
