Albany Poets

Carl’s birthday is coming up and I haven’t got a clue as to what theme his birthday will be this year. Last year when my son turned six years old, it was all about cowboys and sheriffs. He was dressed up in traditional cowboy duds with a shiny sheriff’s star badge and he got the surprise of his young life when he finally saw his birthday cake. It was a huge rectangular shaped cake decorated with a Sheriff’s jail cell decor. It even had a toy horse and a few bandits too.

For this year’s birthday cake, I am torn between two birthday cake decors. It’s a tie between a construction site with bulldozers and trucks or a pirate ship with lots of pirates and gold. I love decorating cakes for my son, especially on his birthday. I want him to love his birthday cake year after year.

After careful consideration, I finally went with the construction site theme as I often see Carl playing with bulldozers and trucks nowadays. For this year, I baked a large circular cake and covered it with chocolate icing. Then I topped it off with numerous toy dump trucks and bulldozers and a crane.

My son loved his birthday cake this year. I can’t wait to decorate his birthday cake next year.