Happy Birthday!

My oldest turns 5 today!  Cannot believe how fast this has happened, or even how much she has changed over the years.  Last weekend we had her "Tangled" birthday party.  The party was a huge success, almost everyone on the invite list showed up.  It really was a good thing that weather cooperated otherwise we would have all had to try to pile into the tiny or garage, or even tinier house. 
So for her birthday cake, she decided on the infamous doll cake.  For those of you that don't have kids, the doll cake is a big cake with a doll stuck in the middle, the cake is her skirt.  I have never made one and the directions that I found online, really made no sense.  The gist of it, you bake a cake in a bowl, hollow out the middle and stick the doll in, frost, and enjoy.  The directions online called to make two bowl cakes and somehow put the together?  Of course there were no pictures to illustrate their point, so basically, wing it.  Well, we made one bowl cake, made two round cakes, and put it all together to get the final product. 

Everyone loved the final product, and as you can tell, Aiden added her own "bling" to the cake, sparkle frosting.  I have to admit, it looked pretty good.  Not to bad for just using pictures and imagination.  The best part, including the barbie, it cost about $9 to make.  I would have to guess that if we had bought if from the bakery, it easily would have cost triple that. 
Since we don't know our dog's birthday, we decided that we would celebrate his birthday with Aidens'.  So Phineas also got a birthday cake on his special day, complete with dog food sprinkles.