Joshua turns six!!!

 

Hello everyone!  The weekend is done and Joshua has officially turned six   His birthday was on Friday, but it lasted pretty much the whole weekend.  On Friday we went to my family’s house to celebrate and then today was at Wayne’s side of the family.

So, what did Joshua get for a boy turning six years old?  Well, he got a NHL Stanley Cup Hockey Table!

Here’s Joshua slowly waking up on his birthday.  He is sleeping in our bed yet again…

Nice pose Joshua!!!

Not a very good shot of Josh.  I’m still figuring out the lighting when taking pictures

Still slowly waking up, but he’s getting interested in his present

Now he’s giving me that look “Are you done taking my picture mom???”

When Josh’s present was opened and assembled it provided a lot of entertainment for Josh and his dad

 

 

I’m trying to distract Josh, but it’s not working…he is totally in the zone!

 

For Josh’s birthday, Josh wanted me to make my famous Chocolate MIracle Whip Cake.  The “Miracle” is that no one but me knows that miracle whip is a main ingredient to the cake.  LOL  Actually as bad as it sounds, the miracle whip really makes the cake moist and delicious.  Here is the recipe:

Chocolate Miracle Cake:

2 cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 4 to 6 tbsp. cocoa, 1 cup of miracle whip, 1 cup cold water, and 1 tsp. of vanilla

Combine and mix all ingredients and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.

Joshua wanted cupcakes instead of the cake…

Joshua really likes the cupcakes, but Wayne decided that he needed a cake instead.  So Wayne went out and bought a cake.  Unfortunately, Wayne didn’t have the baker write anything on the cake.  He just left it blank!

Personally I think my cupcakes are better than the cake…but what do I know.  Anyways, this is the cake that we took to my side of the family to celebrate Joshua’s birthday.

 

For Josh’s birthday on Wayne’s side of the family, I decided to be really adventurous and make a layered chocolate cake.  Oh I worked so hard on the cake and this is how it turned out:

My first ever attempt at a layered cake was falling apart in front of my eyes!

I was so mad and I really didn’t want to take the cake to my inlaw’s house that I phoned my brother inlaw Terry to get a cake for Josh’s birthday.  Here is what he got:

The Winter men seem to have a problem with not personalizing birthday cakes!  They just think of cake and nothing else.  No “Happy 6th Birthday Josh” or “Look whose turning six”…nothing   The cake was actually used for Josh’s birthday and for his cousin Erica who turned 14 on Jan. 4.

This is Erica, the birthday girl who just turned 14.  She’s sitting besides Daniel.

Sitting besides Josh is Avery his cousin (Erica’s brother) and Andrew.

Uncle Terry (Wayne’s brother) and my niece, Sasha.

Erica wanting for her cake and Sasha striking a pose behind her.

 

Grandpa Winter and me.

Grandma Winter

And I’ll end this post with one of my favourite pictures of the weekend

A blurred shot of Wayne’s stomach!  LOL  I don’t know who took this shot, but it wasn’t me!  Overall Josh’s birthday went well and he got to celebrate it twice   I think he’s a happy little boy!