Gearing up

For another teenager in the house. Do you realize what this means? I will no longer have two little babies ! Come the 21st, I will have only one little baby left to me in my middle age! Every one of my other babies defied orders to stay little and cuddly by growing up!

My second youngest will be 13. Dear, sweet Hayley enters the years of teenage turmoil. And once she finishes with her teenage years, she'll probably be gone, just like her older sister (Hi Kate! Kate had a good time at the Brian Regan show and she is all moved into her new place! Send pictures of yourself, Katie!). Which is not a bad thing. Katie's doing fine all on her own, and we hear from her often so we know that she hasn't forgotten about her parents. So I don't despair too much about Hayley growing up. I do wonder though, what happened to that little girl who liked Teletubbies and wearing nothing but tights and 3D glasses. I could have sworn she was right here a second ago. Now I have this anime-loving bassoon player instead, who doesn't like to wear tights (but fortunately she will wear pants and shirts).

Hayley finally decided on a theme for her birthday cake, just in time! She wants a cake wreck of some kind. Can do! I can wreck a cake with the best of them! Now I just have to pick out some cake wreck elements to put on the cake. Any ideas? I am going to write "Hapy Berthday Hailee in blue" on it (in red of course). What else? Naked baby carrot jockeys? Poop swirls? a flash drive? Your input is needed!