The Double Backflip Cake

Justin's Girls


Sawyer Steals Attention

Proud Dad

Justin Age 9


The young man who has given me all of my parenting practice for the last five years turns 9 next week. To celebrate, we threw a small pool party for him last night.
(Note: He dreamed of a big party .... inviting everyone he knows ... and lots and lots of presents, but Scott and I were hell-bent on going to the beach for our last weekend with Justin so we forced a compromise. We took the beach trip in lieu of the big party last weekend. In turn, I stayed up until 11 pm baking cupcakes Monday night, which he took to the sitters Tuesday to share with a gaggle of friends; Scott stayed up until 11 pm baking and decorating a cake Tuesday night for a pool party Wednesday, and Justin will still get to have a party next week when he goes home to his mom's house.)
Scott outdid himself with the cake this year. He's decorated some remarkable cakes over the year's, but the challenge this time was to build the ultimate "Travis Pastrana Double Backflip Cake." While at the beach, the boys had access to TV and watched the X Games. They were particularly excited about watching the motorcross tricks and, while Justin passed out, Scott got to witness Pastrana perform the first-ever competition double backflip on a dirt bike. Even for a non-motorcycle-loving person like myself it was incredible to watch (primarily because this guy would have died had he messed up). Justin was able to catch the replays the next day and it's all the boys talked about for the rest of the trip.
So, of course, when it came to decorating a cake, it had to be the "Double Back Flip Cake." Scott not only baked the cake and decorated it with the semi-official X-Games logo, but found a Travis Pastrana action figure and rigged him up mid-flip. Both of his sons are lucky to have such a talented father.
I am looking forward to many more confectionary creations in the future.
Not one to be upstaged, Sawyer FINALLY lost his umbilical cord stump last night. Justin buried it in the back yard.
I am looking forward to giving him his first real bath. He's bound to like them just about much as his older brother who throws himself on the floor in despair at the mere mention of a shower.