Aerell's Half Birthday

I never do half birthdays before but I thought it would be fun especially that this would be my last chance to do it, hehe! At first, I was thinking of just buying those cute mini cupcakes at the store but then lately, I have been crazy about cake/cupcake decorating so I changed my mind and decided to bake my own cupcakes and decorate them myself too. This way, the bigger boys will get to have fun as well. Anyway, here are some of the cupcakes I've made. I need to get this so that next time I'll have a lovelier photo of my cupcakes, lol!

I intentionally sprinkled the half part of the cupcakes to symbolize his half birthday. At first, I was thinking of baking a round cake and cut it in half but I thought this is a better and cuter idea, lol! I made my own icing too and although it tasted alright, I think I over-whipped the cream so it has a rough texture to it. Irregardless, these cupcakes tastes as good or better than they look.

The big brothers were so excited about this whole thing and yours truly of course. Bear even said, this is more for myself than Aerell, to which I agree, lol! I had AJ hold the cupcake on this photo because Aerell grabs anything within his reach.

And speaking of grabbing, just look at him on this next photo, lol! He did get a taste of the cupcake but I immediately took it away from him 'coz I'm not sure how his 6-month old stomach would take all the sweets. It turned out to be fine. Since this is only his half birthday and I couldn't find any 1/2 numeric candle anywhere (party stores and online), I used a star candle, which I salvaged from Aiden's 2nd birthday, hehe!

Even though I took the cupcake away from him, he didn't cry or anything. I think somehow he knew it was his special day, hehe! Happy half birthday sweety! We love you so much.

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