This year for Granny’s birthday, I once again made her favorite cake….a chocolate boxed cake with store-bought chocolate icing. :) She’s so easy. It really is one of the best cakes. Why mess with perfection?

I got it all made the night before, and Meredith and Wallace helped me decorate it with sprinkles and candy hearts. And then once I got home from work on the 23rd, the kids helped me add the finishing touches!

They, of course, fought over who got to put on the candles (so they each got to put a few on there), and I added the Happy Birthday bunting that I’ve grown so fond of. :)

We did the whole cake and ice cream thing in a hurry because the kids and I had to run to make it to Anna’s soccer party on time.

Oh, and Wallace' added his train from last year again. :)

So, I really thought we had just enough distance between the candles and bunting….. Apparently I was wrong.

It was so funny. We were only like a line and a half into the “Happy Birthday Song” when it all caught on fire, so Granny was holding back from blowing it out! Haha! And so I quickly rushed us through the rest of the song!

We didn’t set off any smoke alarms, and the cake still tasted great. But it appears I need to invest in a new bunting. “/

Granny, we all love you so much and honestly wouldn’t have made it this far without you. Thank you for all you do for us. I sometimes still can’t believe that you just picked up and moved from Houston the day after Anna was born. Talk about commitment! I can only pray I will be as awesome of a Granny as you are one day.

Happy birthday!