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Birthday Cake
My brother Spencer’s birthday was this week. He’s on a mission for our church at the moment, so we just sent him a care package in the mail. I had Cooper and Ellen draw pictures as part of Uncle Spencer’s gift and I explained to them that we were sending Uncle Spencer a special package for his birthday. Cooper’s eyes lit up as he said, “Uncle Spencer! Birthday . . . cake!” I could see the gears working in his head and I like the way the kid thinks. We’ll jump on just about any reason to try a delicious new recipe around our house, so we of course made a cake in Spencer’s honor. We tried out Smitten Kitchen’s Bee Sting Cake and like most of her recipes, it didn’t disappoint.
![Cooper insisting he be fed like a baby.](https://i0.wp.com/audreyandnoel.merket.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/10/PA1401251-300x217.jpg?resize=300%2C217)
![The "baby" insisting she feed herself. What are we to do with these people?](https://i0.wp.com/audreyandnoel.merket.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/10/PA1401231-300x165.jpg?resize=300%2C165)
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My kids are the same way…any time someone, near or far, has a birthday, they have started suggesting we make a cake. Looks like it was tasty!