Monkey Business

My baby turned one! I was having the hardest time trying to come up with a cake for him. My other two kids both had something they just loved, so it was no problem making a cake with a personal touch, but I was stumped. Originally I planned to make the safari cake, since it is one of my very favorites and it feeds a lot of people, but since I'm taking summer classes and this cake takes a LOT of time, I was worried about stressing myself out. For a while I thought monkeys would be perfect because he just loved bananas, and devoured them. Well, then he grew out of that. But he was so stinking cute in this outfit from Stephanie, and Amme had given him the cutest monkey blanket, so it just kept sticking in my mind.

On his actual birthday he opened a present from Donna and inside was this most adorable monkey outfit, and the decision was made! This was such an easy cake, and that was wonderful. He loved it!