So far I’ve considered Jason and I to be in our mid-twenties but I think with Jason’s birthday just past and mine approaching I don’t think I can consider ourselves by that title anymore. This was Jason’s last birthday before the big milestone and it probably couldn’t have been celebrated in a less low-key way!
It always amazes me how quickly Jason’s birthday approaches after Christmas. I know March should seem like a long time since December, but somehow I’m always taken aback when it rolls around! This year I had a meeting in Tuscaloosa the day after his birthday so we celebrated the night before his birthday.
When we started talking about his birthday Charlotte decreed that he would have a birthday cake with polka dots. By the time it was time to make his cake it had morphed into a cake with polka dots AND sprinkles! Such is the life with a two year old little girl making your cake decisions! Thankfully, she did acquiesce and let us make the yellow cake with chocolate icing that he requested, she just had rule over the decorations!
I wasn’t sure how to make polka dots but remembered a pin on Pinterest about making candy dots. I figured that candy dots on a larger scale would be perfect so Charlotte and I set out to make them. They turned out great but to warn you, this recipe makes a TON of icing! We still have three almost full cookie sheets of dots and hearts and letters in addition to what went on our cake. That being said though they were really easy to make and very fun to write with and they still taste yummy a week or so later!
Even though our celebration was a day early it was still a day to celebrate the wonderful husband and father that Jason is. We are so blessed to have him and are so thankful for all that he does for us!
