Yo Arden!

We celebrated Arden's birthday on Saturday! We had lots of family over, and Arden enjoyed every second of it. She got lots of stuff to add to the lots of stuff she already has....yeah!

Our "little" family celebrated the day after her birthday. Adam got cupcakes from Harris Teeter, and Arden loved them. Now she expects to eat cake every night!

Here are the many family members who came! Yes, I took pics of them while they ate pizza.

After pizza came presents! Arden became distracted by every present she opened, so Gavin and Jasmine helped move the event along. She loved everything she received.

And then came the cake! Arden loves the show "Yo Gabba Gabba!" She lovingly calls it "Babba!" So I thought I'd make a Yo Gabba Gabba cake. I just wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then I thought it would be really cool to make the characters out of modelling chocolate or chocolate clay.

It was pretty easy to make: I bought a bunch of candy melts in different colors from Michaels. To make the clay, I melted 10 oz (by weight) of candy melts and folded in 1/3 cup light corn syrup until it formed a sticky ball. I then spread it on top of wax paper and let it set for 2 hours. Voila! Chocolate clay!

I also made a rice krispie treat base which I covered with melted candy melts. The cake itself was dark chocolate fudge with oreo cream cheese filling and buttercream frosting. Super sweet!

Arden with her cake!

Adam and I made all the characters. It was hard keeping them hidden from Arden!

She was so excited to finally be able to touch them!

Mmmmm!

Here she is seeing how tasty Plex's head is.

Arden's plate after all was said and done. Oh the carnage!

Happy Birthday, Gi! We love you so much!