Kyle's Birthday

Happy Birthday, KYLE!

T Rex feet stilts.  Did you get to do this as a kid?  If not you have MISSED OUT!! (big food storage cans with twine tied to them)  I LOVED racing on these during field day at school!

Also, the boys are wearing their dinosaur masks we made.

I LOVE this one!

 Jace made the awesome, HUGE dinosaur decoration out of cardboard, paints, and an overhead projector I bought on Craigslist :)

Kyle pretending to be terrified

We had Kyle's bday party Friday, and it was dino-mite! Jace made an awesome dinosaur traced onto Cardboard, that we used for both a decoration and "Pin the tail on the T-Rex" (since we couldn't fit the big animal's tail onto our relatively tiny piece of cardboard! They had a T-Rex relay with stilts, or dinosaur feet. And Lance's game he headed, "Don't Crack the Dinosaur Egg", using a balloon that everyone had to keep in the air so that it wouldn't fall and "crack". Lance did a great job explaining the game to everyone. Cami blew out the candles the first time, for Kyle.
I made a yummy banana cake.  Here's the recipe - cuz Jared loved it and I may have to make it again someday. 'Cept the frosting. I bought Cream Cheese frosting ready made and added food coloring. So much easier and yummy enough!

What You Need

1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
1 cupBREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
3 eggs
1/4 cupoil
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cupbutter, softened
1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar
1 cup finely chopped PLANTERS Walnuts

HEAT oven to 350°F.
BEAT first 5 ingredients with mixer on low speed just until moistened, stopping frequently to scrape bottom and side of bowl. Beat on medium speed 2 min. Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch pan.
BAKE 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
BEAT cream cheese and butter with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in sugar.
REMOVE cake from pan. Carefully cut cake crosswise in half using serrated knife. Place 1 cake half, top-side down, on plate; spread with some of the cream cheese frosting. Top with remaining cake half, top-side up. Spread top and sides with remaining frosting. Press nuts into sides. Keep refrigerated.