Adorable baby monkey

The new year is almost upon us, and maybe you're like me... feeling bit and like we are living in the space age that used to be on movies. I mean, have you ever played the wii? It's like it walked straight out of the Jetsons!

And what about this date that is soon to change to 2010... I mean 2010- it just seems SO futuristic!

Well fortunately, we have a few days before we have to start writing it on our checks and saying it when we talk to our kids. And all of this has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with today's cake.
It's not space age or futuristic. It's just cute and done to celebrate a cutie's 1st birthday. Her mommy loves monkeys so it only seemed natural for her to order a monkey for her baby girl's special day.

Her mommy is also a fabulous photographer, which is why I have the awesome picture. You can visit her website here at Holly Smalley Photography. Check her out!

This little friend's head was a 1/2 ball pan sitting on a 6" round. the body was made using 8" cakes and carved. She's sitting on a 9" square package cake.

Monkeying around?

Ok- so it has been a while since I last posted anything.

I've not been doing much- well, as not-much as I can do with 4 children.

We've been able to have some fun times monkeying around lately. All that sugar from Halloween that we have *still* been consuming has left our body in extremes highs- followed by the all familiar sugar crash.
Picture 4 kids, all crazily bouncing off of couches- walls, balls, screaming, shrieking,laughing evil laughs..... followed by crying, more screaming, bleeding, bruising, and bumped.
Yup- that's been my house since the first day of November!
I'm not sure why we even allow that dreaded holiday really!
No kidding!

So on the topic of monkeying around I thought I'd post this cute cake I made recently. I loved making this thing and think it turned out so cute! All my kids decided this is the cake THEY want for THEIR birthday.

For those who are curious- it's a wondermold sitting on an 8" cake, followed by a mini ball pan for he head and a fondant "cone" smothered in icing and covered in fondant. Of course, cardboard is placed though-out as well as dowls and one big dowel through the whole thing.
Everything else is fondant too.

Well daddy took the huge bag of candy t work today and I say "good-bye! good riddens!" Now maybe our house can get back to semi-peaceful!

Which brings me to the monkey cake