4th Birthday Morning Tea

Yesterday, Noah turned 4! It is hard to even describe how fast the last 4 years have gone, but then if you are a parent you understand this phenomena. Last year for his 3rd birthday we held a huge firetruck party, with all the trimmings. This year was a quieter affair, and we decided on just inviting our family to share in Noah's celebration. With everyone so busy at this time of year, we decided a morning tea still allowed everyone to get to their other commitments for the silly season. And so it was that we hosted a high tea of sorts for our 4 year old son!

Our menu included a cheese platter, a fruit platter, a bowl of berries (Noah was so impressed to find this included blackberries - which are hard to come by here in Sydney and super expensive when you do find them), oreo truffles, hazelnut truffles (for my gluten-intolerant mum), fresh baked scones (baked by my handy hubby from my Nana's recipe), tea and coffee. It was a delicious spread for  a warm, and slightly muggy, summer morning.

Of course, there was also cake. Noah had been telling anyone who asked that he was having a "Bob-The-Builder" party for his birthday. So running with that theme for the cake, I set about deciding on a cake. I saw this pin describing "super fancy cake decorating...that would make [me] look pretty clever" - hard to resist right? So I picked a simple drawing of Bob, and set about making my buttercream icing and drawing the cake decal to place on top of the cake. And I think it turned out pretty damn good. We had a minor arm amputation and some running of the icing due to the hot weather, but it looked good and tasted great.

Noah was certainly pretty excited to see Bob on top of his cake!

After much candle blowing and lots of eating and playing it was time to say bye to Noah's birthday for another year. No doubt the next year will fly by just as quickly!