Happy 10th Birthday Tighe

 

Double Digits, Tighe is 10.  A prehistoric party for him.  Lots of dinosaurs, and a paleontologist cake, and there was even some digging up of bones in the back yard.

Christain, Cameron, and Kahu joined in the celebrations.  How many gummy dinosaurs can 4 boys eat in an evening? Too many!!

Make a wish Tighe.  Happy 10th Birthday.

Tighe decided to cut the cake with his Dad's sword.

The boys had a sleepover and watched the Jurassic Park Trilogy.  I guess it was an "awake over" instead.
Happy birthday Tighe, I hope this year is full of fun and adventures.

Paleontologist Cake

 

Tighe has been interested in fossils and dinosaurs for a long time.  He asked me to make him a "fossilized" cake for his birthday.

I spent the week before the party making bones, and sand/dirt.  Gingernuts, malt biscuits, and raw sugar work best for the dirt/sand.

 

 I wanted the cake to have strata levels, showing the different layers of rock.

It took a while to work out the bone placement, as Tighe didn't want a perfect skeleton, he felt it looked better if the bones were mixed up a little.

The fun part was putting all the sand and rocks on the cake.

 Tighe was jumping with excitment when he saw the finished cake ready for transport.

Tighe wanted the cake different from his previous dinosaur cake...Tighe's Dinosaur Cake