Though he may have the flu, he enjoyed a day at home with mommy all to himself. It's been awhile since Love Bug and I had a day all to ourself. It was a wonderful day and we had a lot of fun. He's feeling so much better so we got to play a lot.
We opened presents from Grammy and Papa and Roo.
Mommy spent most of the day baking and decorating his dinosaur cake. I didn't turn out exactly how I pictured but it was still really cute. It was fun watching Love Bug eat the cake and then discover the icing. He didn't eat or drink much today so the fact that he had a few bites of cake and licked some of the icing off his fingers was good.
I made the cake pretty healthy. It still had regular sugar in it, but I substituted apple sauce for the oil and it turned out great. You couldn't taste the difference and it was still really moist. Best of all, the cake and icing were dairy, nut, egg and all Love Bug allergy free so he could enjoy it. I love this recipe and have been using it for a long time, it was a hand me down from Grandma, and I was even more excited to make a few of my own changes to it. The icing was made with dairy free margarine so it didn't hold up as well as regular butter, but I felt better serving margarine icing to the family than Crisco so not holding up great is ok.
We had a fun day and all enjoyed signing happy birthday and celebrating Love Bug's 1st birthday!