It's Time to PARTY!

So my son turned 10. He's my first-born. My big kid. And now... he's a tween. Stuck between being a little kid and a teenager... he's now at THAT age. The age where the hormones are getting ready to kick into high gear and there is no "pause" button between the brain and the mouth. If he thinks it, he says it.

But I'm trying not to dwell on the times ahead. Instead, I am going to focus on getting ready for the party tomorrow (rescheduled from the end of January due to snow).

So, my husband and I, sorry everyone (please don't abandon my blog because of this!), both graduated from the University of Tennessee. Thus, we are HUGE UT Vols fans. Every Saturday, during football season, we have to sit and watch every single game (even when the team is not doing so great).

Our oldest has picked up on this and, besides deciding, at 10, that he is going to attend UT when he gets to college, he has also picked up our fanaticism for the games.

When it came time to pick a theme for his birthday party he chose a.....

Football party!

Well, you can't have a football party without a football field birthday cake, right? So I got out my pans and bowls and mixed him up a little something special (he hasn't seen the finished product yet, ha ha ha ha ha!).

He now has a half strawberry (his favorite type of cake) and half vanilla birthday cake that looks like this....

I think that looks pretty close to Neyland stadium.

The goal posts are made of straws that I cut to the right size and then hot glued into the shape of the posts. I think it came out great! And I can't wait to see the look on his face tomorrow when that cake is put in front of him. All decked out like his favorite team's football field.