A birthday for Melanie

Today we are celebrating Melanie's 8th birthday!  She requested a flower cake with purple spirals and lasagna made by Dad.  I decided to try a few more techniques with the cake decorating kit.  I also used two cake mixes so that half the cake would be chocolate and the other half would be yellow cake with almond flavoring.  This will qualify for another farmgirl merit badge.  The weather is rather gray with intermittent showers and a fair bit of wind so outside time is at a low.  Hopefully the kids will have fun running around the house.  For fun I got them all paddleball games to have a little competition.