Parenting In My Pajamas: Birthday Cheesecake

Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.

~Author Unknown

In our family, we L-O-V-E celebrations! We celebrate everything...from holidays to birthdays and beyond. My mom is party planner extraordinaire, and I am no exception:) She made our birthday cakes growing up. And these were no ordinary cakes...they could easily rival your local bakery cakes today! She spent days creating her masterpieces. I remember one year my brother had a Pac-Man themed party. She cut a perfect wedge out of a round cake to create Pac-Man's mouth. She then created the dots by baking cupcakes and frosting them different colors. She even managed to make a Ghost shape too.

Of course, the cake matched the invitations, the decor...right down to plates/napkins/silverware and presents. Yes! There was/is always a theme to our celebrations:) lol

So it is only natural that the cheesecake birthday tradition came to be.

A little history....

The first year of a baby's life is so remarkable and it goes by so quickly. In an attempt to slow things down and enjoy each new month to the fullest, we traditionally celebrate these monthly birthdays with a little cake or cupcake.

8 years ago the first grandchild was born and mom would buy a different flavored and decorated cupcake (usually reflecting whatever holiday/season) for each month of his first year. She continued with the next two. They were all boys.

When Madison was born she was the first granddaughter. So DH told my mother that since she was a girl, she deserved something way better than a measly little cupcake! LOL

"How about a different flavored slice of cheesecake each month from the Cheesecake Factory?!" was his suggestion....and so it was!

Each 16th day of every month Madi is honored with a yummy slice of cheescake...never the same flavor
twice.

When Madi turned 6 months old we really celebrated BIG (hey it was her 1/2 birthday!) I had a special little cake made by a local bakery in Tulsa, Nibbles. I decided she needed something even better than cheesecake from then on...so I started buying her specialty little cakes from yummy local beakeries.

These monthly celebrations have really become a nice way to enjoy all the amazing new discoveries and milestones Madi is learning so quickly with our family!