tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post8936507938967769324..comments2023-10-26T04:32:31.939-07:00Comments on one fun mom!: Pirate CakeChristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537102298208475919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post-4423166979935228032009-07-28T07:09:22.780-07:002009-07-28T07:09:22.780-07:00What an awesome cake! I'm going to look that o...What an awesome cake! I'm going to look that one up, Luke loves pirates. <br />Luke likes pink stuff too, and also bracelets--I always thought it was because he had a big sister. :) Guess not! We got him a watch and a boyish-sort of bracelet but let him choose some pink when he wants to. Blue has always been my favorite color, I never really thought about it!A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06765266780904332304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post-51735349761142685272009-07-12T10:49:36.761-07:002009-07-12T10:49:36.761-07:00.......awesome cake!
D's never asked for anyt..........awesome cake!<br /><br />D's never asked for anything pink or red because, oddly, he's a realistic kind of boy, even when indulging in his flights of Godzilla/dinosaur fancy: "Mom, the dinosaurs probably camoflaged with their surroundings! You can't make it purple."<br />Fortunately for me I do have a girl to do the Hello Kitty things with.Annecouragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523491691533165874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post-24989591139898157562009-07-06T16:45:01.776-07:002009-07-06T16:45:01.776-07:00Interesting points guys! I don't generally wo...Interesting points guys! I don't generally worry about their color choices either, but mostly steered away from a "rainbow castle cake" because of my cake-making abilities.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537102298208475919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post-60287461923058348212009-07-06T13:55:40.169-07:002009-07-06T13:55:40.169-07:00chris and i allow our boys the freedom to choose w...chris and i allow our boys the freedom to choose whatever colors they like. i think of it this way...it would be totally not ok for someone to tell a girl that there are certain things that are off limits to her, because we have decided as a society that we want to teach girls that they can be whatever they want to be. why then should my boys have any less freedom? (you may be able to tell, this is a topic dear to my heart!)<br /><br />that said, i do sometimes try to be mindful that there are many people in our world who would choose to belittle my sons based on their choices of certain things. so, i tend to steer them away from choosing, say, a pink bike, because that is a long-term purchase, and they may change their minds about how they feel about pink before i'm ready to move them to a different bike. but, for most things, as long as it is under my control, i try to counteract the people who would try to tell my boys that they have to fit a certain stereotype, because i am grateful that someone did the same for me as a little girl.<br /><br />soapbox over. :)<br /><br />on an entirely different note, i am super impressed with your cake skills! and, i love the family fun stuff...they come out so cute, and usually with pretty user-friendly ingredients and directions.<br /><br />way to go!christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264906516846593234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390550.post-49158063119742789602009-07-06T08:25:31.714-07:002009-07-06T08:25:31.714-07:00I think that our boys have never had anyone around...I think that our boys have never had anyone around to tell them that pink/rainbow are "girl" colors, so they feel free to choose whatever they like (and pink is very closely related to red, which is another favorite).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044819828003126671noreply@blogger.com