The "Grand" Daughter is 10

You turn your back and shit like this happens. She's 10 really?
Kaylyn  has always danced to her own tune, made up of songs in her own head. She makes up her own rules for her own use. I am not sure if it's because she has 2 older brothers who keep putting her in her place or what. That's simply Kaylyn.

She turns 10 tomorrow, so she is celebrating her "Golden" birthday.

For her party she asked us all to wear green. Simply explained by "That's my birthstone!" So wear green we all did.
She called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me to make her Cake.
 I had already planned on making her cake and bought a special cake mix just after Christmas.
See this little girl loves everything zebra print. I thought it was one of her many phases, but this zebra print is still solid, so I picked this up.

I didn't read the box and  assumed that with this box I could make a 3 layer cake. It is on the cover! Nope! It made 1 (yes that's right I said 1) 9 inch layer. Not what was I going to do.
I squeezed it into 2, 8 inch pans. Needless to say  the cake was small. I got a white cake mix for 2 more layers.
The cake was so simple to make and surprise it did turn out just like the picture.
My next brilliant idea came when I decided to make fondant and put stripes on the outside of the cake to look like a zebra,
I have never made fondant and not sure if I ever will try it again. I ended up at Hobby Lobby where they have black fondant (and green t-shirts - so I bought 2. Mike and I wore matching t-shirts)

End result!
Notice all the sticks. Guess what? Fondant is heavy and putting it on cake made it start to split. So a few stick and popped into the freezer and all is well.

 A view from the center.

Her grandma Barb bought her all things girly and green. Me I found 3 outfits all zebra print. Her Mother told me she needed clothes.

She is loving, frustrating, exuberate, and exhausting. Ask her if everything is OK, and for now the answer is, 'I'm ok, just going through puberty!" Oh, Kaylyn - So very true.

 Couldn't find my camera. I must have set it down outside somewhere. OR maybe my sneaky grandson, Logan borrowed it for some upside down selfies.