Smash Cake on Aadi's 1st B'Day

The Smash

I didn't know what a smash cake was until Ankur got one from the Kwalski's Market (it was free) for Aadi's 1st B'day. We decided to have a small family celebration on June 4th, Fri (which was Aadi's real b'day) - a day before his b'day party.

Ankur and I debated for a few minutes on whether we should have Aadi all dressed up or be just in diapers. Finally we decided, what the heck, his 1st B'day is not going to come back. So, after a few minutes, Aadi was in a brand new Indian Kurta (Panjabi), sitting on a washable mat, and with the smash cake laying in front of him. 

For the first few seconds, Aadi was not sure what to do. He looked at the cake for a while (he had never seen a cake before). Then finally he decided to do a little experiment. He gently placed one finger on the white icing - he just wanted to feel the texture. 

Well, it definitely felt nice and smooth and yummy, because what happened in the next 30 sec can only be described with pictures!

The Real Disaster

We anticipated it'd be messy, but not thaaat messsyy!! 

After diligently smashing the cake, Aadi was super-thrilled and started walking towards the sofa. Ankur and I were a bit inattentive (fiddling with the camera and making sure the pictures came out ok), and were a few seconds late. The real disaster took place. Before Ankur and I could spring upon Aadi, he neatly cleaned up all the white creamy mess from his hands onto our brick red sofa! 

How could he do it that fast - he just turned ONE?!!

Afterword

a) Diya kept jumping on the sofa and shrieking in delight at the top of her voice while we stood there discombobulated!

b) Maple had a jolly good time licking up all the cream and cake from the mat while we were still digesting the nature of the calamity.

c) After 30 min we gave up on removing the stain from the sofa, and started planning on how to hide it before the real party on Sat!

In case you are wondering what happened to the cake ... well ... here's a picture: