This weekend we FINALLY got around to shooting my 1 year old’s (I will never get used to saying that) cake smash photo shoot. I guess it’s like what they say about builders. Their own home is always the last to get work done 😀
This Sunday was a mixture of emotions. Every year my husband’s family attend a mass to commemorate the passing of my husband’s grandmother. I personally didn’t get a chance to meet her, but I have attended the mass every year for 15 years as I know that it means a lot to my husband and his family. Even 20 years on, I love that they still come together like this. The amount in attendance has shrunk dramatically over the years for many reasons however.
In order to lighten the mood, we invited my husband’s parents over to help with the shoot and I’m very pleased that we did. It was all hands on deck to encourage Penny to play with the cake. For a little grotty child normally, she was not keen on getting messy. I’m not sure who was covered in more of the cake, Penny or daddy 🙂
Run by Siân over at Helpful Mum. I LOVE THIS IDEA!
The Mummy Balancing Act 
This looks like so much fun!! I would totally have one of these photos taken now haha
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I don’t see why babies should get all the fun. We just need bigger cakes 🙂
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Oh me too! Perhaps for my 40th 🙂
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She is SO cute!! ❤
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While the cake smash is a sweet idea and the photis really cute, it seems an awful waste of good cake. Think I’d rather eat it. LOL
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We did rescue most of it and had ‘smoosh’ after dinner 🙂
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What a cutie. That cake looks yummy too.
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lol Thank you. The cake was a 4-tier victoria sponge with lemon icing made by my husband. All packet bought, but it was yummy 🙂
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I watched my nephews live on skype do their cake smash and oh my god what a mess they made x
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hehehe that’s the fun. Glad you had the safety of your computer screen to watch though 🙂
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What a lovely idea and what beautiful photographs!! I wish this idea had been around when my kids were little!!
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Me too when my bigger kids were small. I’m thinking of something just as messy for my sons 13th and Daughters 16th, but they are a couple of years off yet 🙂
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Aww I have never heard of this, but sounds like a fun and great memories!
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It really was lots of fun x
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This definitely looks like so much fun 🙂 Cherishing little moments like this makes life worth living
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It really does x
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Penny looks like she is having a lot of fun although I wouldn’t want to smash the cake either, I would match rather smash it haha!
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Such cute photos! I like the idea behind it 🙂
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Thank you x
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Hahahahha, I keep seeing these photos….they look like so much fun. I think I’ll do it for the kids next birthday next year.
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I’m so glad we did it and got messy 🙂
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I didnt even know that cake smashing was a thing but it looks like so much fun!! xxx
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I’d never heard of this before reading your post – it sounds like great fun! I’d be tempted to have a go myself 😉
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What a lovely idea to invite the grandparents to join in the fun!
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OMg how cute is this! Her face is so funny in the second pic.
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This is such an awesome idea, I love the second picture that is the best face ever! So cute =)
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I could totally get down with cake smashing it sounds so much fun 😉 x
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I love the idea of a cake-smashing photoshoot for a baby (or for an adult for that matter :P) I love cake…
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Adult=much bigger cake 😀
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I love this! I tried to do a cake smash with my one year old and it didn’t go so well!
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oh dear. I had LOTS of help
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As a cake lover I want to start a change dot org campaign to save cakes from this cruel fate. 😉
Save the cakes, eat not smash. 😆
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awwww we ate most of the cake afterwards I promise 🙂 No cakes were wasted in the making of this photo 🙂
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Lovely idea – Pickle was lactose intolerant so we never considered this. LOVE the photos! Kaz x
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Oh My, Penny is absolutely adorable!
I never had a cake smash with Hayden – regret it … Do you think I could get away with it at 4 years old? LOL
Charlotte x
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These are such fantastic pictures.Love the second one!
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I’ve never seen a cake smash shoot before but it looks brilliant! The photos are something to look back on forever, Penny is a wee beauty! Kirsty xx
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Penny’s face is adorable on the second photo! I love a good cake smash.
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Thank you x
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