Brown Cake

For Landon's birthday I made an elaborate train cake and for Aidyn's birthday it was an intricate polka dot cake.  For AJ's birthday I brought out the cake books and sat down with him, irrationally envisioning a bonding session over cake choices.  Here's how it went:

Me: "Look at all of these cool birthday cakes!  Your birthday is Sunday--what kind of cake do you want?"

AJ: [flips through the first book a little and then throws it down with a sigh] "I just want a brown cake."

Me: "Um...ok...we could do a brown football or a brown teddy bear or..."

AJ: "NO!  Just a brown cake. With candles."

Me: "Ok.  How about a brown cake with M&M's or..."

AJ: "NO!  Just. A. Brown. Cake."

Me: "Ok, buddy."

Today I convinced him to choose a shape at least, so he has a brown triangle cake with four candles.  And he's happy :)