Having Your Cake and Wearing It, Too

It’s such a good season for wildflowers, I tend to get focused (no pun intended) on that type of imagery at this time of year.   However, on a features troll for my friends at the Williamson County Sun the other day, I stopped by Berry Springs Park & Preserve, a favorite spot that’s filled with a grove of stately pecan trees.   There, I happened on Alice Barragan as she celebrated her first birthday under the trees with mom and dad, Karissa and Mike Barragan.   This day was marked another first, too:  her first taste of cake.   With some  help from mom, dad got some photos to mark the occasion.   Karissa, knowing Alice likes to admire herself in the mirror, brought one along to spark a smile in little Alice.   In the end, everyone had a good time.   Alice ended up wearing as much of the cake as anything.   Mom said this was called a “cake smash.”    After the last photo in this post, Alice enjoyed a good wash-off and the rest of her special day, sans cake!