Here in Vermont, as you may have guessed, we have a whole lot of cows.  Who wouldn't love these sweet, gentle animals?  Our logistics manager, Nina, has a darling boy named Braydon who turned 2 last weekend and more than anything, he wanted a cake shaped like one of the cows he sees all over our fine state.  Well, Nina, while a whiz at expediting trucks in and out of our facility, is not the world's greatest baker and it seemed that baby Braydon's bovine birthday bash might be without a cow cake!

  Well, thank goodness for Janet!  Janet, it turns out, not only excels at taking care of assembling and shipping all of our retail orders, she is also a baker and cake decorator par excellence!  She showed up at Nina's house to present this masterwork to young Braydon on his special day.

  Braydon loved the cake so much that Nina had to stop the birthday boy from hugging and kissing his "moo-moo" too aggressively.   As Nina began to cut into the cow cake, Braydon, forgetting that this cow was actually a cake,  exclaimed in protective urgency "Mama!! My moo-moo!"   At the end of the day, the desire for cake won out over protecting the moo-moo and the cake was enjoyed by all.

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What makes a better, quicker and more satisfying snack then cheese and crackers?  This simple combination is versatile enough to be both a suitable end to a fine dining experience as well as quick bit of fuel for an active child.  I remember often coming home from school to a a sliced apple and a small plate of cheese and crackers as my after school snack.  This video from my young childhood only re-enforced my childhood (and adult) belief that there is no better snack than cheese and crackers.