Adrian's Cake Smash - Behind the Scenes

​    Ah, what could be more fun than burying your face in a whole cake and be encouraged to eat and get messy!?  I think Adrian can think of a few things. Some kids dive right in, others are trying to figure out what's going on.   He was reluctant to eat any of it, but it didn't stop him from covering himself from head to toe in red, white, and blue frosting.  His mama made his cake to look like the flag of Puerto Rico where his daddy is from.  2 1/2 years ago I photographed his big sister with a similar cake.  By the end of our session, poor Adrian was just ready to be done. Unfortunately he still had to get cleaned up.  Blue frosting in his pretty curly hair, red frosting on his hands, white frosting everywhere.  He even managed to fling some blue frosting on my foot.  I would gladly be covered in frosting if it means capturing just the right moment.
As a side note, his big sister spent a lot of time going, " Miss Janell, Miss Janell. Watch me! Look at me!" Running and jumping in my arms and holding my hand.  And as we were heading to our cars she wanted to know if I was going to ride in their car with them to go get milkshakes!  It warms my heart to make such a connection with kids.