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22nd Mar 2019

Not just for kids, these mums did their own smash cake birthday photoshoots

Melissa Carton

Let the mammies eat cake!

Smash cake photoshoots have been a popular trend with parents for the last few years…but usually it’s their child in the photos.

Not anymore!

Now mums are getting in on all the baked goodness and their photos are so awesome that they’ve inspired me to do one for my own birthday.

Nothing says another year older like scoffing a big purple birthday cake.

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Hoje é meu niver e como muitos sabem sou fotógrafa de bebês e o ensaio que mais está na moda é o smash the cake. Um ensaio divertido que o bebê come um bolo pela primeira vez!Muitos bebês choram e outros adoram e destroem o bolo todo. Eu sempre tive vontade de fazer um desses, mas na minha época essas fotos não existiam. A gente colocava a mão no bolo no dia da festa mesmo para desespero da mães…rsrs Pensei, pq tb eu não posso fazer um desses?!!!…kkkk Chamei o maridão @andremarinho_ para registrar esses momentos de mico…rs Acho q foi vontade de grávida mesmo…kkkkk Mais um ano de vida, agradeço a Deus por td que tenho. Principalmente pela saúde da minha família que está crescendo com a chegada da Luna ???@drikamarinhofotografia #smashthecake #cakesmash #drikamarinhofotografia #myniver #mysmshthecake #pregnantlife #smashthecakeadult #smashcakeadult #voltandoasercriança

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Keeping it pretty in pink with this Minnie Mouse inspired princess theme.

Birthday goals. Get it girl!

This next one in particular really resonated with me.

My sitting room is usually filled with amps and guitars so really all I’d need is some cake and I’d have this recreated in a snap.

I love this idea because let’s face it, mums rarely ever get to be in any photos once we have kids as we’re always the ones taking the picture, so it’s about time we got one of our own!

All mums deserve to feel special on their birthday, especially when they put everyone else before themselves for the better part of the year.

Now if you don’t mind I’m off to book a photographer before all the other mammies beat me to it!