Lincoln's Birthday and the Earthquake Cake

Lincoln turned 13 in May.  A tradition in our house (another really boring tradition, but the kids don't know they are boring, so...Shhh!) is to let the kids pick out a sugar cereal for breakfast.  The last few years it is always Reeses Puffs.  Also, notice the amazing birthday decor we set out:  The cup.  It was the only thing we had on hand that said "Happy Birthday."  Noelle was gifted it a while back from the Christian preschool she attended.  The cup may or may not be appropriate.  I'm not sure.  Anyway, it did say "Happy Birthday" so maybe this will become the next super exciting Fletcher family birthday tradition.  

 Here's the evolution of the dubbed "earthquake cake."  As I was frosting it, I noticed a line forming down the center.  Within about ten minutes, the cake looked like this:

 The gap grew bigger:

 And bigger:

 And bigger:

 This collapse was completely accidental, but the kids thought it was awesome and wanted to adorn it with sour patch kids "victims" which, unfortunately we did not have on hand

 The only solution to the earthquake cake dilemma:

Happy Birthday, Lincoln.   We love you more than the crumbling cake would indicate!