Can you imagine a cake better suited to a superhero birthday party? This Sunny Day Rainbow Cake will look right at home in a room filled with kids in their colorful Little Hero Capes. These gorgeous pictures and a brilliant tutorial come to you courtesy of Aleta Meadowlark as posted on her blog Omnomicon. Aleta is a self-described “25-year-old woman on a diet with no kids” who created this desert to fit in with her Weight Watcher’s program. While it’s unlikely your kids are following Aleta’s diet, her recipe modifications do mean less sugar and less fat – which in general is a good thing.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a… No, wait – it is a bird! Check out these fantastic handmade bird cake toppers by Gifts Define. They are available in dozens of hues, literally every color of the rainbow.

This afternoon, Finn and I packed our bags and headed out into the world to create an AHA moment by cleaning up the trash around the local playground! Our first stop was to the Pharmacy to buy some trash bags for our mission. Oh no! They had no more left for sale! Not even knowing our need for the trash bags, the selfless Pharmacy Owner came to our rescue by offering us a FREE box of large trash bags that belonged to the store. (AHA! moments are everywhere in every size!)

While beginning our trek to the playground, Finn and I talked about what it meant to be a hero and why we were going to pick up the playground’s litter. He got so excited that the Little Hero in him burst out then and there! He started picking up literally every single piece of trash he saw on the sidewalk.

Good Luck!

As if it were meant to be, the first thing we found on the ground was a random horseshoe. This became the tool we used to hold down the trash bag so the wind wouldn’t take it soaring.

Mission Accomplished!

1 hour later we had completed our task of litter removal.

And then kicked back for some good old fashion and CLEAN fun at the playground!

So exactly what are Little Hero’s AHA! Moments??? At LittleHeroCapes.com, an AHA! Moment is an acronym for “Another Heroic Action!” Moment. Little Hero’s mission is to help soar your Little Ones off into the world of imaginative play and to also spotlight the attributes of real world heroes.

Heroes don’t exist just in movies, comic books, or in the creative realm of childhood play. Real heroes pop up every where and in every way!

Size Doesn’t Matter!

They appear in the simple gesture such as in a stranger who helps rescue your cat or on a grander scale with the organization which brings art, music and dance, to children facing the battles of cancer.

It is my mission to create more AHA! moments with my son every week. Please join in on our documented journey.

Let’s Celebrate!

It is true that heroes often go unsung and unrewarded. However, let’s have some fun here! Please share the fun, creative and simple ways you and/or your children are creating more AHA! moments in your life. For every story submitted, it will be shared with fellow blog readers and entered into a drawing for some really super rewards each and every month. So let the “Little Hero” within emerge and then submit your unqiue AHA! moment and photos to allison@littleherocapes.com!