Birthdays breed nostalgia, so it’s quite fitting that Ree Drummond‘s son Todd enjoyed a sentimental cake on his birthday. The youngest son of the famed Pioneer Woman turned 20 while his parents were on vacation, but the big day didn’t go unnoticed. In an Instagram Story, Ree thanked her daughter Alex, 26, for throwing her little brother a party.
“My last baby,” the star of The Pioneer Womanwrote over a photo of Todd smiling down at a chocolate sheet cake covered with M&M’s. “Thank you @alexmariedrum for making the cake and being his mom yesterday.”
Todd had the same birthday cake for his 7th birthday which was shown on the first season of Food Network’s The Pioneer Woman — Drummond’s show that featured not only her recipes, but a look at her family and personal life. That cake was covered in an assortment of candies and animal figurines. (See the photos HERE.)
The cake was originally Drummond’s mother-in-law’s recipe, but Drummond made the frosting extra yummy when she accidentally doubled the amount of butter in the icing. We’re curious to know if Alex made the same happy accident.
Cake-making isn’t Alex’s only responsibility while her parents are living it up — “We may go eat dinner at 4:00 if we feel like it. 5:00 if we feel like party animals.” — in Vail. She’s also in charge of sending her mom produce updates. “Alex is babysitting my garden,” Drummond wrote over a screenshot of Alex’s hand propping up a vegetable. “We have FaceTime check-ins.” (The fact that I’m not entirely positive if it’s a zucchini is probably a sign that I need to eat extra greens ASAP.)
Drummond and her husband Ladd also share children Paige, 24, Bryce, 21, and Jamar, 21. And no, Bryce and Jamar aren’t not twins. Jamar is Drummond and Ladd’s foster son, who they welcomed into their home in 2018. “After a year-and-a-half of living in our house, he is an inextricable part of our wacky family,” Ree wrote for The Pioneer Woman in November 2020.
Hopefully Todd’s other big siblings (not just Alex) were able to celebrate his birthday too. And who knows, maybe he’ll get a bonus cake when his folks get back from Colorado!
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