Connor's 1st Birthday!

My. Baby. Is. One.  I'm not going to lie to you...it makes me sooo sad!  Time just flew by way too quickly!  So...here are some pictures on his special day!  We had a Cookies and Milk themed party and I got the idea from A Party Style...she is FABULOUS and has amazing ideas!!

We had 10 different kinds of cookies...basically all my favorites:)  We had: Raspberry Thumbprints, Peanut Butter Cup, Triple Chocolate, Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chip, Sugar, Oatmeal Raisin, OREO, Piroutte, and White Chocolate Lemon.  The favorites: Raspberry Thumbprints and White Chocolate Raspberry...So good!!

Thanks to Wendy who took the pictures of the table!  She is amazing!

These were the party favors....little cookie jars:)

The Birthday Boy!  He pretty much refuses to look at the camera when it is out...he's special that way:)

This is the other Birthday Boy...my brother Eric and Connor have the same birthday!  So glad he was able to come out and we could celebrate together!!

Connor is IN LOVE with his cousin Henry!  He would just give him hugs whenever he could!  So cute!

Yes...lots of lovins:)

The kids played football, hula hoop, etc...

A huge thanks to PHIL for being the Grill Master at the party!  It was a GAZILLION degrees outside and having to grill on top of that had to be fun:)

Logan HAD to climb the trees...

Lots of presents to open...

Cake to be eaten...

He really couldn't get enough of it!

Loved it so much he liked the plate:)

Note to self...DO NOT make a cake with mousse as the filling in 100 degree weather...it will melt;)

Uncle Jon and the birthday boy...

Jenna, Me, and Sharla...BFF's...Sharla is moving to Arizona in a few weeks...we have to get as many pictures together as we can:)  We will miss her!!

Caden's 7th B-day Par-Tay!

Caden had his 7th Birthday! I can't believe how old he is getting! It really makes me sad...and makes me feel old:( He totally had this party planned! He wanted a Movie Party and watch Alvin and the Chipmunks, he wanted to invite only boys, and he wanted the above menu:

hotdogs, popcorn, nachos, candy, cheese balls, licorice, etc...All the kids had tickets and they had to buy what they wanted...they loved it!

These are the cupcakes! So much fun making these little guys! If you want a tutorial, go to my other blog...Swanky Pear!!
They played silly string tag...a favorite:)

They watched the movie...
Opened presents...
Got support on blowing out candles...
Getting ready to blow out the candles....
And spat at the candles??? What's up with that face???
He realized that spitting on them was not going to work...so he blew...that still didn't work! Oops...I got trick candles!
And they danced...Freeze Dance...to Alvin music.

Happy Birthday Caden! We sure love you!

Come on Barbie, Let's Go Party...Take 2

The day after the Chuck E. Cheese Birthday was the Family birthday. This party had much more work involved and I had so much fun putting it together!

Here is the banner I made...got the idea off of Polkadots & Pirates.
The cake. I loved making this! Fondant isn't something I have really ever played with. I have made one cake with it, so I was a bit nervous. I think I will forever make cakes with fondant. Loved it! You can hide your mistakes so easily!
A close up of the top...yes, I used feathers and some pink glitter balls and the Barbie head was off of the invites that Whitney made.

The treat table was outside...I couldn't put the banner outside because it was so windy and the cake had to stay inside or else it would be destroyed. On the right I put cute little votive candle holders on there filled with milk and then a cookie on top...I didn't put those out till right before. For those of you who want to know what is on the table:

I made paper cones and filled them with Crunch 'n Munch,

Chocolate covered Pretzels

Pink and White Marshmallows

Circus Cookies

Strawberry Whoppers

cookies and milk

strawberry gummies

Oreo truffles (one bag of oreos and one 8oz. pkg. of cream cheese...mix together, freeze, dip in milk chocolate, freeze and then you can drizzle pink chocolate on them)

good and plenty
This is just a funny that Dr. Brown wanted me to post on my blog...we love the fake flowers in her planters;)

Thanks for letting me help with the party Dr. Brown...I hope you liked everything!

Happy 4th Birthday Noah!

Today is Noah's 4th Birthday!! I can't believe my little guy is all grown up! He planned out the whole day for us! It started with some sugar...lots of doughnuts. We went to our favorite place and he picked out all his favorites.
Then he wanted to make some cupcakes all by himself...from start to finish. He did a pretty good job! Not too messy either!
Next came the decorating. Beautiful cupcakes with tons and tons and tons of sprinkles. I mean tons of sprinkles.
Next up...T-shirts. He wanted me to make a t-shirt for him. So last week we went to the store, he picked out his t-shirt, his fabric and his design. We had fun making it. (Unfortunately this shirt is Cadens...when we were about to eat pizza...his dinner choice...he spilt garlic butter all over it. Hopefully it won't stain).
Then we had a photo shoot with all of his projects for the day. His real celebration b-day will be on Sat. when we go to G'ma and G'pas house and go horseback riding, splash park, open presents, eat the cake he wants me to make and sing. Then we will celebrate again in Houston in 2 weeks. The boy is not lacking for b-day parties!!!

Happy birthday sweetie! I sure love you and all the randomness that comes with you:)