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!

Santa Party

Every year at Christmas time we have a Santa Party...we have been doing this the last 3 years and the kids love it and look forward to it every year. We start by everyone coming together and eating a fabulous dinner. Then Santa and Mrs. Claus knock on the door! The kids run to the door and see Santa. The Santa sits and reads a story to the kids, they sing Christmas songs and then he lets each kid sit on his lap and the kids tell him what they want for Christmas and then he gives them a little gift. Then we send him home with some cookies and the night is over. It is so much fun to do this every year!

Here is Caden and Noah welcoming Santa.


Connor was just excited to suck on the wrapping:)
The boys with Santa...Caden-6, Connor-5 mo, Noah-4
All the kiddos...You know how impossible it is to get a good picture of this many kids...but still pretty cute!!

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!

Come on Barbie, Let's Go Party!

This is the first birthday party for Samantha, this one was at Chuck E. Cheese:

These are the cupcake toppers I made...and Whitney designed the cute logos...check her out if you need some, I'm sure she would gladly do them for you:)
These are the cute shirts and leggings Samantha wore for her big day...she looked darling!
Of course every girl needs to wear a tutu...
The goody bags...I needed something fun to put them in so I grabbed a bucket out of my pantry and spray painted it with chalk board paint and voila...
The cute tags Whitney designed for me...
The cupcakes: White cake with Strawberry Goodness injected in each of them with some amazing Buttercream Frosting and sparkly sprinkles on top.

Happy Birthday Samantha! Hope you had a fabulous day!