Her actual birthday was during the week, but we decided to have her party on Saturday- we had our usual dinner as a family with our close friends- those pictures will be posted later. Here are some snipits from saturday- Princess and the frog was the theme we decorated for. its hard decorating at a pool!!! Not my ideal location, and not how i envisioned it, but she loved it and that's ALL that mattered!
Green punch to stick with the purple, lavendar and green theme- i'm pretty sure i made enough punch for all of the city! I used : green kool-a*d, sugar, water, sprite, and some lime sherbert.. fun punch with a kick
I made her tutu with glitter tulle and had her tank top made to match by a friend. Our neighbor just bought a new dog, so of course SHE needed a tutu to match as well! - the picture would have turned out perfect if the toddler would've cooperated, but we ALL know how that one goes.. its doesnt and you roll with the punches, take 50 pictures and pic the ONE that will work ;)
Lil muffins friends from the neighborhood- and her sissy
The end of the table- i usually go all out with food and decided to make it simple with hot dogs, chips and watermelon. NEVER have i gone this simple.
I had gone to a bridal shower a few months back- there were these mini cakes that were gorgeous. i decided to ask the girl that made them to make lil muffins birthday cake. Well, you know how you envision something to look?! this wasnt it.. i imagined glitter, lavendar, and a mini frog with a huge crown on his head. Long story short, this cake didnt have any lavendar on it, so i doctored it up as m uch as i could.. being a control freak, that's what happens. Next year, i'll just make the cake. Lil muffin LOVED the cake and once again, in the grand scheme of things, that's all that mattered!!
i chose to make frog cupcakes to accent the cake- i had visioned them on my gorgeous square cake plates and the cake on the top. but it was so blasted hot out and i was nervous toting all 3 cake stands down to the pool with the kids there. i'm pyschotic about my stuff and if one was broken by a child, i might stroke out. so.. i let my crazy perfectionism slide and put the cupcakes on a COOKIE SHEET--- gasp.. i know.( on a side note, did you know that they now make NEON food coloring?! um.. so you know that bright color of frosting you can never get?! you can now, baby.. neon is my new FAVE!)
"Make a wish!!!"
My fave part of her opening presents!! this bag was about as big as her and she literally crawled into the sucker to get her present out!
After a full day of swimming and all of her friends gone, girlfriend went back for some more cake- girl after my own heart loving her sweeets! she DEVOURED it
We were all wore slap out from being at the pool all day and decided to hit up one of those restraunts that cooks your food in front of you- notice in this picture, mini me is
Green punch to stick with the purple, lavendar and green theme- i'm pretty sure i made enough punch for all of the city! I used : green kool-a*d, sugar, water, sprite, and some lime sherbert.. fun punch with a kick
I made her tutu with glitter tulle and had her tank top made to match by a friend. Our neighbor just bought a new dog, so of course SHE needed a tutu to match as well! - the picture would have turned out perfect if the toddler would've cooperated, but we ALL know how that one goes.. its doesnt and you roll with the punches, take 50 pictures and pic the ONE that will work ;)
Lil muffins friends from the neighborhood- and her sissy
The end of the table- i usually go all out with food and decided to make it simple with hot dogs, chips and watermelon. NEVER have i gone this simple.
I had gone to a bridal shower a few months back- there were these mini cakes that were gorgeous. i decided to ask the girl that made them to make lil muffins birthday cake. Well, you know how you envision something to look?! this wasnt it.. i imagined glitter, lavendar, and a mini frog with a huge crown on his head. Long story short, this cake didnt have any lavendar on it, so i doctored it up as m uch as i could.. being a control freak, that's what happens. Next year, i'll just make the cake. Lil muffin LOVED the cake and once again, in the grand scheme of things, that's all that mattered!!
i chose to make frog cupcakes to accent the cake- i had visioned them on my gorgeous square cake plates and the cake on the top. but it was so blasted hot out and i was nervous toting all 3 cake stands down to the pool with the kids there. i'm pyschotic about my stuff and if one was broken by a child, i might stroke out. so.. i let my crazy perfectionism slide and put the cupcakes on a COOKIE SHEET--- gasp.. i know.( on a side note, did you know that they now make NEON food coloring?! um.. so you know that bright color of frosting you can never get?! you can now, baby.. neon is my new FAVE!)
"Make a wish!!!"
My fave part of her opening presents!! this bag was about as big as her and she literally crawled into the sucker to get her present out!
After a full day of swimming and all of her friends gone, girlfriend went back for some more cake- girl after my own heart loving her sweeets! she DEVOURED it
We were all wore slap out from being at the pool all day and decided to hit up one of those restraunts that cooks your food in front of you- notice in this picture, mini me is
MISSING?! she's in between blondie and chick with the camera UNDER THE TABLE because she hates the fire.. honestly.. LOOK @ lil muffins face.. hilarious!!!
3 rd time in a week she had people sing happy birthday to her- she owned it this year and is STILL saying its her birthday!
i cannot believe ANOTHER year has passed us by with her- she literally was DAYS shy of her 1st brithday when we moved here- look at all the great times and friends we've made since! we're so blessed!
3 rd time in a week she had people sing happy birthday to her- she owned it this year and is STILL saying its her birthday!
i cannot believe ANOTHER year has passed us by with her- she literally was DAYS shy of her 1st brithday when we moved here- look at all the great times and friends we've made since! we're so blessed! **Happy Birthday, Lil Muffin!**
