Party time!

I must be insane. I had dental surgery done the day before the birthday party, so I was miserable the whole day. I'm still having issues due to a complication, but it's getting better. The birthday party went well. Mr. Birthday boy freaked out when we tried to put his shirt and party hat on, but aside from that, it was a really nice day! The DIY decorations turned out awesome, way better than I had planned. The plate stands are just shy of being "finished" but we used some handy dandy spray paint and used them anyway. They don't need no froofy trim for a boy party, right? (yeah...just imagine that I said that in a silly voice, because that's *totally* how I said it in my head.)



(Oh the difference a cake stand makes...It looks so pitiful without one, lol)



(See the plate stands? Do you see them? They make me happy :D)


The cake was such a royal pain that there almost wasn't one at all. I was >thisclose< to just throwing it in the trash. It took me forevah to find a dairy free icing recipe that Connor liked enough to eat. Certain little boys kept sneaking VERY large chunks of the finished layers, so I had to bake much more than I should have. That was double the pain of making a normal cake, since this one was zebra striped on the inside (I'm still kicking myself for not getting a photo!) When it came time to put on the fondant it seemed to be going well. But out of nowhere, it freaking fell off of the cake. Fell. Off. No big deal in the grand scheme of things, but in that moment I just wanted to scream!

That aside, there was a plethora of food & sweets starting with the letter "C" in honor of the birthday boy, including an all "C" veggie tray and his favorite drink-cherry limeade. My favorite part is a tie between the mini cherry pies, and the little chalkboard card food labels.


chocolate covered oreos



People seemed terrified to eat the ones in the wrappers! It was so funny!



Chocolate s'more's pops



cake pops



he wore this for a whopping 15 seconds!



I am sooooo in love with how my cookies turned out! I could just eat them up! Oh, wait, I couldn't :(



Aren't they so ca-yuuute! I could baby babble the heck out of describing my love for these cutiewuties-even though this batch looks slightly deformed.



He had such a fun time, and it totally made all of the hours making tissue pompoms worth it to see the look on his face. Though...I was a bit jealous watching everybody eat the food I worked so hard on, and not being able to taste for myself ::pout::




There was one more craft that we did for Mr. 3 Year Old Birthday Boy. In a mommy-daddy joint effort, we made him a reading nook/tent. He's one of those little boys that loves hidey holes, forts, and secret corners, so what could be better, right? Well, a Cars bike, and a plastic gladiator helmet that he refused to take off for days, but he does love the nook :D



We had a bit of a surprise, too. As soon as everyone came inside for cake a huge limb came crashing down outside, right where the kids had been playing! Mr. Woodpecker decided he wanted in on the party, too, I guess!







The original idea for the plate stands came from Bee In Our Bonnet. I've adapted it a bit, and will probably post my version after they are complete.

the cupcake, cake pop, oreo, and s'more's liners, as well as the lollipop sticks all came from Confectionery House

All printables, including the shirt, are my own design.

8 months...Wow.

Only 4 months left until my final first birthday party. I've even ordered the perfect Hello Kitty and cupcake shirt to go with her tutu. So bittersweet. I can't believe how far my tiny butt has come. She is crawling everywhere now, and trying her best to stay standing every chance she gets-we spent the entire day baby-proofing and we aren't even HALF done yet! Wow.

Her top teeth are coming in as well. It seems she's going to get them all in pairs-the bottom two popped out together, and the top ones look to be neck and neck, lol.

I'm not ready for all of this excitement yet. I mean, she's still wearing 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes!!! There's no way this pixie of a baby is doing all of this stuff, right? Right? She can say dada, love, Layla, and something that sounds remarkably like "hungee" each time she's wanting food. It.is.unreal. And I'm in complete denial. Most of the time. The rest of the time, I do the huge proud mom smile, and kind of puff with pride a bit. Hey, you know you've done it too.

I am in such a flurry of party planning, what with Connor's 3rd birthday in only two weeks, Daddy's right after, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the day. Dun dun dun...the big O.N.E....I have so many crafts that I'm making for Nunu's party-tissue paper pom poms, plate stands, and, well, everything. Cause DIY is just how I roll. The plate stands are my favorite project right now. If I like how they turn out, I will totally link to the blog I found them at, and post a bajillion (shush, its a word.) photos. Aaaand they will make an appearance at probably every single gathering I have. Ever. Including painted rainbow colors to match Layla's party. If they turn out to be a disaster, I'll probably still share. Unless they are terrible. Then we will forget they ever existed. The tissue pom poms will probably disappear, too. I am seriously using tulle from now on. Sticking to mah comfort zone. Wait...tulle does NOT work for boy parties. Crud.


As you can probably tell, there is just too much on my mind at almost 2 am sometimes. I need to get to sleep, otherwise a certain 4 year old may be late to preschool. It's just hard to get my brain to shut down when I have until Thursday to finish all of the craft-type details of this party, and every single day from Thursday until the following Saturday packed with cooking...If I hadn't wrote down a schedule, I'd be going insane!