Nora's Paint Party

This was the most laid back party that I have put on yet. I'm still trying to figure out why. Possibly because we had just come off of Aubrey's party of 10 kids under the age of 3. Whatever it was we had fun, ate cake, and best of all painted. Even I got to paint those cute little faces!

Pictures are in no particular order.

Aubrey's Bug Party

Bugtastic fun we had for such a bug-phobic child!

Nora's Fancy Birthday

This year we decided we were only going to do a small party for Nora so she was only allowed to invite her two cousins in town. We thought it would save on cost which I'm sure it did but it still felt like a pretty penny.

She wanted a fancy tea party based off the Fancy Nancy books. It turned out very cute and very 'fancy' according to what little girls find fancy. I usually love making homemade cakes or cupcakes but again was not as ambitious (because I'm pregnant), as I usually am so we opted for The Cupcakery here in Vegas. I love how their frosting has edible glitter to top it off.

Aubrey's Birthday

I must relay to you that as of late I have been unmotivated to blog much. For now, I will blame it on being pregnant. But alas, I cannot allow Fall to come without any updating.

We had a wonderful time for Aubrey's 2nd birthday. No major party or theme just a small family gathering and celebration for my 'bubber boo'. Aubrey was ecstatic about receiving a wooden stove top range with baking set. It has been fun to watch her and Nora pretend to cook up some fabulous spreads and eat them up!

Party Garland

The lighting is so bad in this picture. I am sorry for that. I forgot to take a picture of the party garland during the actual party. I found out how to make this party garland via Darling Darleen's (my sister), blog. The sewing part goes by fast but cutting the patterns out was long and tedious. Probably took me about 6 hours spread out between 2 days. Now that I am done I am glad that I did it. It will be something I can pull out for any girl party.

The Royal Bash

If you invite them, they will come. The princes and princesses came to celebrate Princess Nora's birthday with us in our home Saturday. Nora received her very own princess dress in the morning and was so excited to wear it for the party. We had tiaras for all the princesses and crowns with swords for the princes. When all arrived they got to start the party by making edible bracelets and eating lunch. Then they played a matching card game with prizes. We ended with a princess cake and opening the presents. Oh, I almost forgot, Cinderella (my sister Julene dressed up for me), also came to visit the little princesses and princes. Julene (my sister), even got into character and chatted with the kids about how she lived in a castle with Prince Charming, yada yada yada. Is she not great. I of course didn't take enough pictures because I was directing the party. But here are a few that I hope will help you get a picture of how the party went.

More Party Pictures

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

My sweet and talented sister Darleen, made invites for Nora's birthday and I think they turned out great. The back of the invite gives the party information in royal jargon. I love it. Very pink and very princess. Perfect.

Princess Dress-up

Nora's princess dress just came in the mail yesterday. I am so excited for her to wear it at her party. The unveiling will happen just before the party. In my search I found that Target has a great selection of dresses to choose from. The dresses above are some of my favorites. I think I might be more excited now about this party then Nora.

Grass Mats

I am determined to be on top of birthday planning for Nora's birthday in August. I thought these grass mats were such a cute idea. Nora asked for a pink princess party. She has never asked for for anything so specific and because of that I really want to throw her the pinkest princess-est party ever. But in all reality if it ends up a little pink with her as a princess I'll be happy and I'm sure she will love it.

You can find the grass mats and some more whimsy here.

Aubrey's First

Here are the many pictures of the much anticipated "water" themed party we threw in honor of Aubrey. It turned out really cute. For dinner we had ham and cheese sandwiches, fruit in a whale watermelon, and veggies for the kids. The adults had homemade fish sticks and Cuban sandwiches. Spencer, made his famous lemonade slushy drink for all. Dessert was homemade cake and homemade ice cream. One cake was for Lauren, Aubrey's cousin, who also is celebrating a birthday soon. She requested a strawberry cake with white frosting. Aubrey's cake was a small sand bucket cake. Both tasted yummy. I didn't do any major decorations because of time but the kids still had fun.

After dinner the kids got into swimsuits and played in Grandma's alligator wading pool and danced around our new octopus sprinkler. Some of the kids participated in the potato sack races which were so funny to watch.

We had a great time. Here are the pictures.















The yummy food and whale watermelon my mother carved for the party.















Cuban sandwiches and homemade fish sticks. Both, were scrumptious.















The gelatin fish bowl. I won't be trying this one again. The gummy fish got really gross after absorbing the moisture from the gelatin.















The real goldfish the kids got to take home with fish food.















The birthday girl livin' it up in the water.






















Lauren, Nora, and Annie with the strawberry cake which might be my best tasting cake yet.

Aubrey with her birthday cake eating it like a champ.