I have a love/hate relationship with birthdays...birthday parties specifically. I love planning my kids parties, coming up with a fun theme, invitations, games and cake but they tire me out by the end of summer. That's what I get for having 5 kids in the Summer well, that and really swollen feet while I'm pregnant. I have four birthday's down and 1 to go.
Solomon turned nine this year and love's all things sports. This year he decided to go to the Oakland A's vs. Mariners game for his birthday. He invited two friends and we took them to the game, filled them up with junk food and got to see Ken Griffey Jr. play in one of his last games.
Miss Jocelyn June turned the big 8. We had lots of family here and celebrated with a fabulous tea party. We made these teapot invitations together:
The girls decorated fancy hats and then sat down to munch on finger sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries and jam cookies. Finishing it off with a perfect teapot cake (thanks Amy!)
Penny girl turned one. She really deserves her own post but that will have to come at a later day. I made her a darling pink flower cupcake but things didn't turn out as planned. I had the cupcake sitting on her tray. Isaac asked if he could have that cupcake instead of the plain frosted ones I made for everyone else. After I said no, he sneaked it off and hid it in the bathroom. When I found it, it looked more like a mangled weed than a pink flower so Penny ended up with a plain white one. It was okay, she doesn't even like cake, I should have just given her a bowl of ice cream.
Solomon turned nine this year and love's all things sports. This year he decided to go to the Oakland A's vs. Mariners game for his birthday. He invited two friends and we took them to the game, filled them up with junk food and got to see Ken Griffey Jr. play in one of his last games. Miss Jocelyn June turned the big 8. We had lots of family here and celebrated with a fabulous tea party. We made these teapot invitations together:The girls decorated fancy hats and then sat down to munch on finger sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries and jam cookies. Finishing it off with a perfect teapot cake (thanks Amy!)
Isaac turned four and chose a Shark Attack theme. 
We made these invitations and cupcakes and got ready for the invasion of 9 four year-olds. He had a great time playing shark games and being the center of attention.
Penny girl turned one. She really deserves her own post but that will have to come at a later day. I made her a darling pink flower cupcake but things didn't turn out as planned. I had the cupcake sitting on her tray. Isaac asked if he could have that cupcake instead of the plain frosted ones I made for everyone else. After I said no, he sneaked it off and hid it in the bathroom. When I found it, it looked more like a mangled weed than a pink flower so Penny ended up with a plain white one. It was okay, she doesn't even like cake, I should have just given her a bowl of ice cream.
5 comments:
Amber says, "I like the teapot cake!" Wow! What fun birthdays!
That teapot cake is amazing. I feel the same way about birthdays. So exhausting. We have 4 of our five from May to July. And one two weeks after Christmas. Poor planning on my part.:) And for the last 2 years our older boys have had their parties at minor league baseball games. (No major league around here.) I think you and I would get along well.
Those are awesome parties! I just had Will's party this morning, and was reminded on why I don't do birthday parties that often... If I could just stick with the fun stuff and skip all the loud crazy kids, it would be great!
PS--I love the shark cupcakes. Those are amazing!
Awesome post. It's great not only to experience a little of what I miss out on while I am at work, but also to remember what fun the parties I was actually a part of were!
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