Sunday, November 30, 2014

Kate's Bake Shoppe Birthday Party

Kate and I decided on a Bake Shoppe theme for her birthday party with her friends.  It was such a cute theme for a bunch of little girls.  

We invited her classmates and the girls from her Daisy troop.  Such a fun group of girls.  






Papa made this awesome frame for the awning and then we covered it with a sheet we already had and scalloped the edges.  I love how it turned out! 


We baked and iced a cake for each girl to decorate.   




Cake decorations ready to go! We also had bags of icing for them to pipe on.  They loved that part! 


Mark made these chef hats out of cardstock and tissue paper.  So cute and super cheap! 


Girly snacks









I made all the girls these aprons out of bandanas! I would have never thought to do that. Thank goodness for the Internet and Pinterest! 


 Cutting out little cupcakes




Putting on aprons and chef hats


Half of the girls decorated cakes while the other half played Bake Shoppe Bingo.  It worked out perfectly! 





The girls were all super concentrated as they worked to decorate their cakes.  




Mark took a picture of each girl with her decorated cake on the cake stand. 


Look at all of those pretty cakes! 







Mark told them to go crazy... and they did! 




We played a fun cake walk game after they decorated cakes.  They walked around on numbers to music and when the music stopped, they stopped on a number.  I chose a number and that person (instead of winning a cake like in a traditional cake walk) got to choose a dance move for everyone to do.  It was hilarious!! Some of the girls (like my own) are crazy and some are so shy.  

After the game, we had snacks and drinks.  


Kate opened presents.  She got so many great things. 





We sung "Happy Birthday" and the girls ate cupcakes. 



The cakes got boxed up for the girls to take home. 



This was such a fun party.  I had a lot of moms text me and tell me how much fun their daughter had, so I'd say it was a success!  Kate had a blast with her friends, too.   I love watching all of them together.  




Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Kate's Birthday and Family Party

Kate had a really fun birthday.  She and I went to Sister's Tea House for a girly lunch. 



 It was our first time there and it's so cute.  Kate got pink lemonade in a teapot with a little teacup.  She kept lifting her pinkie as she took little sips.  So precious.  





After we ate, we went upstairs.  They have a room with lots of dress up clothes.  Hats, gloves, necklaces... so fun. 










We came home and just hung out for a little bit and then opened presents.  









She was SO hoping she would get this for her birthday and Mimi and Papa got it for her! 

Later that night, she chose Red Robin for her birthday dinner.  She loved being sung to and getting ice cream.  

We came home for cake and ended the night with a little dance party in the kitchen, which is pretty much her most favorite thing ever.  



Look at my sweet Jack.  He was such a good brother on her birthday.  He never once complained that he wasn't getting any presents.  He helped me wrap all of her presents earlier in the week and he kept saying, "I can't wait for Sissy's birthday."  When we started opening presents, he went and got a trash bag and threw all of her trash away as she opened.  Oh, it was so sweet. I think he loved her birthday as much as she did. 









The next day, we had some snow, so of course, the kids had to suit up to go play out in it for five minutes. ha!  





Kate had a birthday party to go to that afternoon.  After that, we had everyone over for a family party. 





Gran made her the coolest cake! 



We had a spaghetti dinner, opened presents, and ate cake.  









She was just a little excited about her American Girl doll from Gran, Nanny, Ken & Julie. :) 





She made this sign earlier in the day and tucked it behind the chair to show after opening presents. haha! 







Kate is one loved little lady!