Dalton's 2nd Birthday Party

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So, this post is a little late but back in June we celebrated Dalton's 2nd birthday. This year Dalton wanted a Mickey Mouse birthday party. I was able to make some really fun things for his party like pinwheels and Mickey Mouse party hats. For his friend goodies I made a "Dalton's Mix CD" full of Disney and Pixar movie music. I wanted to make it a classic Mickey Mouse party so I decided to stick with a black, red, and yellow color theme. Since I couldn't find any classic Mickey Mouse party supplies I decided to make my own. I ended up using black paper plates and bought a Mickey Mouse stamp that I used to stamp the white napkins and pinata candy bags.

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Unfortunately the week of Dalton's party the whole family got sick with the flu and we had to postpone the party to the following week. I had so many other things going on that week also that I wasn't able to make a grand Mickey Mouse cake and had to stick with cupcakes. I was very sad and it took a lot of convincing myself that it is not the end of the world if I don't have a grand birthday cake for my son. So, like I said, I ended up making what I like to call "Suprise Cupcakes". I made a chocolate cupcake that had an oreo at the bottom with a cream cheese whipped cream frosting. (Which, in the future I would avoid the whip cream frosting for an outside party and probably just stick with some buttercream that would hold up a lot better.) Sooo yummy! I made the Mickey faces a few days ahead of time and cut them out of fondant using a miniature cookie cutter I purchased online. I also custom made the cupcake stand to match the theme of the party! My friend, Mindy, made some Mickey Mouse suguar cookies that she decorated with buttercream icing and fondant. Sooooo yummy, too! And of course we had to get a Mickey Mouse pinata. We had a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us!!!

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Hannah and Connley all decked out in their party gear. I forgot to mention I also got pins from Disneyland for all the kids.
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Dalton's owie. :(
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I'm not really sure why Mickey Mouse is wearing a suit? Guess he dressed up for the party...
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Happy Birthday Dalton! Hope it was a good one!!

Happy Birthday Connley!

Connley turned 4 last week and we had a Toy Story party for him last Saturday. I made life easy and sent out an evite this year. This is the image I made for the evite.

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When I asked Connley what kind of party he wanted this year he told me he wanted a Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Rex dinosaur party. So I decided we may as well just make it a Toy Story party.

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the Cake:

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This year I decided to try my hand at fondant and because of this I decided to make the cake a little more simple. I purchased little Toy Story action figures from ebay. I made a round 9 inch cake for the bottom and a round 6 inch cake for the top. I then used a layer of buttercream icing and then covered the cakes with fondant. (Both recipes are waay yummy!) I cut the white clouds out by hand and adhered them to the cake using a small drop of water on the back of each cloud. I then used the buttercream icing to pipe the edges. I ended up using the buttercream to stick the figures on the cake but had trouble with them staying on when transporting the cake. I think it would have been better if I had made royal icing to adhere the figures. I'm still learning!

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The best part about the cake this year is my birthday present that arrived the day I began making the cakes. Just in time!....

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Yay! My new Kitchen Aid!

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the Party:
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Seriously, how awesome is this pinata?! Yes, that's suppose to be Woody. Haha! When I picked him up at the pinata shop I was a bit surprised, but Connley loved it and that's all that matters, right?! ;)
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Happy Birthday, dear Connley!

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Present time!

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Dalton got Connley a Bumblebee Transformer for his birthday.
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Mom and Dad got him his much asked for Rex the dinosaur.
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Messy, messy little boy.

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Happy Birthday Connley! We love you!!!

Thanks to those who came to celebrate with us!

Bucket O Soldiers

love these pictures

of connley playing with his toy soldiers he got for christmas!

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