patrick's 2nd birthday party

We had such an amazing party for our little guy over the weekend. We're so blessed with wonderful family and friends who made it a part of their day to make Patrick feel special.  He was such a good boy the whole afternoon - in fact, all the kids were excellent.  It's so sweet seeing all of them grow up and helping with presents and playing together.

 

 Remember my original cake idea?  The crazy one with the chocolate drizzle cage?  Well, there was no way I had the time to make that one, so I went with this incredible (and semi-easy!) devil's food cake with milk chocolate frosting.  I made the cake layers ahead of time, wrapped them in saran wrap and stuck them in the fridge - two days later they tasted perfectly fresh and delicate, like it was just made.  I was so happy with this recipe and will definitely use it again.

And my feeble attempt at a (free) mini bunting decoration on the cake?  Turned out perfect.  I've seen those flags all over Pinterest but never thought it was my style.  I was so wrong, it ended up being my favorite decoration!  I printed the letters out from here - this lady has all colors (bolds, brights & pastels) plus a tutorial.  I used double sided tape and wrapped the letters around some baker's twine.  Easy peasy.

My menu ended up getting modified due to time constraints and major pregnancy energy issues, but turned out traditional and delicious.  I had shredded chicken sandwiches, pasta salad, mini pigs in a blanket, veggies & dip and fruit kebabs.  The tablecloths are Mara Mi from Target and the balloons are from Amazon (the same as last year's, just a different color!)  I love the dots - they add so much cheer to a room.  I think 12 balloons cost somewhere around $5.00 and the helium to fill them was $2.00.  Cheap, cute, easy.

 

The party favors were filled with fun stuff - Dora sunglasses, stretchy lizards, swirly straws, mini markers and mini skateboards. 

 

 I made these labels before I amended the menu, therefore they didn't end up getting used.  But it was also because my sister made fun of me for labeling "watermelon & cantaloupe."  She said hey I'm glad you labeled that because I wouldn't have had a clue what those were.  Whatever Linds, they're cute.  I just used red cardstock and Martha Stewart chalkboard labels.  I found the chalk pencil at our local teacher's store.

 

Here's a little vid of us singing Happy Birthday to Pat.  He's such a doll.

 



 

 

P.S.  I know you're disappointed that there aren't more photos of the sweaty beached whale at the party, a.k.a. Mommy.  We didn't even get a family photo.  For shame!

 

 

 

//Patrick's 1st Birthday Party