Pink Lemonade Party

So we’ve been trying to figure out how to post to our blog because we hit the cyber limit we previously had.  Luke says it’s all good now, so we’ll see if I can update more often :)

As you know, our baby girl turned 1 back in April and we celebrated with a Pink Lemonade Party!  I made all the paper décor and invitation using my trusty Silhouette Cameo (of course!)

I made the tulle pom pom garland using this tutorial.

We had some ham sandwiches, cesar salad, pasta salad and fruit salad…salad much?

I found a recipe for a Pink Lemonade Cake which turned out delicious. 

The party favors were little lemonade pouches with pink marshmallows.

Luke made our little lemon this awesome lemonade stand!

Watch how her face drastically changes..

 

Eating lunch..

I made her dress using this tutorial.

Lucy Kate had the privilege of having a few of her besties come celebrate with her!

Apparently it’s hard to get 4 babies to smile perfectly for the camera :)

Love her face here..

Thanks family and friends for making Lucy Kate’s birthday so fun and special!

Oscar Party 2013: A Golden Birthday

This year LaLa’s birthday was a golden one…24 on the 24th and it just happened to be Oscar Night!  What could be more fun than to celebrate with a Red Carpet Oscar Party?!?

We decided to have themed foods for some of the Best Picture nominees:

• Django Unchained and Beasts of the Southern Wild – Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers
• Les Miserable – Spinach Quiche
• Silver Linings Playbook – Philly Cheese Steak Sliders
• Zero Dark Thirty – Dark Chocolate Oreo Truffles
• Lincoln – Funfetti Cupcakes

And of course we had popcorn b/c The Oscars are all about the movies…and it’s my favorite snack :)

The Birthday Girl!

The party décor….we played Red Carpet Bingo and filled out an Oscar Ballot before the awards began.

Our Red Carpet:

Photo Booths are all the craze these days, so of course we had a Vanity Fair after party photo booth!

What would make a birthday even more special?  Winning the Oscar Ballot!  15 out of 24, not bad…of course Poppy only missed 7 but who’s counting?

As you can see the Birthday Girl had some wardrobe changes:

And Lucy Kate was probably the hit of the party (while she was awake that is!)…next to Ben and Jen of course :)

The party was awesomely fun; I say we make it a tradition!