Party Hardy!

This is the last post about Anna's birthday - I promise!  We enjoy celebrating birthdays and in years past we've invited a couple friends over for a small party.  This year Anna had a lot of requests for her party - most of which we couldn't grant.  However, she did ask if she could have all her little buddies over, and we decided to give it a whirl. I can't say that we'll do it again in the next few years, but I'm so glad we did it for her on this special 5th birthday.  Afterwards she said, "I had a great party!!"  The rain did put a wrench in our outdoor games and plans but the Pinata (hung in the basement) saved the day!  It really was a fun and memorable morning.

Lesson learned:

As you can tell in the last two photos we bought a decorated cake for her birthday.  What's up with buying cakes?  This is the 2nd time we've done it and I'm encouraging myself to be happy with making a traditional homemade cake for birthdays!  You see bakery decorated cakes are expensive and we threw half of it away.  Waste.  Not to mention, cake isn't a favorite dessert in this family (unless it's from Coldstone : ), and the girls only lick off the icing.  On Sunday, the day after the party, no one preferred the leftover cake.  Everyone, including myself, wanted my 5-day old simple homemade cupcakes.  I am NOT a good cake decorator, but the old school double layer 9 inch round cake will do, right?   What do you do for birthday cakes? 

 

Family Photo (plus Marli)!!