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A Mermaid Themed Bash…
This past weekend we celebrated my little Lia’s 3rd birthday. Having a summer birthday has its perks – namely the ability to do an outdoor party and a requirement for a water attraction of some sort. Since her birthday the last two years ended up while we’re on vacation I was determined to get a party in this year for her.
First things first I rented the waterslide which then set off the theme (because what’s a party without a theme…damn Pinterest:)). I tossed around a few waterish ideas and landed on mermaids (mostly because I really wanted to make those jellyfish!). A few more Pinterest searches later and the clamshell cookies, seaweed walls and edible sand were born.
For the cake I decided to keep with my tradition of ordering blank cakes (because I can’t bake one to save my life) and decorate it myself. I knew I needed a mermaid, some water and sand. A quick search for edible sand and we were set (toasted coconut, graham crackers, white sugar powered in the food processor) . The water was some blue sugar sprinkles I found at the grocery store. And in a last min stroke of genius (or insanity) I decided to try my hand at fondant for the mermaid. Armed with a few youtube videos and a few colors of fondant from Michaels the mermaid cake topper took shape. A few left over white chocolate shells and we had her cake. I’m pretty proud of my masterpiece.
The best part of the day (aside from the slide) was her face while we sang happy birthday to her. She went through excitement, terror, bashfulness and embarrassment back around to pride and pure joy.
It was an exhausting day but so worth it to see how much fun was had by everyone!
Details:
Under the Sea Cookie – Beau Monde Bakers
Mermaid and Pirate photo props – my mom
Jelly Fish – http://www.partycity.com/content/jellyfish+lantern+how+to.do
Clamshell Cookies – purely pinterest where I cobbled together a few ideas
Backyard Slide – http://www.backyardinflatables.com
Super Action Heroz…
This week is heroes week at my son’s school so it reminded me of this awesome set of images from a few weeks ago at my house. My kids were playing outside with the neighbor kids when all of a sudden they disappeared into the house. About 10 min later they emerge as this motley band of super heroes. I love that it was spontaneous and totally unprompted. I think they ran in for something else but stumbled upon the massive bin of costumes that we keep for dress up and decided that this would be more fun instead.
The princess in front there is a warrior princess with her sai and cape:) The turtle is my little girl in her brothers halloween costume from this past year (she could have picked a princess or Minnie but she chose the turtle instead). The ninja on the right is my boy and the Hulk is our neighbor boy.
Hulk decided it would be fun to ride down the street in full garb on his bike. The neighbors must have thought we’d totally lost it. Later the older son wanted to join in but we only had toddler sized costumes so he fashioned a rather hilarious mash up of princess skirt, elephant mask and a chef’s hat (which i’m not sharing to save him the embarrassment:) )
I’ve mentioned it before – maybe not on here but I know I’ve said it a ton – I love my neighborhood. We have the best bunch of neighbors and plenty of children who all love to play outside. Our house tends to be the collection point for now since we have the playset. As they grow I know that will change so I’m cherishing it while we have it.