Kido's Valentine Party

Little Em has been drawing "valentines" for her friends since the beginning of January.

She wanted to know when she will get to give them to her friends (aww)

Since Little Em is not yet in school and I decided to throw a little party/play date for her friends. Plus it was a great opportunity for us moms to catch up.

Here are a few pics of the party:

The sweets table:

A little closer:

Mini water bottles and pink lemonade to drink:

Strawberries and blueberries

Cupcakes!

I used a strawberry cake mix for the cupcakes

and then frosted them with my butter cream frosting

Little store bought frosted sugar cookies

Instead of spending a lot of time on cake pops, I decided to just dip oreos into candy melts. Just as cute as cake pops in a fraction of the time

Little gift bags for the kidos to put their valentines in

For lunch we had mini cheese pizzas, salad, veggies and dip

After lunch we decorated cookies!

The kidos were so excited to open their valentines!

Aww.... look at them!

Ok, these have to be the cutest little kidos ever!!

We had such a great time at our party/play date!!

Did you have a valentines day party? If so, leave a link in the comments, I would love to check it out :)

Thanks for visiting!

Cookie Party 2011

This year I hosted my first ever cookie exchange,

it was so fun and successful that I am hoping to make it a annual thing.

My table expands so I was able to seat 13 people at the table, so no juggling cookies and hot coffee in your lap :)

Christmas tree lollipops for each of the girls

Prizes for the best tasting cookie, best looking cookie and best overall cookie

These french Macroons were a bite of heaven :)

Merry Christmas!!

Nico's and Emily's Birthday Party

My kid's birthdays are 3 days apart, therefore I decided to throw them a birthday party together. I decided on a carnival theme, since it is gender neutral.

I had so much fun planning it, I started thinking and gathering ideas 3 months before the party on pinterest. It had to be an indoor party since it is December.

Take a look on how it turned, warning that there is a picture overload :)

I bought 3 yards of this red stripe fabric from IKEA for the background

Chocolate Cupcakes, you can find the recipe here

Vanilla Cupcakes, you can find the recipe here

Cake Pops, you can find my tutorial on how to make these here

I bought the lollipops on Amazon

I bought these popcorn containers at Target in the dollar bins

I wanted to have a "photo booth" for lots of fun and silly pictures

I found some free printables here and here

I used 2 large foam poster boards

I taped them together and glued blue stripes to cover the seam and create a fun bright backdrop

me and my hubby

my daughter AKA the birthday girl

I bought these foam masks on Amazon for the kids to play with while I got the food ready

For food we had:

Baked Potato wedges

Italian hotdogs for the adults and plain hotdogs for the kids

veggie cups

Bean bag toss game

Some empty cans, a little bit of scrap paper and you have yourself:

I also made the pinata:

Party hats that I made

Birthday Girl:

I made a Rainbow cake, I saw this here

Instead of a cake mix, I just used my vanilla cupcake recipe

Birthday Boy:

presents!

That wraps it up!

We had such a great time, I can not wait until next year!