Donut-Mustache Party

Xiera turns 10 years old on June 3rd so we celebrated with an early birthday party for her over the weekend. I can't believe my baby will be turning a decade old. It just doesn't seem possible. Time sure does fly! She had a random themed party of Donuts and Mustaches. I made three different flavored donut cakes using a donut cake mold I purchased off of Amazon. One was jelly filled with powered sugar,another was a Boston Creme flavored using vanilla pudding for the inside and topped with chocolate icing and sprinkles, and last but not least a plain strawberry glazed with sprinkles and no filling.


I set up an outdoor photo booth using an old quilt for the backdrop and cut out mustaches and glued them onto wooden sticks to use as props.


For a fun game we had everyone bob for donuts. I hung donuts from the tree and had them hold their hands behind their backs. They then used only their mouths to try and eat the donuts. Whoever ate their donut first was the winner.


Xiera and her cousin Kailyn tied.

We then did a bit of chalk art.

The party was simple, fun, and a major success!

Someone Had a Birthday

The weekend before last Zella celebrated her 7th birthday. Her real birthday was on February 21st, so we had close family come over that evening to celebrate.

Zella loved spending her birthday evening with her grandparents and great-grandparents.


The Sunday that followed, Zella celebrated once again, but this time with all of her cousins and best friends from school at the roller skating rink.



She is a HUGE fan of all things unicorns and rainbows lately so we made that the theme. ;)


She had a wonderful 7th birthday surrounded by lots of love, laughter, and unicorns.

She is Growing Too Fast!

Today is Xiera's 9th birthday. I surprised her this morning with a bouquet of colorful daisies and donuts for her and her cousins that stayed over for a slumber party.
On Saturday we celebrated her birthday early with family and friends. She wanted a Powerpuff Girl birthday party so we went with the theme and had a bit of fun with it.

We had her cake made by out local bakery, Brittany's Cakes. I think they did a wonderful job!

For games, Xiera drew Blossom on a poster board and we played Pin the Bow on Blossom.

We then ventured outside to try and break open the ice cream piñata.

Xiera's cousin Kailyn broke it open.

The children wasted no time grabbing up all of the candy.


Afterwards we went indoors to eat and be silly with family and friends.

Soon it was time to unwrap gifts. She received some wonderful gifts.

Happy Birthday Xiera! You are my sunshine and you light up my life each and every day! I love you!

A Birthday Celebration..Kindergarten Style

Zella's 6th birthday was officially Thursday, but we celebrated last night with family and a handful of her classmates from school at a place called Jumpy's.


There really wasn't a theme this year; just lots of colorful fun!
My friend Vanessa made Zella's cake this year. She is the one who made Xiera's fabulous Fairy Mushroom House cake for her party last year and the adorable bear cake for my best friend's baby shower last year. We love and admire her talent for making beautiful and fun cakes.

Inside this cake was even more colorful fun....

Everyone loved it; especially the birthday girl!

She had fun and mommy was able to relax, so it was a win, win all around! Happy Birthday Zelly Belly!

A "Fairy" Special Day

Xiera's 8th birthday was yesterday so we celebrated it in a "fairy" special way. The theme was woodland flower fairies and gnomes. I hung tulle from the fan to drape around the table and hung pink and purple streamers mixed with flower and leaf ribbons to hang in the center. I hung a fairy banner from the ceiling with Cicely Mary Barker's fairy prints. Xiera loves these fairies so much. The BEAUTIFUL fairy mushroom cake and cupcakes to match were made by my sister-in-law's friend Vanessa. I can go on and on about how wonderful this cake truly was. Every little detail was perfect down to the little marshmallow icing mushrooms and rocks sitting by the perfect little fairy door that resembled real wood. There were even imprints of grass around the base of the cake.
All of the cupcakes had Cicely Mary Barker fairy toppers on them to match the banner and Xiera's dress.
I found the adorable fairy cake topper keepsake on Etsy. It was made by fairiesbynurias.
For party favors, Xiera and I made little fairies to give to the girls and I purchased gnomes for the boys. I crocheted the mushroom centerpiece, and I purchased the pattern to create it HERE.
I created the fairy goody bags using plain brown goody bags purchased at the local dollar tree. I then stamped a Cicely Mary Barker fairy image onto each bag. I hot glued craft butterflies onto each bag's center and punched holes to thread ribbon through to tie into bows.

They were filled with fairy/gnome treasures that I purchased from the Oriental Trading Company. As our guests began to arrive, we had fairy and gnome coloring sheets set out with crayons for them to color. This was the ice breaker and kept them busy while we awaited for all of our guests to arrive. All of our guests arrived at the same time this year so we began preparing for the fairy / gnome scavenger hunt. I had printed out a list of items for all of our little guests to find and stapled them securely to each bag.
My wonderful husband made a wooden picnic table the night before which came in handy for the party activities. They decorated their scavenger hunt bags with decorative foam stickers at the table. After their bags were decorated, it was time to begin the scavenger hunt. For our younger guests who were unable to read, we either paired them with an older friend or adult to help. Xiera's fairy dress which had the Cecily Mary Barker fairies print was created by Karen of Layla and Stitch. After they gathered all of their scavenger hunt finds they then came back to the table to put all of their finds into pails to make their fairy or gnome's habitat home.
The kids enjoyed doing this and made some fabulous homes.
After everyone was finished, we headed in so that they could choose a fairy or gnome from the party table to put inside their new home they made. Soon after it was present time, and Xiera received so many wonderful presents. Xiera must have made a truly wonderful wish because she paused for a few seconds before blowing out her candles.
The cake was not only beautiful, but it was delicious too! After cake we had one more BIG surprise for our birthday girl. We gathered everyone outside to unveil.... A NEW BIG GIRL BIKE!! Star wheel bling and all!! Happy Birthday Xiera! I hope all of your fairy wishes came true! I can't believe you are 8 years old already!! *sniff* *sniff*