Rainbow Birthday

This was the first year that Makayla got to have an actual "friend" birthday party!

I was SOOOO excited!

Then I became annoyed when all of the cute little blogs out there

were throwing over the top amazingly themed (right down to cups, candy, decorations)

birthday parties that I could never even HOPE to match!

Especially since Jordan kept saying... "she's only 3, who are you trying to impress?"

duh, EVERYONE!

DISCLAIMER:

These are not in order of how the party actually went...

But they are all cute pictures none-the-less

:-)

I wish I had family around ALL the time!

Nieces and nephews are like little bitty slave laborers!

One's that you don't have to discipline, OR train!

My sister and I made Evalyn and Makayla separate all the candy into different containers.

The goal:

Separate, but DO NOT EAT!

We were successful.... but only for the first 2 minutes.

Before the actual party,

I painted Makayla's and Evalyn's toes in rainbow colors.

Then Makayla proceeded to paint her own toes... and feet... and shirt :-P

I know, doesn't she look super happy knowing she's about to open presents?

I love present time!

Even more than presents, I love food!

And thanks again to Krystal, the food was so colorful!

And there was a TON of it!

Seriously, Krystal and I made about 20 pb&j sandwiches and cut them into stars!

But since only half that showed up, and not everyone ate them...

We are still picnicking in the park with star sandwiches :-)

Makayla kept asking for a "starlite cake"

You know, Rainbow Brite's horse? She LOVES horses right now!

But if I've learned anything from my "Oscar's first birthday cake fiasco"

It's that I can't decorate cakes to save my life.

Maybe I wouldn't be so hard on myself if I hadn't taken cake 4-h as a child,

or if my sister didn't get paid to decorate cakes now

or if my mother in law weren't the CAKE QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE!

(seriously, you should SEE the things she makes!)

None-the-less (that's twice in one post!)

I decided to let the kids decorate their own rainbow cupcakes.

That way, when people said "oh interesting"

I could say a 3 year old made it :-)

P.S.

BEST IDEA EVER!

It was SO much fun! The kids had a BLAST!

And I had a blast, and I'm pretty sure all the adults had a blast too!

Here's my favorites...

Ok, really, these were made by the adults,

because we couldn't get a picture of the kids cupcakes

because as soon as they were decorated...

they were eaten!

So I probably COULD have broken the bank and gone crazy with every little detail of the party... but in reality she IS only 3, and I have many, MANY more birthdays to plan!

Have a colorful day!