Oh Two-dles Birthday Party

Theme:

Oh Two-dles!

Menu:

Hot Diggity Dogs

Minnie's Bow Tie Pasta

Pete's Pinwheels

Cheese & Quakers

Daisy's Dip

Chips & Dale

Goofy Grapes

Pluto's Red Fruit Punch

*Don't forget the handy helpers to eat them all with

Cake:

Cake Goddess almond cake with strawberry filling

Decor:

Handmade Minnie Mouse Topiaries

Black, white, red, and yellow balloons and streamers

Stuffed Animals

Handmade birthday banners "Happy 2nd Birthday" & "Two"

Favors:

Bubbles - "Thanks for Popping By!"

Activities:

Bounce house

Chalk

Balloons

Fall Family Pictures & Cards

Guess How Much I Love You? Baby Shower

Theme:
Guess How Much I Love You? (Book)

Menu:
Marinated Cheese
Fruit & Veggie Tray
Mini Muffulettas
Finger Sandwiches
Pasta Salad
Chicken & Cheese Rollups
Hot Caprese Dip
Punch
Coffee
Tea

Cake:
Cake Goddess

Decor:
Decorative Bunnies
Rustic runners and table cloths

Favors:
Carrots (cello triangular shaped bags filled with orange sixlets and tied with green ribbon)

Activities:
Baby food game
Book donation

Evie's Spooktacular 1st Birthday Party!

A whole year!  A whole year since our little miracle arrived and changed our lives forever!  All parents will tell you "It flies by!"  The first part of the year didn't seem to, but then after 9 months, it started moving faster and faster, then you think back and say, "it really did fly by!"  **sigh**

Evie celebrated a Spooktacular 1st Birthday with her family and friends!

Invitation:

Go Printing did a fabulous job printing the invitation!

Costumes:  

Evie was Tinker Bell, Daddy was Peter Pan (yes with tights), and I was Wendy!  

Everyone was asked to come in costume too! 

Menu:  

We attempted to get creative with the menu and I had a lot of great help from my family to help and come up with creative titles and displays (and of course Pinterest)!

• Spider Eggs (Deviled Eggs)
• Witches Fingers (Chocolate covered pretzels)
• Pumpkin Cheese Ball (Roasted tomato basil cheese ball shaped like a pumpkin)
• Chicken Gizzards (Chick-fil-a chicken tenders)
• Fruit Salad
• Veggie Tray
• Spinach Dip
• Jambalaya (Michael made it and it was delicious!)
• Witches Brew

Cake:  

Cake Goddess is my bakery of choice!  Beautiful and delicious!  

Favors:  

Mummy Chocolate Bars with "Thank You" Sticker on the Back

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Evelyn Rose!
We love you so much!

Thank you to everyone that made Evie's 1st Birthday Spooktacular!
It was such a special day!

Adelaide Marie :: Newborn Photoshoot

I had so much playing photographer!  Isn't she a beauty?  Congratulations to Danielle, Justin & Big Brother Joseph!    Evie and Addie are going to be Best Friends!

Sprinkle for Danielle & Adelaide

I love these girls!

We had a wonderful brunch at Another Broken Egg celebrating the soon arrival of Danielle's 2nd child, Adelaide Marie!  We can't wait to meet her!

Comfort Food: Cauliflower Pasta

1 Head Cauliflower

2 cups pasta, broken into 1 inch pieces

EVOO

1/2 Parmesan Cheese

Salt & Pepper, to taste

Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt the water.  Cut the head of cauliflower into florets.  When water has come to a boil, add the florets and boil for 5-7 min or until (barely) fork tender.  Add the pasta after 5-7 min and boil for 8 min or until pasta is al dente.  Before draining the florets and pasta carefully extract a cup of cooking liquid from the pot (I use a coffee cup).  Drain florets and pasta and return to pot immediately.  Add EVOO (about 3-4 turns around the pot), cheese, salt & pepper to taste and slowly add cooking liquid until it is creamy consistency (you may or may not use all the cooking liquid).  Mix well and enjoy!

Serving suggestions:  add a little extra cheese to your serving.  Heat left overs with a little extra water to bring back to creamy consistency.