Monday, April 25, 2011

Polka Dot Party

Back in October, Sadie went shopping with me to pick out paper to make invitations for Kinnick's birthday party. At that time she declared "I want to have a polka dot party!" Honestly I didn't think it would last until March, but I thought it would be a simple fun thing to do. Luckily she remembered and when I took her shopping for polka dots, she chose these plates and napkins and I was happy with the results. When I was working on her cake Friday morning she came into the kitchen when it was about half way decorated. Her eyes got huge and she said "Mom, I LOVE my cake!"


Her grandparent party this year was in Burlington. Grandma Janet made pizza for dinner and we all loved it!


After we ate dinner I set up Easter Egg decorating for the kids. Sadie and Jadyn did most of the eggs while the boys got out every toy in Marc's parent's basement!


Aunt Jessica helped Kinnick decorate an egg with stickers.


Jaren and I did a couple together.


Their masterpieces!


Sadie spent almost the entire time decorating this one pink egg--she was very proud of it!


Sadie chose this outfit for her party... a sleeping beauty dress, (with a leotard underneath to cover her top), fancy nancy shoes, a LOTS of jewelry. I let her choose 4 necklaces, 4 rings, and 4 bracelets. Her headband and pink hair are from a shopping trip to Claires earlier in the day. I'm really trying to work on letting her express her own personality whenever possible (even when it means wearing the same black and pink "princess" outfit every day!)


Precious Moments Elephant for her Birthday Train


Emma got lots of new things... a cubs outfit, a princess outfit with ballerina slippers, a matching nightgown set with Sadie, and two pillows. She also got twinkle toe shoes... and you can't tell in the picture but Sadie got twinkle toes as well. She was VERY excited!


Sadie wanted to pick her own candles for her cake. I let her even though I had matching pink and green candles (this was even harder than letting her pick her own outfit!) We ended up with one pink, one red, and two striped candles.





We had a GREAT party. So glad most of her grand parents and most of her aunts and uncles could come!

3 comments:

Bethany said...

I love the cake, you did a great job on it!! You are getting so good at it, I think you should show me sometime!! It is so funny how much Sadie and Belle are alike!! I am doing the same thing with letting Belle pick things out, it is super hard!! Good luck and keep up the good work!!

Tim and Liz Casey said...

Love the cake!!! Great job! Tim said you should open your own business one day! So glad Sadie had a great birthday celebration! Love you!

Jenn said...

Your cake was very cute. And I know exactly what you mean about the candles!