Why 5 year olds are not allowed to wear makeup in public.

Enough said!

Touchdown Griffin!

This is Griffin's second year to play football. At the private school we attend, there are only 3 boys who play so we partner with another school. It is amazing how in 1 year a non-aggressive boy can change into a take charge young man. He has shown huge improvement over last year. Last Friday during the game, he had many first times.

* First time to catch a pass.

* First time to run the ball 52 yards.

* First time to score a TOUCHDOWN!

The only thing I missed was taking pictures of it. I was screaming/cheering  too much to think of grabbing my camera. 

Even though these pictures are not of the touchdown, they still show my boy( I mean young man) strutting his stuff.

Way to go Griffin! We are so proud of you and all you accomplishments!

Let's do it again this Friday!

Birthday Tea Party!

I guess I can just designate August and September as THE BIRTHDAY MONTHS. We have had 1 or 2 birthday parties every weekend so far. Two of my own children have  birthdays this month. One who will be turning 16 I might add. I am not even going think about that right now..........the nerves....the tears.....the worrying. All those crazy drivers on the road with my baby!

Back to the birthday parties! We attended a cute cute cute tea party last weekend for the daughter of close friends. The mother did an amazing job on the party!

When we first arrived, the girls were able to to go to The Birthday Boutique and put on the necessary tea party accessories.

How do you know when you have a girl who has her mother's feet?

I have to tell you every time she fell......... it was ladylike!

After the girls were accessorized, each one was introduced and entered through a special walkway.

TIME FOR TEA!

Each girl had a special place to sit along with her doll.

Notice the real China.......so cute and very brave!

The girls were able to choose from a variety of tea party food including a chocolate fountain.

The birthday girl's cake was a tea pot.

See the boy in the black suit?

He was such a handsome waiter. He pushed a cart around the tables serving tea to all the girls. 

My girls had a fabulous time!

Cupcake Wars 9 year old style!

We have been very busy having some party fun! A couple of weeks ago Laney and Ella were invited to their first Cupcake Wars birthday party. We love that show! If you have never seen it, it comes on Food Network. Four cupcake bakers battle it out for $10,000 and for their cupcakes to be featured at a special event. We love watching the type of cupcakes each baker presents and guessing who will win. So when we received the invitation for this birthday party, I don't know who was more thrilled....the girls or me! I was asked ahead of time to be one of the judges.

Each girl was given an apron.

Then before the baking began we got a quick photo of all the competitors.

They we split into teams of four. 

This was Laney's team.

After the teams grouped together,  they had to discuss their strategy. They had three different rounds.

Round 1: Taste

Round 2: Presentation

Round 3: The Kaylee cupcake

Let the baking begin..........

They chose ingredients from the table.....

and began creating!

While waiting on the cupcakes to bake, check out what I caught the jr. group doing.

I don't remember seeing that on the show!

After each round, they had to present their cupcake to the judges.

This was my plate before..............

and this was my plate after the tasting challenge. As you can see that is way to much sweet for me to eat in one sitting. Overall my favorite was the chocolate cupcake coated with a chocolate sauce topped with butter cream frosting. I was highly impressed with the jr group.

For the third round, each girl had to decorate a cupcake around Kaylee the birthday girl.

Laney made hers blue(Kaylee's favorite color).

Ella's on the other hand.......... almost didn't make it to judging time!

A few of the other highlights from the party..............THE SWEETS GALORE!

She had a table filled with.....

cupcakes!

cupcake cookies!

A cupcake cake!

This was such a fun party....... but I would not want to be part of the after party clean up crew! All I saw when I left was frosting, frosting, sprinkles, frosting, sprinkles, sprinkles..............

Check back later for another adorable party we attended!