A Quick Party

Amongst packing, moving and being almost full term in our 2nd pregnancy we also had out little mans 2nd birthday... just cos there was not enough going on. Family had suggested to postpone LJ's 2nd birthday celebrations with everything that was going on but I was not having any of that! He is our little boy and he deserved a small gathering to celebrate his 2nd birthday!
So with not much time and the very little energy I had left I got to organising a birthday party.

Whilst packing up our old house I had been mindful of where I had packed all the left over party supplies from LJ's 1st birthday and so this box was first on my to open list.

This saved me heaps of time and money. I already had blue plates, napkins, forks, spoons and knifes. I also had some blue tissue paper and a bunch of different coloured balloons. And so the necessities were covered... now to theme the party... hmm what did I have in the cupboard??

Looking in LJ's toy box I came across a jack in the box, a spin top, some wooden alphabet blocks and his red waggon. So I decided to pull these modern vintage toys out and use those as decorations.
I did a quick shopping list and struggled to the shops where I just grabbed a red table cloth, some red tissue paper and a happy birthday banner.... decorations done - check!

The cake.. what to do for the cake?? Last year I made a 3D owl...

But this year I could not do anything like that! Not at 38 weeks pregnant with bubs giving me so much pain. And so I decided a simple two tear square cake would have to do. This time however I cheated and bought two square sponge cakes, cut one smaller for the top and then iced it..

With only hours to go till people arrived this was what I was faced with... ahhh.. my worst cake ever!
I had trouble rolling out the icing with my big belly getting in the way I just ended up giving up and the perfectionist in me took a back seat.

It worked out OK in the end.. not my best cake but a cake none the less.

Now for the food... Usually I would make everything from scratch as I love to bake however with little time and NO energy I cheated again and made packet cupcakes and a brownie slice then got each family member to bring a plate of food. Easy.. food done - check!

I could not believe that I had everything organised and under control considering we had been in our new house for 5 days and were living out of boxes.
I even managed time to style my hair and put some make up on... make up.. I never get to do that!

Now it was not much but it was better than nothing... and apparently the only thing I had forgotten about was our camera...  lol.
Non the less it was a great day...

And what a surprise when LJ got given some very theme fitting gifts also...

A vintage tin push car

A sketch-o-gram

A car floor mat

Overall, our Mr2 had a wonderful time running around playing with family and friends. A day full of fun and the sound of giggles... And I loved watching every min of his enjoyment!

 

^YKylie