Had a Pink, Red and White themed birthday party for darling daughter the week after Maldon. We had lots of Ella's and my friends from playgroup, gymnastics and kinder and we had suitably red, pink and white food - white chocolate crispie cakes, white choc cherry rocky road, ham and cream cheese sandwiches, pink and white flower cupcakes, red watermelon, white choc dipped strawberries, chips and pink, red and white dips, red, pink and white gummy sweets... and pink, red and white grape juice (ahem!) for the grown ups.
The girls made sparkly wands and pretty bracelets and played sleeping bunnies and musical bumps - to Abba, of course... Start them young! There was so much glitter and ribbon and so many sequins and beads around that it looked like a fairy had exploded
They also had pretty flower headbands but these proved to be less than robust, so pictures are minimal... you can see in this photo Phoebe is thinking 'as soon as you take this picture, I'm ripping this blinking thing off my head'. Actually, she's probably also thinking 'I see beads. I could eat that, I could, and those shiny sparkly sequins. Bet they're tasty' Shortly followed by 'A dress? You put me in a dress? You know I can't crawl in this, right?' Really? Gee, I never thought of that.... hehehe...
So Ella's cake was a triumph of pink, flowery, sparkly girliness. You'll note I have photographed from above to disguise the sunken middle... which wasn't too bad anyway by the time I had cut down the edges slightly and filled in the middle with extra buttercream! So at least I can still make them look pretty - maybe I just need to start buying the sponge cakes...
And I was pretty happy with the flower fairy cakes too, though the technique needs a bit of perfecting! Ella gave me a hug afterwards and said 'thank you for my happy birthday mummy!' Ahhhhh...
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