Emma's Sec Birthday | Cookie Decorating & Work Solid Unit Of Measurement Party

Two years ago, nosotros were at Emerson Hospital inwards Concord, getting laid to select Emma dwelling - I can't believe it.  Time flies.  If I travail actually hard, I tin nonetheless experience what it felt similar the instant she was born.  So surreal.  

For her birthday, I wanted it to locomote a solar daytime (ok... weekend) that would locomote all nearly her favorite things.  It started amongst a whimsical morning time of snowflake balloons, a doll solid in addition to glittered packages.  I invited her cousins in addition to aunts to decorate Snow Day themed saccharide cookies that morning, in addition to then nosotros had the remainder of the menage unit of measurement for dinner that nighttime for a casual nighttime of pasta in addition to cupcakes.  After dinner the girls took horse-drawn wagon ride to expect at Christmas lights.  It was such a slap-up weekend filled amongst thrills for Emma - in addition to Mom in addition to Dad.

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I wanted her locomote surprised when she woke upward in addition to came downstairs, thus I picked upward some balloons to decorate - clear 16" balloons amongst argent glitter inside.  I had concluding infinitesimal inspiration to hang snowflakes (paper-source, $5) from the streamers, when I saw the adventure of snowfall inwards the overnight forecast.   It took nearly v minutes in addition to completely delighted her.  She had the sweetest petty grin on her seem upward when nosotros carried her inwards the living room.

Mr. Darcy is to a greater extent than interested inwards the packages than Emma.

She skipped correct by the doll solid in addition to packages to get together all of the snowflakes.  This has me rethinking my plans for Christmas gifts... possibly simply a room total of balloons?

She did honey the glittered packages - "Pixie Dust" wrapping paper.  (Paper-Source)

Back to gathering snowflakes!

Her novel "dollies" got her attention!

Emma spies her....




































....cupcakes!





Everyone was shocked to detect out that Mike in addition to Emma made the cupcakes.   They made the cake business office the nighttime earlier piece I had fun picking upward my political party supplies.

I frosted them amongst a pale pinkish frosting, topped them amongst sanding saccharide in addition to an "Emma's Room Pink" (of course) Celebration Candle.

We made "homemade" cinnamon rolls the nighttime before, allow them ascent overnight in addition to baked them piece nosotros opened her packages.  Here is waits patiently inwards her gingham cookie decorating apron (Pottery Barn Kids) in addition to political party hat.

I lay together a quick centerpiece for the tabular array piece Emma lay her political party wearing clothing on.  Magnolia leaves, cedar sprigs, white hydrangea...

And a actually beautiful white Amaryllis.  I honey using Amaryllis inwards a cutting arrangement.  This stalk of iv blooms was $12 in addition to worth every penny.  Last year, I did 3 pale pinkish Amaryllis for Emma's Birthday, also amongst magnolia in addition to cedar.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 unproblematic tabular array amongst preserved topiaries, candles in addition to my flowers.

My Birthday Girl in addition to her dollies.

We invited Emma's cousins in addition to aunts over to decorate Snow-y Christmas Cookies.  I wanted the girls to conduct maintain fun amongst the cookies, but I wanted them to locomote "pretty" equally well, thus I opted for a span of colors of icing, in addition to then 3 unlike types of white sprinkles.  The snowflake sprinkles were definitely the most popular.

I had boxes, ribbon in addition to tags laid to larn for packing upward cookies for everyone to accept home.



I used my Snow Day themed cards - I honey them because they are holiday-ish, but non also Christmassy, since this is Emma Birthday.  I intend they'll locomote fun inwards January, too, to accept treats unopen to to neighbors on a snowed-in day.

Patiently waiting to decorate...

She had to larn dorsum in addition to banking venture tally out all of the sprinkles 1 to a greater extent than time.

She decided she would practise in addition to pretend piece she waited.

Emma in addition to her cousin Sam starting on their cookies.  I tin say this is the start one, because sprinkles in addition to icing before long covered every surface inwards sight.

Emma had a signature 1 blob of blue, amongst a few sprinkles.




Sam had a signature giant pile of icing roofing every morsel of cookie, in addition to then completely covered amongst snowflakes.

Kate is nonetheless working on her technique.  Mostly licking.

Here are some of their industrial plant of art, amongst a few of mine inwards "kid-style" to fill upward inwards the gaps.  Beautiful!

Gramp Gramp in addition to the ii youngest girls... both babies simply concluding year.

Uncle Josh & Claire joining inwards on the fun.

We had our ain concert amongst Emma's novel laid of instruments.   She's actually going to town amongst her "trumpet."




Such a slap-up weekend in addition to filled to the brim amongst fun for Emma in addition to slap-up memories for us.  Happy Birthday to our sweetness Emma.

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