I always say the first birthday party is for the parents and pictures...the baby has no idea what is going on for them! Liora must have known what was happening, because she was taking her second nap already when the first guests arrived. She was a perfect little angel during her party and took a 3rd nap towards the end of the day.
The party was supposedly a Sofie the First party, but I think it ended up only being on the invitation. The rest was princessy.
Even though hubby probably disagrees and thinks I made it more complicated than necessary, I tried to keep the day reaaaaallly simple. However, I did want to make a birthday cake. I had great plans and thought I was very prepared. But, of course, there were complications and I felt that the whole morning was stressful trying to prepare.
It started off when I didn't have enough sugar last night. Thankfully my SIL lives in the same street. Yay. Cakes were baked. I started the icing and could not find any of my food colorings besides yellow. I needed to make purple! I borrowed that also, but couldn't get purple. First thing this morning I drove to the store to get more food coloring. My icing was a light gray and an ugly brownish purple. Mauve? After quickly googling, I found out that mixing red and blue does not necessarily create purple icing like one would thing. Yes, it makes gray...
At this point of the day I gave up. There was no time (or energy and ingredients) to start all over. I iced with what I have and stopped to clean up. I figure I may use my same ideas next year. If I don't show anyone what I was aiming to create (and they don't look at my Pinterest board), it is ok. I am pleased, however, to say that the cake and icing was yummy!
It was a nice afternoon. I'm glad for the ones who could make it. I think everyone had a good time and that is what is important to me. 10 of the 12 played outside most of the afternoon.
Video of the pinata. I bought them in Spain. I'm not sure if that's how they do it there, but it was cheap fun.
Another one.
