A while back I asked Mikey, "What kind of cake do you want for your birthday?"
He said, "Blue. Blue cake. Blue pizza."
Okay. Not sure about the blue pizza, but I could do blue cake.
It helped that I had an assistant.
Well, not so much an assistant as a "lick the
peanut/tree nut/egg free cupcake batter girl."
"Official Pre-Bake Taste Tester" would be a good name for her.
With a little help from the internets for some advice on
coloring cake batter, I was able to come up with
these beauties.
SUH-WEEEEET.
Then I whipped up a batch of quick blue-tinted butter frosting and swirled it on top.
I was so proud.
Best lookin' batch of cupcakes I ever made.
We had a nice little play date party.
It happened to be at the same park where we had Katie's 2nd birthday party.
It's a great park for that age range.
One of the cool parts of the party was watching Katie play with
a friend of hers knowing that they were at the exact same park 3 years ago.
Hannah has a little bro in the same
preschool class as Mikey.
Here's Katie and Hannah in 2008.....
......and in now, 2011.
A good time was has by all. There was lots of swinging, sliding, bouncing,
sand digging and ball kicking.
Katie actually "pumped" herself to a start on the
swing for the first time that day.
Not to be outdone, Mikey wanted to swing on
the big kid swing too.
"Na-Na wear Choo-Choo hat!"
And then after all the action and some snacks it was time for cupcakes!
"MMMMMMMMMMM!"
There was blue everywhere.
As it should be.
After blue CARS cupcake fest, it was time for presents.
Mikey had a lot of help from the resident five and almost-five year olds.
They directed his every move and helped him to
open all of his presents in about 4 minutes.
I'm lucky I got any pictures at all.
After the party we came home and
opened all the family gifts.
THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!
He was SO excited.
For dinner, we went and had Mikey's favorite.
Can you guess what that was?
Then it was home for Birthday Party - Round 2.
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, BLUE GUY!
