Isabella's Birthday - Part 3 - Food and Cake!

Since some of the children were nervous around the puppies, we did put them in the basement for the party. This was a good call since it allowed us to be more relaxed about the food and provided more space for everyone in the kitchen.

Since this was a smaller party, we stayed small on the food. We had trays of fruit, veggies, and piggies in blankets cut small for appetizer size. Of course we could not forget the chips either!

The children took their few minutes to have their snack and then it was back to more fun. They created their own games of hiding and built creations for found objects. This is sort of like Tinker Bell in the movie as she assembles things from found objects. Then it was time for cake and ice cream. Again we went a little smaller on the cake, by starting with one chocolate cake base and then a smaller strawberry "hill" on which we placed a Tinker Bell toy as the topper.

This was a compromise as Isabella had described her cake to me a few weeks ago. She basically wanted a wedding cake and brought me the column spacers when we were at the store to show me her thoughts. I had to explain to her that this was for a wedding cake or at minimum a large party and we did not have this many to feed. As it stands we have 1/2 the cake left in the frig to pick on over the next week. Oh, she has such big dreams! Isabella opened her gifts and everyone went home. Isabella really is a good girl and thanked Karl and I over and over for "the best day ever!"