Lots of Friends

This last week we talked a lot about Miss K's party. She was so excited about it. One night I asked her who was going to come and she named everyone (M, K, L, K, N, and T) and then she said, "Lots of friends. Yay!" She's my little social butterfly.

They party was nice and low-key, just as I had hoped. The kids played outside with the sand table, the car and the tricycle. They also did the bounce house and played with the kitchen inside. We only had one melt down when N and one of the other party guests bonked heads in the bounce house (nothing serious thankfully!).

K got lots of girly-girl stuff. A pair of shoes, and lots of "Hello Kitty" things. (Plate, bowl, purse, stuffed animal, coloring book, stickers, bath toy), a tea set (plastic which is excellent so she can play with it all she wants!), and one more that isn't opened yet (she fell asleep). She loved the whole party.

She gave her best friend a big hug and then a big kiss right on the lips. Pretty cute. She just loves this little girl (M). M takes gymnastics with her. She gets so excited as we walk into gymnastics and says, "M____, M_____) when she sees her.

The ice cream cake was good and easy! I highly recommend making one. I made a cookie crust with 1/2 a box of "chocolate wafers," 1 package (just one cellophane) chocolate graham crackers, ~3 tablespoons butter and ~2-3 tablespoons brown sugar. I put it all in the food processor and then pressed it in a 9x13 pan. I baked it for about 10 minutes at 300 and then refrigerated.

I got up this morning and put "cookies and cream" ice cream as the first layer, then cut up brownies (into teeny little pieces) and then put a layer of chocolate with chocolate chips in it. On top I put whipped cream and decorated it with pink icing that said "Happy Birthday" and K's name on the side. I ran out of room and the writing was awful, but the cake tasted delicious!

The weather was perfect today so we ate outside (much less mess to clean up). Really, it was a great party for a 2 year old! I wanted it to be mellow. It was. The best part was, there was enough entertainment for the kids so that the adults could actually talk.