Zoey's Birthday Party

It only took me a few weeks but I am finally posting Zoey's party photo's!!! Better late then never right (that seems to be my motto lately)? Anyways, I debated for weeks about what to do for her party. I finally decided upon a simply park party. I invited a few families and we meet at a park and let the kids play. Since I didn't put alot of money into a place for the party I decided to make cute gift bags. Zoey loved Dora so I decided to make these adorable Dora backpacks from purple lunch sacks. I filled them with candy and toys and fun stuff for the kids. I felt really accomplished after making them!
I also kinda out did myself a little with the cupcakes. I thought it would be easier to have cupcakes so they could just take one and then I wouldn't have to worry about plates and forks and things. I ended up making 5 dozen cupcakes! I did 2 dozen of these Dora cupcakes. I got the idea of Nickjr.com. I had lots of fun doing the hair!

The other 2 dozen I did these cute butterflies. I could have done all of them Dora's but I got bored after 24 and wanted to do something else! The wings are made with melted chocolate just like Dora's hair. Now that I've taken a cake decorating class I probably could have done them cuter but I think I did a pretty good job with what I had!

Oh, and the best part of all the cupcakes. I had started early in the week making them so that I wasn't up all night making them right before the party. Well, that last night I went to make the last dozen cupcakes and realized that the 4 dozen I had already baked I left the water out, and they tasted NASTY!!! So, I called one of my friends over so I could go buy new cupcake mix and remake everything! It was a LONG night!!!

So, finally a picture from the party! Zoey and all the kids really liked the cupcakes.

I was very glad that Clay, my wonderful husband, was able to join us for the party. He works ALOT and I apreciate all he does! He helped me by watching Zoey durring almost the whole party so that I could take care of everything else and say hi to all my friends. Zoey loves her daddy and they had a great time.

Zoey's favorite thing at the park is to swing. She could swing forever and not want to stop. So, we ofcourse swung her!!!

She also loves slides. I love how her hair ALWAYS gets staticy when she goes down the slides. She is such a brave little girl and has no fear when it comes to climbing on the steps and going down the slides. I'm glad she likes the park and I'm glad the weather is warming up so that we can go more often.

Of course by the end she was done and tired and ready to go home! We had such a blast and I am so glad that so many friends and family could join us for her party! Now to start thinking of ideas for next years party...

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