Two doesn’t seem like such a big number, but this was the first birthday in our house where I felt different. It wasn’t even my birthday, but it was a door opened into the world of childhood, where babyhood is left behind. Two brought a few changes with it – we have had Selfishness, Hitting, and Sleeplessness move in, but at the same time we have the joy of welcoming Vocabulary, Achievement, Pride, Kindness, Prayer, Song, Artistry, and Helpfulness. As I battle the little monster that is Two, trying to nip bad attitudes, tantrums and runaway emotions, I get the privilege of seeing Nadia’s beautiful personality bloom as she sings to her dolls, tells me about her day, colors pretty pictures and finds herself overjoyed and filled with excitement about every new thing she discovers.
Because Auntie Kristi and I have absolutely no self control, we threw Nadia a Pink Birthday Breakfast Bash. We had a mini brunch buffet and a dessert buffet, complete with a pink strawberry cake. Nadia loved the breakfast so much that she had her chair pushed in to the buffet table and started munching away. It was her birthday, after all.
Papa was a sport and let Nadia dress him up in her pink boa, handed him a pink kitty wand and some balloons. Doesn’t he look sharp?
On the menu: petit pancake stacks with raspberries, prosciutto egg cups, French toast sticks, fruit skewers, caramel apple bread pudding squares, cranberry orange scones with all the fixings, maple bacon, and sausage links. Delish!
Auntie Kristi put together the amazing dessert buffet. Her menu included mini pink cupcakes with pink buttercream frosting, dark chocolate cupcakes with a powdered sugar dusting, fresh strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting (AMAZING), lemon and strawberry macarons, sparkling pink meringues, and the cutest little pink iced donuts. Plus, there were homemade fluffy pink heart shaped marshmallows and hot cocoa. It was pretty fabulous.
What goes better with way to much sugar than a cold glass of milk? I don’t even drink milk, but these little bottles are too cute to resist.
The hit gift of the day was the Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe from Granny and Grandaddy. She was saying “More Strawberry!” as she yanked that box out of the gift bag. She hasn’t stopped playing with it since. **Nadia is extremely grateful for all of the gifts she received**
Nadia’s best pal, Addison, couldn’t make it to the party, so we had a little tea party the next day. I got her all dressed up about ten minutes too early. It was all on the floor right before our guests arrived.
Where are the portraits of the birthday girl? I know, I know. With all of the work of putting the food together, then keeping Nadia happy and talking with my friends and family, I barely squeezed in photos of the details and Nadia enjoying her party. The lesson in this – hire a photographer to photograph your child’s birthday party then you won’t be like me looking back and realizing how many things you missed. P.S. We love photographing children’s birthday parties! Give us a call so you can bake your cake and eat it to.
by Rylee
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