Jewel’s Birthday Party!
Last night we FINALLY had Jewel’s birthday party - I caved and did Chuck E.Cheese, since the weather is either too hot to bear and/or thunderstorms all the time.
I hate that place - so noisy, so overpriced, bleah! And the kids all go running off to play, so Jewel didn’t really spend time with them - although SHE was perfectly happy with it, as she also went running off to play (with Papa in tow).
The party wasn’t everything I might have wanted, but with so much going on in my life right now between the baby and my medical stuff, I figure it’s okay for this time. By next year we’ll be able to do something better, and she’ll be old enough to appreciate it more, anyway.
We did a “Super Hero” theme (to include the boys), since Jewel is such a Wonder Woman fan.
The stars of the show were Jewel (in her “everyday” version of her WW costume), and the Wonder Woman cake we made for her:
I saw this cake pan on Kristin’s Etsy site, Ropa Vieja, and knew we had to have it. Later, in looking for decorating details from Wilton, I discovered that it originally came with a plastic face! Off I went to eBay, and hunted one down with the face and original instruction booklet. 
Anyone want to buy an extra Wonder Woman cake pan?
So I got the pan, accumulated all the decorating equipment we needed, and laid all the plans. But in the end, between R.T. and not feeling well, it was Wolf who stepped up and made her lovely. What a guy!
Nick wants to invite three friends over and have a Rock Band party (the XBox 360 game) for his upcoming birthday. I think I can handle that! LOL
This morning Jewel’s enjoying playing with her Play Doh birthday gifts … who knew a 3 year-old could spend 5 hours doing something?!
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June 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Firstly, I love a mom who throws a super hero party for a girl!! FINALLY! My son is a super hero fanatic. I think the WW cake was awesome.
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June 7th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Hi Tiffany!!
First off, let me say that the baby is gorgeous!! I’m so sad I didn’t get chance to meet him before I left, but it sounds like you were really having a rough go of it there for a while.
And I’m quite impressed with Jewel’s cake. I could never have pulled that off. I’m no good at cake decorating at all. It came out wonderfully.
I think Nick’s idea for a party sounds much better though!! I love the “let’s just have a few friends over and hang out” type parties. Much, much simpler and, in the end, more fun I think.
We are doing well here. Hope everything is doing well there. When do you start travelling again?
July 11th, 2008 at 6:39 am
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