Well, Evelyn's party was quite a success. Even though it had to be cancelled and rescheduled due to illness, it was a nice and casual Hawaii party. And. being that it was really Evelyn's first birthday party, she was so happy. It is a month and a half later (writing this in mid January) and she is still talking about it! This makes me happy.
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| Taste a Rainbow |
It was an awesome rainbow theme. About 10 friends came by with their parents and some with their siblings. We had rainbow fruit skewers, rainbow deviled eggs, rainbow veggie tray --yes this rainbow was a bit abbreviated as I could not find fresh blue and purple veggies that I could easily serve cold. Cupcakes were tie-dye rainbow and each looked different. I used Fruity Pebbles to create rainbow colored marshmallow treats. My husband spent a long while separating out two bags of Skittles only for me to put them all in a single bowl in ROYGP order. He was not happy.
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| Wow! |
We had rainbow crafts available. Pasta necklaces and rainbow crowns were on the agenda but only a few people did them.
We also made our own hobby horses to race...as Rainbow Dash likes to race. That was loads of fun until Evelyn's big sister decided that it was a perfect time to break down and cry b/c it was not her party. This behavior lasted for a few days. I think it was too much sugar.
But, the highlight of the party was the cake. It was a blue cake that looked pretty normal until we cut into it. Yes, seven layers of colors. Bright colors. The awe on everyone's face was worth the work that it took to make it. It tasted very good too!
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| Table of rainbows. |
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| Rainbow Veggie Tray |
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| Rainbow Deviled Eggs. |
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| We had planned on this being a "pin the cloud on the rainbow" game, but most of her friends did not show up until an hour after the party was scheduled to begin. |
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| Pony Races! |
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| The cake looks pretty ugly on the outside! |
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| Happy Birthday! |
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| I love her sister's (on the left) reaction to the cake! |
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| The cupcakes were pretty too. |
