The Birthday Party

HQ and my sister minutes before the party.  I wasn't able to finish either of their costumes before the party, so my sister is wearing a Geisha costume I made for her Halloween 2008 and HQ is wearing a mishmosh of stuff.  

The Cakes

The "Sister Spider" cake was made for us by Sweet Lavendar Bake Shoppe.  It was a delicious 6" red velvet cake (Ty and my favorite) The spider web was made from dark chocolate.  Izzy LOVED the fact that there was an Izzy spider and an HQ spider.  She also loved that they had Hello Kitty-ish bows on their heads.  A purple ribbon with sparkles was wrapped around the bottom of the cake. It was even more adorable than we had envisioned.  

 The Ghost and Pumpkin Cake was made for us by The Great Dane Baking Company.  This was a yummy 10" marble cake with a strawberry jam filling.  We weren't allowed to talk to the decorator, so we didn't quite get what we wanted, but it still came out cute! What you can't really see in the picture are the sparkles it was dusted with.  They were a nice touch. 

The Party

We had pizza, soda, veggies, fruit, macaroni salad, green salad, cake, and ice cream for the party.  We had pin the tail on the monster, musical chairs, pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples, and the kids played with the Wii.  32 people were there and Izzy was so excited.  About an hour into the party The Vikings vs. The Packers game started and most of the guys stayed in the living room to watch the game. 

The failed pumpkin paints.  Recently purchased, each pack of paints was completely dried out!
Fortunately kids are easy to please  and we made do with some sharpies.

HQ showing a friend how one should use a dog carrier.

Getting ready to blow out her candles.  

Ty giving HQ a pre-blowing out of the candles pep-talk. 

HQ's first piece of cake.  She is also opening a present at the same time.
My kids are pretty talented. 

Izzy needed a slice of each cake.  She was to excited to each much of either one!.

Opening gifts.

Izzy explaining how to bob for apples. 

Followed by a demonstration.

Izzy's cousin (Wolverine) discovers that the apples aren't real.
They are actually plastic apples which we filled with little goodies.
$3.75 a dozen. Yay Orientaltrading.com! 

HQ and some of her little friends. 

Pin the tail on the monster.  This one was made specifically for the girls by Bill Main.
The monster is even wearing pink cowgirl boots just like the ones Izzy and HQ own.

 

Izzy said it was the best party ever! She said that she wants a mermaid theme next year.  

She is known for changing her mind.