Ay's 3rd birthday bash!

All day Friday, the day before the party, was the time of baking!

The boys seemed to enjoy it!

We ladies were hard at work! I was excited to teach my mom & mother in law

how to pipe and fill sugar cookies! We made stars and number 3's.

We had lots of laughs about the vanilla...

And the grandpa's...well...pictures tell all right? hahaha

Ok fine, so this was after 18 holes of golf and playing with the grandkids...they have it rough eh?

The cake was finished right before dinner time, and we were set!

It took awhile but was worth it! Ay loved it.

The next day, the boys were ready to party!!

Buzz Lightyear style!

The kids arrived all at once it seemed like and so we opened Pizza Planet for business!

(We ordered Dominoes and ate it on Toy Story plates, haha!) ;)

All the kids ate their pizza on the trampoline, and thought that was pretty cool!

 Then they had some water fun!

The weather was great!! They played in the sprinkler, and did some water balloon tossing.

I had some fun with the water too! I sprayed all the kiddos on the trampoline :)

They seemed to enjoy it!

We played pin the stickers on the characters, and the little ones did better than the older!

So cute.

Then I made Darryl do it..he did ok.. hahaha

But he got me back, and I did awesome! Oh yeah..and I cheated. hahaha

Then it was cake time! Ay was pretty stoked for this!

Everyone started singing happy birthday, and he got so bashful and cute. He's so adorable!

Seems like yesterday he was only blowing one candle out. Man!

Then it was present time!! Oh how he looked forward to this!

He got so many wonderful things from our generous friends! So spoiled, that boy is!

It was so funny, because when we'd tell him who it was from, he's say thank you and go give it back to them! LOL I'm not sure why he thought to do that but it was cute.

Lots of toy story things!

SO fun!

Lastly, we did the pinata! My little lefty man did awesome hitting it!

All the kiddos had a turn and it was busted!

Ay was so funny, he started eating right then & there! I think he had an awesome party,

and I so enjoy being his mommy and planning his big days!

Thanks to everyone who helped make it so special!

Caleb's 5th birthday party! Fighter jet style.

When Caleb said he wanted a fighter jet birthday party, I was stoked. The last

TWO have been Thomas the train, and I was burnt out. LOL

Two days before the party I made these sugar cookies & used this amazing sugar cookie frosting recipe.

It took a few hours, but they turned out SO cute. 

The only pics I took of that process were with my phone..

SO sorry in advance for the quality. 

Here's the baking part! These are amazingly tasty, and PERFECT for decorating.

I highly advise using parchment paper too!

Then the outlining of the cookies, and letting them dry.

Then the flooding..

And voila! The entire process took about 3 hours.. but that's with kiddos needing things too!

The boys loved these. And Darryl even came home from work, tasted one, and said they

were awesome. They tasted sooo delicious!

Caleb was just stoked it was an airplane AND it was a cookie! haha

That night I got a picture for a stencil of a fighter jet off of the internet for the freezer paper shirt 

I made for him to wear on his party day! And the next day, after I baked the sheet cake, and was looking at how I would free hand it, my hubby got the genius idea to use the stencil as my guide! 

Ahhh, what a smartie! He says it's because he's an air traffic controller... LOL

So here's the stencil on the cake.

And here it is after we cut it out!

Then, I iced it, and added more cake & icing for the cockpit, 

per my hubby's design.. and help from Caleb's toy jet. LOL

Can you tell who else is infatuated with airplanes?

The next part was TIME CONSUMING. Fondant!

I made it myself using the recipe here.

We originally had talked about covering the entire thing, but with all the crevices

and the different shapes it became complicated.

So, I used about 6 different pieces, and then added the designs after.

Everything is edible, except for those vertical wings on the back.

I loved how it turned out!

Caleb said it was his favorite cake ever and that he was so happy I made 

him a jet cake. :)

Now for the setup!

Here are the cookies on the table, there were 2 platters of them, and half a container full of deliciousness!

Getting things organized..

Better!

Favors..

Darryl's parents arrived the night before the party, and mine the day of.

We we so grateful to have family at it!

The kids started arriving right on time, and started playing right away!

While Darryl was filling up the pool, Dixie decided she needed to take a dip. haha

There was jumping on the trampoline, burgers & hotdogs, chips & dip, krab log & crackers..

a grenade water balloon fight..

I would have gotten more shots of this had the kids not been aiming at me & my camera! haha

Darryl & Brad are big kids, I tell ya.

Plenty of water fun was had! Slip & slide and pool time were a hit!

Then we had some yummy cake! I decided to put marshmellows around it for clouds, I thought

it added a cute touch!

Caleb was pretty proud of his cake, and that made all the hours put into it worth it!

Of course Ay-man had to help his bubba out! :)

Us with our big boy! 5!!

(Notice, Ayden is sneaking a few marshmellows! LOL so cute)

Then it was present time. This kid got SPOILED!

We are blessed with amazing family & friends!

Pinata time was a hit! No pun intended ;)

The kids looooved the candy, of course.

After that, we hung out & ate, and then people started leaving.

We all had such a great time! It was perfect.

After everyone was gone besides our family from out of town, and we were all relaxing,

Ayden was still out back doing this..

Who can blame him? A pool to himself? :)

Then we took some pics with the fam before they all had to go back.

We even set up Caleb's new tent, and both sets of grandparents took turns

getting in it with the kids. It was pretty funny!

Another successful birthday party was had! The very first one we've had in our home, and it went 

awesomely well. So thankful to be able to celebrate another year of Cbear's life!

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