Daddy’s b-day cake

Well Daddy’s birthday isn’t until the 21st, but I made a cake for him that we could share with our small group last night. I was ready for a new cake challenge and I wanted to do something cute for him.  Since we are going to the beach next week, I decided to make him a beach cake.  I had to do this cake quickly since we had such a busy day yesterday.  I made this quicker than any other cake!  I really wish I had time to make a palm tree and surfboard.  Here it is… his beach cake…

Water and waves with a dolphin

Beach complete with sandcastle, sand dollar, towel, drink and umbrella.  I borrowed Strawberry shortcake’s umbrella :)

Birthday day with Mommy and Daddy at the zoo

Kyndal went to school on September 1st and Daddy got off early so that we could pick her up and do something fun with her just the 3 of us.  She decided on the zoo.  We had so much fun since the zoo was not busy at all. I got to take a lot of pictures of the animals.  We left the zoo and Kyndal had a quick nap in the car then we at at one of her favorite places… Chick-fil-a.  It was family night so she got her hands painted (instead of her face) and got to see baby cow.  She came home and had a few more presents to open.  It was a full day.    

Our little peanut

Kyndal had her 3 year well check-up last week.  Everything is great with her.  She is still 26 pounds and is in 5th percentile for height and 10th percentile for weight.  She is our little peanut and although she is 3 now and growing older I am still enjoying her being little. 

Family

Kyndal had 3 sets of Grandparents at her party and her Aunt Tami, Aunt Katherine, and cousin Courtney.  We took the opportunity to take pictures of Kyndal with each set of Grandparents and a group shot of all of the family.

Birthday Girl

All dolled up in her tu-tu and new shirt!

 

 

Jayce and Kyndal

Blowing out the birthday candles

Pretty Girl

Lots of present opening

Look, another purse

Loves her new barbie guitar!

Party Fun

We got a Strawberry Shortcake bounce house for the party.  The kids (both little and big) had a blast bouncing in the bounce house and playing on the swingset.

 

 

Love this one, someone’s foot and someone’s hair in the pic, LOL!

 

Jayce made sure we got our money’s worth from the bounce house.

 

 

One of my favorite pics of the day, she is having such a good time and it is typical of Kyndal talking with her hands to someone.

A “Berry” Special Birthday Party

Kyndal picked the theme for her birthday party this year. She started off wanting a Belle party, from Beauty and the Beast. She changed her mind and Strawberry Shortcake stuck until about a week before the party and she asked for Belle again, LOL! She was very happy about her Strawberry Shortcake party. It is a fun theme to work with, however not as easy to find stuff out there for favors and the cake as the Disney stuff is. Ebay and the Dollar store were great sources for me though. Kyndal was very specific about her cake and wanted to have Strawberry Shortcake, pupcake and custard all on her cake. Finding a pupcake AND custard was hard, but I did it :)
Here are some details from the party…

Favor boxes to look like Strawberries

Prizes

Kyndal’s name banner

Scratch off prize tickets

Party blow-outs

Flowers Kyndal picked out for the party

This tray had Strawberry shortcake rolls on the top, Gingersnaps on the middle and Blueberry muffins on the bottom.

Candy triffle, Strawberry whoppers, Strawberry candy, and Hershey kisses

Some cupcakes

Strawberry twizzlers

Strawberry Jelly Sandwiches

Made out own fruit arrangement, chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate dipped strawberry marshmallows, and pineapple, and cantaloupe.

Balloons