Tweeny Bopping

I don't know what the deal is, but the last few birthday celebrations I've thrown together for the kids have felt very half-heartedly and hastily thrown together.  Even though I've still spent TONS of time throwing said celebrations together.  It's quite the paradox.  Haha.  For Sophie's Saturday extravaganza, I took Jane with me to Target to shop for everyone's presents and to grab the necessary supplies to create some allergy-free treats.

Once we were home, I got to work whipping up her requested "microphone cake" out of Rice Krispies, marshmallows, and "Sophie butter" (Smart Balance Light).  I made some make-shift molds using a couple of small Tupperware containers and then fashioned a microphone with the set up Rice Krispie treats.  After mixing up some icing, I covered the bottom piece with some black fondant that I was excited to find in the cabinet and then frosted the top and attempted to pipe a microphone-y design over it.  I was semi-successful.  Ish.  In all honesty, the end result didn't look too great -- I was trying to get a gray color for the icing and that didn't work so I decided to make it purple.  But that didn't look quite right either.

 {It looks a little rough.}

In the end, the cake looked nothing like the image I found through my Google searching, but I think it was passable enough for Sophie, and we were almost ready to get on with the show.  Before we could, however, I had to whip up some normal cake for the rest of the kids, because NOBODY likes her version of Rice Krispie treats.  While I finished up the Rainbow Party Chip cupcakes, Ethan was a dear and gave in to my incessant demands for help by wrapping all the presents, and after rounding everyone up we were ready to sing.  :)

 {That piping job, though.  YIKES.}

 {Isaac has been eschewing clothing as of late.}

 A Maddie Ziegler novel from Alex...

 ...some cute magnetic cacti book clips from Isaac...

..."642 Things to Draw" from Ethan...

We sang, she opened, and the kids ate -- and it was over just like that.  It appears as though Sophie enjoyed all her gifts -- and she obviously enjoyed being the center of attention -- and with the smorgasbord of cupcakes, Rice Krispie treats, ice cream flavors, and popsicles to make everyone happy, I think it was a successful birthday party.  Which makes it that much weirder that it still ended up feeling so hastily done.  Oh well!  All that really matters is that Sophie was a happy camper, and I'm pretty sure she was, so it's all good.  ;)

 ..."Ideation" -- a new journal, from me and Scott...

 ...Mix & Mash slime from Jane...

...and an inside joke Barbie from Grace.