Rat_boy turns 1

Friday the 14th of May marked the 1st anniversary of Rat_boys birth....we had a lovely day spending the morning at the park with some friends and then later than afternoon just family and a couple close friends for cake and nibbles.

He was very spoilt and had a wonderful day, Rat_girl also had a lovely day as 2 people gave her 'birthday' presents also (a pet hate of mine when the other sibling gets presents also..but we won't dwell on that now).

And also to celebrate this day, Rat_boy had his last breastfeed awww, tomorrow will have been a week so pretty safe to say that chapter is closed now....but how nice to end it like that, an early morning feed on his birthday.

Happy Birthday Buddy!

His little girlfriend (not sure what the face is) she is 4 days his junior.

And Rat_girls (latest) little boyfriend, been friends since they were just babies..he's such a gentleman (don't tell his mother I said that!)

On the run and all grown up

No fear these kids

Presents...nice wrapping paper...and Rat_boy mid sneeze

4th Birthday morning tea

The morning of Rat_girls actual birthday

Presents YAY

Costume change, new disco outfit and dancing doll (which I plan to remove the batteries from soon LOL)

Playing the new tennis came in her disco outfit

Wondering what all the fuss is about

Happy little Rat

She was very excited as she made the cake, well helped.  The little cakes, butterflies, lady bugs etc she made with a silicone mould and cake mix she got for her birthday.  I made and iced the main cake and she helped to decorate.  It was kinda sorta a fairy garden.

Happy birthday princess!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 4th Birthday Disco Party

The kinda disco ball cake

Happy Rat

Waiting for the friends to arrive at her special party table in her special birthday rat chair

Awwwwww

Excitment was just way too much for the lil rat

Getting in on some dancing action

Cake again

Ooooooo presents

Spoilt and very very lucky

"It's my party and I'll cry if someone else sit on my chair"

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuu

MMMM cake!

I tried to get photos of all the cool party bags and stuff that I made up but it all happened so fast.

I made some playdough that I wrap in glad wrap then in the same black sequined material that is under the cake and tied with some pretty ribbon.

Then for the lolly bags, very few lollies but I made some marshmallows covered in white chocolate and sprinkled in some edible cake scatters there were sequins, flowers, leaves, hearts, very very very cute!  i put all these in ziplock bags with the top rolled down and secured with some cool clips.

Anyway the day was good and she loved it and was exhausted so that was very much worth it.

Disco Party Time

In about 6 weeks time it's Rat_girls 4th Birthday OMG 4!!!!

Anyway this year we're going offsite for the birthday party, a place here does a disco every Sunday afternoon and they will incorporate birthday parties into the disco.

So now I'm looking for all things disco.  The invites are sorted, a lady I know designs photo invites all printed, laminated with a magnet on the back and delivered YAY.

The cake...she wanted a flower cake, which she will get on her actual birthday when we have the family over for coffee and cake.  But for the party I want to keep in theme so I um...welll....decided I'd make a disco ball for a cake!  I'm even going to attempt to pain the foundant with edible paint to make it metallic and shiny.

Now I don't have to do food, I don't have to do decorations so I thought I'd put some effort into party favours.  Any ideas????

1 idea I have was to either cover marshmallows in either icing or chocolate and roll in 100's&1000's, kind of like a disco ball and I might make some playdough for the kids and wrap in some squenced material.

I wasn't going to go with the disco themed cake and stuff until I saw the invite and Rat_girl went on and on and on about the disco ball.