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nature girl 101

several weeks ago now, princess turned 8! it is hard for me to believe my teeny baby girl is growing up, but she surely is. with our big move this winter we promised our kids real birthday parties. but we managed to take a vacation just before her birthday and start school right after.


my dear princess requested cake balls for her birthday. strawberry cake with white chocolate coating. so that's what i did - i love me some cake balls! princess graciously shared her birthday with oscar this year so we ate pizza here and made the trek to dairy queen. oscar seemed very thankful!


i did however, manage to find a way to plan a birthday party for princess. she is into american girl, in case you didn't know, so her request was for a party in honor of the doll of year, Laniey. Laniey is all about nature - tree hugger extraordinaire.



so we invited her bestest friends and had a back to nature party. whiz boy prepared a nature scavenger hunt. each girl had her own bag and list. when everyone had found every item they used them to make a nature collage that i'm sure every mom was thrilled to take home with them. then we played "what's that". basically, i stuck a nature item in a bag and they could feel it to guess what it was. then we had cake, opened presents, and swam until the end. i love simple parties and all the girls were so fun!

this was probably one of the easiest cakes i've done. princess requested a tree made out of cupcakes! we threw some gobstoppers on to look like apples and hubby added a bluebird! it was easy, yummy, and quickly gone!


now i have an amazing daughter that is growing each day. she loves to learn, read, discover, shop, and hang out with her momma!
i love you, princess









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Anonymous said…
I love Chloe!
~Lizziey
September 8, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Shari said…
Cute party idea, and I love your cake!
September 9, 2010 at 9:19 AM
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