Friday, March 20, 2009

Photo Story Friday--Birthday!!

It's hard to believe that my kids are growing up. Hard to believe that my first little baby is eight!! My sweet, shy, heart of liquid gold, Parson turned eight on Saturday.

We celebrated with his friends and had a Star Wars party. It was a lot of fun! We played a few Star Wars games. I think the highlight of the party was making lightsabers for all of the kids. With the help of my friend Google, I found this awesome, easy, and even cheap way to make personalized lightsabers for each of the kids.


I made him a Star Wars cake. I know I am no professional (by any stretch of the word!) but I have to say, it turned out SO much better than last year's cake. And he thought it was cool, so that's what matters.


Later we celebrated with family. We had a pizza party. For this party cake, I decided to make a trifle. It was my first ever attempt, and it was awesome. It was easy, and everyone LOVED it! I think I will definitely be making it again. Especially for feeding a large group. I found it on my Betty Crocker ipod app. I just made it in my punch bowl and it was perfect.


All in all, we had an AWESOME day! Thanks everyone!

Happy Birthday Parson, I love you!!

13 comments:

Are You Serious! said...

♥ Love the cake! Lane would love it too. I love your idea to put the trifle in a punch bowl! :)

Cecily R said...

How cow! I want a light saber...what a COOOOOOOOL mom you are!!!!

Happy Birthday (late) kiddo!

tiarastantrums said...

looks like a great party!

Leah said...

All parents can relate to the realization that they grow soooo fast. Keep making memories! Looks like your party was a hit!

Chris said...

A Star Wars birthday?

You MUST be a terrific mother!

said...

Looks like a very successful party judging by the smiles on the guests!

I am Arizona; a person, not a place. said...

I love that cake! It looks great! The personalized light sabers were a great idea. It looks like everyone had a great time!

Jaysi said...

The light sabers are awesome! I will have to try that out. Holy moley that trifle is huge!! That would feed a lot of people.

Happy Birthday to your "big" guy!

Tonya Staab said...

Happy birthday Parson. The party looked fabulous and you did a great job on the cake.

They grow up way too quickly :(

girlytwins said...

Very cool!! I think your cake looks awesome.

Funny that we went to a Star Wars party this weekend too. Nothing as cool as home made light sabers though. You rock!!

Straight to Your Hart said...

Wow...what a fun party!! What a great mom you are! Happy Birthday..a little late...but looks like such a great time.

We should do lunch??What day works for you?? Going on the 28th?

Carissa(GoodnCrazy) said...

ISn't that a TRIFLE BIG!!

Laura said...

What a great birthday. We have a boy birthday coming up. I love these ideas.