Everyone Had a Ball at Carter's 2nd Birthday!

Everyone had a ball at Carter's 2nd Birthday party! With plenty of thoughtful details (especially in the menu) to make the day special and of course lots of cute kids around to enjoy the fun, the day was special for everyone. 

 

Three flavors of cupcakes in the designs of Carter's favorite sports balls.

 Ballpark hot dogs in steamed buns wrapped in foil with 

relish, mustard, onions, celery salt and/or ketchup. 

 Authentic ballpark nachos with cheese sauce and 

jalapeños for those who can handle the spice!

Soft pretzels, lightly salted with optional cheese sauce.

 

 A classic popcorn machine with popcorn bags.

 The birthday boy awaits his cupcakes!

 Of course, he just had to have one of each!

 Trying to share with you!

 The last couple of surprises: home made funnel cakes 

served warm and topped with powdered sugar!

A baseball shaped piñata for the kids to enjoy finished off the day!

Kudos to Carter's mommy for all of her great planning for his special day.

Super SuperBowl Sunday!

I had the distinct pleasure of spending SuperBowl Sunday up in the Northland (Toronto, ON, Canada) with some great friends. I also happened to have helped Tom & Stacey plan their June 2011 wedding as well! They threw a great SuperBowl-slash-birthday party for Tom's birthday and a great time was had by all. It didn't hurt that Tom loves TVs and had no less than 5 rooms with the game on - or that the centerpiece of their amazing basement is an in-home theatre with the largest projection screen one can buy for their home... Some photos of the details of the day are below.

This party was hosted by a 100% pro-Giants family. Tom's daughter made some welcoming (and hilarious!) signs for the front door. This one reads "You won't be smiling after this game, Tom Brady!!!!" I think the blacked out tooth is especially classy. ;) 

  

This one was my personal favorite: "No New England Clam Chowder in this house!" Haha.

 If the guests weren't sure which team to cheer for, this giant banner at the entrance helped clear up any confusion!

  

Tom's daughters' creativity shined when they had the idea to make a jersey for the giant blow up Santa in the front yard. His Jersey read "NYG SuperBowl XLVI" on the front and had the birthday boy's last name and age on the back.

Loved this football themed cake from an excellent Bakery in Woodbridge, ON. (Lavish Cupcakes: www.lavishcupcakes.com) It was red velvet - the birthday boy's favorite.

A guest brought these cute game time cookies with both of the team's logos. We had a tough time deciding whether to toss all of the Pats logo cookies from the get go. In the end, we decided destroying them by eating them would be a better plan. 

 

Lucky for the guests at this party - the host's home team won the game! Personally, I'm a Chicago Bears fan, which means I cheer for them and whoever is playing the Green Bay Packers. Maybe next year, right??