Kenny's Pokémon Party

I can't believe we have planned ten different birthday parties for Kenny as of this year. I always said I'd make them alternate years or something, but then I realized planning parties is one of my favorite hobbies so the madness continues year after year. One of the other main reasons we continue the parties is that it really seems to help Kenny with friends. It's difficult to maintain close friends in miami with everyone living so far apart and the craziness of everyone's schedules. Having his birthday parties seems to give Kenny extra confidence in the friend department. This year Kenny's latest obsession is obviously Pokémon. With the release of the new Pokémon go app its become a pretty widespread obsession among kids.

Kenny ready for a fun night dressed as Ash (a Pokémon trainer) with his pikachu phone in hand.

I call it the Pokémon explosion cake. It was really fun to assemble and quite different from cakes I'd done in the past.

Our little pokecrew minus the sleeping bulbasaur.

I turned Kenny's favorite treat from chocolate fashion into poke balls

Pokeball cake pops

Gotta catch em all

The primary president, sister Belnap, crocheted this amazing ball for Kenny.

My favorite party elements are always what the kids help with. Kenny had been working on his Pokémon drawings for the weeks leading up to his party and the made a fabulous backdrop

Ash and charizard // playing Pokémon go with one of his berliners

Cake details are always my favorite

Grandma Patty has managed to be here for all of Kenny's birthdays. I'm not sure how that tradition will keep going with so many more grandchildren!

The cake was real pretty inside with red velvet, chocolate and vanilla layers, but I never got a great picture of it.

The cups up front are banana pudding cups Kenny asked for from the magnolia bakery bake book.

Party on!

Kenny loves a captive audience, and Lucia was just eating it up.

Playing Pokémon games

The night ended in a backyard movie per Kenny's request. They watched ghostbusters, which all the other parents were surprisingly ok with. As we watched it we realized it may not have been the best choice for kids...

 

Meow

Ellie wanted to host a black cat party with some girls from her class to kickoff the Halloween season. It was so cute seeing her so excited for it and having her help me with all the details. Ellie was losing sleep the nights leading up to it because she was so excited. Haha.

Ada, Ellie, Alexia, Lucia

Decorating sugar cookies

Cute cute Ellie // what fun is a cat party without a little mouse to snack on?!

We love our donut cat I grew up with that grandma Patty made

Sprinkles!!

Alexia

 

Happy birthday Bruce!!

I can't believe our Brucey-boo is two. He is seriously THE sweetest little babe in the entire world. We feel so dang lucky to have him in our family. He cracks us up constantly and melts our hearts always.

For his party, I wanted the theme to be just all about everything Bruce. His favorite color is orange, he LOVES suckers cookies and donuts. He is the chillest kid we have ever met and it is the cutest thing ever when he says "I am Bruce". So we went with 'I am Bruce' as a theme and it was perfect for our sweet boy.

Happy birthday Bruce. We love you times a million.

Just tasting a bit of everything before the party.

My poor mother finds sprinkles for months all over her house after I finish baking

I love how his cake turned out. It's just so Bruce.

I am Bruce!

This face.

Bruce helped me make this piñata the morning of the party. He was so proud of it.

Bruce loved being in the spot light

Get it Bruce.

Sweet baby Patrick James

Grandma patty is always there running the behind the scenes action to make my kids birthday parties possible. I don't know what I'd do without her.

Bruce sure loves his pizza

I drive all the way to Provo bakery twice for these letter donuts. First to give them my coordinating sprinkles the again to pick them up. I was a little surprised to see some hot pink donuts in the mix (what?!) but it turned out super cute anyway.

It was so fun having so many family and friends to celebrate with us.