My Little Pony Rainbow Sprinkle Party

Ellie has had her birthday theme picked out for nearly a year now. My Little Pony has been her favorite for the last year and to Ellie, anything tastes better with sprinkles so there was nothing more fitting for her.

It's actually really fun planning a party for a 4-year-old girl because she gets so excited about all the prep work and is constantly in the kitchen with me baking and thinking of new ideas. I figure if I put in my time now letting her help, then someday she will actually speed up the process instead of slow it down ;) .

Ellie's birthdays always end up being more of a whimsical style. It seems to fit her personality. 

Sprinkles, sprinkles everywhere

The family shot would not be complete without one of Ellie's ponies in her face

Cake decorating table

These little felt ponies took me FOREVER to make, but Ellie loved them so it was worth it (kinda sorta). I would definitely recommend using a sewing machine instead of stitching them all by hand like I did. We made enough for each girl to take one home with her.
Tutorial Here 

These ice cream cone cake pops were by far the cutest of the treats

Waiting for all her little friends to arrive

I covered these Papier-mâché letters in rainbow jimmies for a fun backdrop 

We made each girl a baking apron with a my little pony picture on it for her to decorate as we waited for all the guests to arrive

Ellie decided she wanted a blue apron to be like rainbow dash

Ellie took all her friends outside to jump on her new trampoline

Ellie didn't like to stop and pose with her pony, but we still snuck a few shots in

Grandma Patty flew all the way from Utah just to be there for Ellie on her big party day. We sure love grandma.

All the little cake plates lined up for the girls to decorate their own cakes on

Ellie hard at work making her masterpiece

I was surprised how long these girls lasted decorating their cakes. They put so much thought into each one, it was adorable!

More fun cakes

Their finished products

Pony races outside

Treat cups to thank the girls for coming

Ellie got SUPER shy when everyone sang happy birthday. She wouldn't even blow out her candles! I guess there is a first for everything...normally we have to relight them five times until she's happy.

Four little candles all in a row

Piñata time

My little pony sugar cookies we made

Caught sneaking a few more gumballs

Kenny was such a good sport even though it was "just a girl party"

Ellie decided to dive into her cake face first

Such a fun little party

We sure love our Ellie!

Toy Story Birthday

We had Ken's Buzz Lightyear birthday party on Saturday at our house. It was pretty much the coolest birthday party ever and we all had a blast, especially Ken!

Since I have so much free time I thought it would be fun to make Ken this masterpiece. It was my first time using fondant, but I was so happy with the way it turned out and Ken loved it. (Joey Comment: Amber seriously made this cake and she made it all the way from the brown fence to the very shaped moon. She stayed up until 5am finishing it, two nights in a row and some how managed to study, do clinicals, etc... I only say this because I think some may doubt.)

I posted a million pictures of it because it took me 12 hours to make, lived for about 5 hours, and was destroyed in about 2 minutes. Totally worth it for the look on Ken's and the other kids' faces.

I was particularly pleased with how the moon turned out.

Joe and Ellie just hanging out at the party

The bounce house was a hit and the kids were so entertained I didn't have to try to come up with games to entertain them. Genius.

Ken had a perm-a-grin all day!

King of the slide!

Ken and Rebeca had to sit by each other at the head of their table to eat their pizza.

I love this picture of Elizabeth with my mama. Grandma was very excited because it was her first time to ever play in a bounce house!

Getting everyone gathered around for some pinata action

Collecting the goods. You can tell these kids are still only 3-4 because it took them like 15 minutes to finally get all the prizes and candy off the ground.

Ken was quite proud of his cake

Blowing out the candles...I'm not sure if Ken was actually the one to blow it out or the one of the 7 other kids trying to blow it out before he could.

Joey Comment: one of the cool things was that we had the bounce house for the whole day. So, before the party Ken and I bounced to our delight. Then after the party Amber, Ken, Ada (Amber's friend from Anesthesia school), and myself bounced for hours again. We had a great time and I loved being a kid again!