Miss 2's Bird party

Most of you probably already know that I'm a sucker for Children's party's..
I love the decorating, the organising, the fun, the laughter and the food :P

I make fairy bread, not because my kids are all that fond of it...but because I loooove it and it brings fond memories back of my childhood.

Last year for Thalia's birthday we had a ladybug cake but due to her being so young we didn't get too carried away with the theme apart from the cake and loot bags.

This year that she has blossomed in her personality, knows exactly what a birthday and birthday party is... a big smile appeared on my face and the planning begun.

With Thalia's help the theme was picked ...BIRDS


As the planning and decorations progressed, it turned into a theme of blue birds and pink blossoms
- a colour and picture combination that seemed just perfect for our little girl.

In preparation to my munchkins birthday parties in the last 2 years or so, we seem to have developed a bit of a unplanned tradition. A month or weeks prior to the party my munchkins and I dabble in crafty creations based on the party theme to decorate our house.

This both creates art/craft activities for us to do leading to the excitement of a party, saves us on party costs for decorations/loot bags, makes a nice homemade personal touch to the party and adds to the fun.

I love baking the cake and party foods and attempting to make them fit the theme....thank goodness I enjoy baking, as it can often be a challenge to come up with new and exciting cakes/party foods that are allergy friends and suit my children's requirements as well as tasting good for our guests.

below are some photo's from Thalia's bird party- a lovely afternoon/night with many friends


a cute caged birdie to
join in on the celebration!



out the back

handmade my mummy - Thalia's own  paper bunting
laminated for a keepsake or room decoration.

birdie tree tables decoration

birthday girl checking out her new kitchen before most of the guests arrive

a very precious photo of Thalia and her great Grandma

 

party bags and blue bird nest

some of the party food

The Craft table- compete with lots of chunky glitter,
foam stickers, crayons, bird pictures and glue
for lots of crafty fun.

The birthday girl playing with play dough
a must for a little person's party...
pssst and big people like it too

water play

 

Our very full pool on a very hot day

Cake time!! sadly I didn't remember to get a close up photo of the cake
but it's a chocolate nest made from Chocolate Aero bars
and homemade honeycomb covered in chocolate.
Inside the nest are 3 cupcake birds with eyes and beaks,
Thalia's cupcake had a lolly worm in it's mouth :)

3 good friends enjoying cake

pass the parcel

birthday girl wearing her new much loved Dorothy tail.
a very big wiggles fan.

Her new kitchen and homemade birdie wall art

All the wonderful pressies, thanks to all her beautiful friends ox

There will be a later post focused on all our homemade bird art and how we did it. :)

hope you enjoyed looking through our party pics

Our Baby girl turns 2

having afternoon tea cupcakes on her birthday :)

It was just over a week ago on the 4th of Feb. that my baby girl turned the BIG 2.



I still remember the excitment when I took the pregnancy test and saw two fat lines, I remember her first little movements inside me, the moment when the sonographer told us that our baby was healthy and we were having a girl, the time we took to pick the perfect name, the first time I saw her, the first feed .....
we were plunged into a world of pink and I wouldn't go back.



It all seems like it happened just a moment ago, but since that time I have learn't so much, had wonderful moments, watched the milestones and loved every step of the way...

Dearest Thalia

 Mummy loves you so much baby girl.

I feel so blessed to have you as my daughter,

you teach me something new every day.

 I look forward to spending many more  precious moments in time with you.

Happy Birthday!



 "A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world.
she can jitter around, and stomp,
and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves
yet just when you open your mouth
she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes.
A girl is Innocence playing in the mud,
Beauty standing on its head,
and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot."

-- Alan Beck

Despite trying to explain to my husband, both when we found out we were having a little girl and when Thalia was born that there is a special "something" between a father and a daugther; he thought having a daughter would be much the same as having a son.....

just with the addition of Bling, hanbags, a possible shoe fettish, piggy tails, frills, angel hair, fairy costumes, dolls and all things girly :P

Although he loves both Declan and Thalia to bits, he now does agree after watching Thalia grow and having their special bond develop that I was quite right....there is a very special something between a daddy and his little girl, so much so that he now passes the message on to soon to be dad's expecting a girl and new daddy's of girls in his group of daddy friends :D



 



Daddy and his little girl taken at Thalia's 1st birthday party <3



"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection

so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.

In love to our wives there is desire;

to our sons, ambition;

 but to our daughters

there is something which there are no words to express"

-Author Unkown

***

There's something like a line of gold thread

running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter,

and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough

 for you to pick up in your hands

and weave into a cloth

that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown

Mummy and Daddy love you to the moon and back baby girl!!!

Thalia's 1st Birthday Bash!!!!

My little baby girl is 1!!!!!!!
As the title suggests I have a very good excuse for not blogging for a little while, we have been busy planning a birthday bash and spending time with family, sorry to snob you all but really it's only a short time in the whole scheme of things :)
If it's any conciliation, I'm typing this while my much loved/most fave show is about to start (big 'HOUSE' fan) so I am using precious 'house' time on you guys :D ox
Needless to say this post won't be too long so I don't miss too much...LOL

Well I'll update you....Declan is going alot better with his potty training since we knuckled down a bit and although we have the odd accident he goes to the potty most of the time and sometimes without a fuss...yay finally!!!

My folks (the parents) arrived on Tuesday to spend a week and a half here with us :) so catching up and looking forward to their permanent move up, now that their house is on the market!!! it's all coming into place :D

Thalia's 1st birthday was Thursday just gone (4th Feb) and we held her Ladybug themed party at home yesterday and it was great :)
Here are a few pic of the recent goings on in the Offord house:




Thalia with her very first birthday present - a dolly named willow, has already become much loved and gets lots of 'duddles' ( translation is cuddles).
We are also celebrating the bit of hair length Thalia now has and have brought a few cute clips!
mummy's loving enjoying all the girly things :D




Thalia showing off her new Baltic amber teething necklace. I figure she is 1 and has no teeth whatsoever (:o i know) not that it stops her from eating anything...she will give anything a good suck, gnaw, chew.....the problem is she has been 'teething' since she was 5 months with nothing to show for it. The last week she has become more moody and often found sitting on mummy's lap with cold face cloth in mouth, gnawing on a frozen teething ring or just snapping at anyone and anything in her way!! I'm guessing she is going to be one of those babies who get a whole lot of teeth at once and any help a natural teething necklace will give us is very welcome :)
So hopefully happy teething days ahead and less drugs required.



all dressed up for her party and awaiting guests

such a daddy's girl!!!

the kids loot bags made by decorated by myself :)

The cake!!!! a lazy ladybird....we thought it very fitting for Thalia

they may be cute but they are a bit special...the female ones actually kill of the male ones after mating them..lol it is adorable though and we couldn't get past that

Mummy and daddy decorated it the night before the party with lots of serious lolly munching going on :D

the cupcakes!! bee's, dragon flys, butterflies, spider, caterpillars and baby ladybugs
the most time consuming of the lolly munching hours but worth it

Cake time at the party. Declan helped blow out the candles while Thalia just thought it would be cool to try and touch the flame!!! please note....no one was hurt

the wonderful presents thanks to all Thalia's friends and family- she is very lucky to have you all
It wouldn't have been such a good party without you all :D



Declan and Thalia grooving on the new foam letter mat :) love this pic

pure joy!!

So that's a wrap.....till next time