Evan's party was a blast! Evan had a great time with all his family and friends...there were 13 kids total and lots of adults too. The weather was just perfect...not too hot or windy, and no rain! Here's a view of the party in pictures. It was a CARS theme and I really tried to have fun playing on that theme. My cake didn't turn out bad, but ended up not fairing very well in the car ride over and in the heat. The icing melted (think my mistake was using whipped icing) and the fondant was slipping down the cake so it looked squished on the bottom even before the party started. I was pretty diappointed at first, but once everyone started arriving all that disappointment melted away...I think I can look back and laugh about it now! We actually had to put Evan's remote control Lightning McQueen car up against the back end to keep the whole end from falling apart. That definitely makes me smile now! In the end, Evan's only 3 years old and he didn't care if he had a perfect cake, nor did he really notice it falling apart. He just loved his Lightning McQueen cake and kept coming over to it and pointing it out. And many other kid's eyes just lit up when they saw the cake. And I put the time and love into making it for him...that's all that matters!
Menu
Lightning McQueen Race Day Sandwiches (made to look like a checkered flag with dark and light breads)
Mater's Tater Salad
Sally's Spinach Dip
Mack's Mexican Dip (spelled CARS with the tomatos on top)
Fillmore's Fruit Skewers (Evan ate a ton of these - loves his fruit!)
Flo's V8 Cafe (lots of different drinks including capri suns, Evan's favorites)
Activities
Ramone's House of Body Art - painting wooden cars
Playing on the playground - Evan loves the swing and insisted on swinging one last time after we have finished cleaning and packing up.
Here is photos of the cake right after I finished...if only it had lasted, but oh well. That's life. :)
UPDATE: Want to learn to make marshmallow fondant and cool cakes? Check out my latest post.
2 comments:
How Awesome is that cake! Girlie that looks amazing and the fact it came from you and your heart made it that much more special! I think it looks better than most professional cakes I've seen and girl I watch the cake shows alot LOL, and there cakes melt in the sun too....so it's sooo normal and yours is just so cute!
I love the theme and how you had all the little signs with the food!
What a cute idea having them paint little wooden cars!
Happy 3rd B-Day Evan
Oh I love your new bloggy look BTW and thanks so much for your kind words and your prayers
xoxo
Summer :0)
Everything looks awesome!! SUCH a cute theme!! Looks like a good time was had by all. . . Evan's a lucjy little boy to have such an awesome, creative mom!
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