Birthday Parties

Is it almost Baby's first birthday? If you have a first birthday party coming up, we have a sweet cake for a one-year old you should bake for your little one and your guests. This recipe is simple (even for cake-decorating novices) and yields impressive results. This delightful dessert is the perfect end to your birthday party!

"I'm sorry, Mama, but my friends are a little bit like wild animals," Joseph said sweetly as I tucked him into bed. I smiled at him, pretending my hair wasn't standing on end and my makeup wasn't smeared by a combination of dust and sweat.

I sat at the table and explained my plans for Joseph's birthday party to a childless friend. Her eyes widened. She smiled a bit and said, "When I was a kid it was usually just me, my family, one or two friends, three or four balloons, a couple streamers, and a cake."

I pride myself on doing Pinterest-worthy birthdays before Pinterest existed. From fun adventure-themed parties to a pink and white extravaganza, my kids' birthday party themes have always been ever so slightly over the top.

Fine, they've been more than slightly over the top.

But this year, I'm stumped.

I've heard this sort of thing happens. I wasn't quite prepared for the reality. This weekend, we were double birthday party booked. It was madness.

Step into summer on the right foot with a homemade party the kids will never forget. No swim suit required!

They happened by accident, these taco bites. We’d run out of taco shells, but not of taco beef. My husband, the Hungry Papa, grabbed tortilla chips. Turned out we’d gotten the kind shaped as a scoop. He carefully spooned beef, beans and fixings into the mini shell and the fiesta-ready Taco Bite was born.

The blogosphere is virtually overflowing with perfectly stylized kid parties these days. 

Easter is over and I'm gearing up for Joseph's birthday.

Joseph’s school has a crazy rule:

If a child wants to invite anyone from his class to his birthday party, he must invite everyone in his class.

A little diversion today, from the last couple of months of holiday talk, to talk about children's birthdays instead. 

Danyelle is a brilliant little party planner. All her ideas are complete doable (she is a busy mom of five) but executed in such a way that makes you say wow.

Wow your kids with this quick and easy project for an upcoming birthday party.  

Now you can render your favorite Marvel superheroes as mere cupcakes! With the Marvel Cakelet Pan, you can create Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine and The Incredible Hulk cakeletes and these would make a perfect addition to your child's next birthday party too.