Birthday Party

Mackenzie will be 1 year old on Wednesday. I can't believe it!

But we had her first birthday party on Saturday and it was a success!

I decided to try my hand at my first cake. I wanted to do cupcakes, so I did a cupcake cake. It was really fun to try. I found a picture of Winnie the Pooh (the theme of the party) on the internet, and looked at the picture while I freehanded my design on the cake. It was kinda stressful because my mom and I were trying to use food coloring to make our own colors and make sure the consistancy stayed right. Also, we didn't have any cake decorating stuff, so I used plastic baggies and piped on the icing using just a cut corner of the baggy. I am so proud of myself. Who needs cake decorating classes, stencils, or real cake decorating tools when you have a picture on the internet, powdered sugar, milk, butter, food coloring, and baggies. (We actually made the cake on Thursday just incase the cake didn't turn out...then we would have enough time to order a cake from the store! HAHA).

Here is the final result.

Then on to the party...

We went to a local park and just had fun.

Lots of our friends and Mackenzie's friends came!

Then it was time to sing happy birthday and blow out the candle. The only problem is that the wind was blowing so it wouldn't light. But atleast we got a cute picture.

Then it was time to enjoy the cake.

We also had a pinata that Tonya's parents made. All the kids loved this, and got a chance to take a swing. It actually took the adults taking a few swings for it to finally break. The kids went crazy for the candy. No one left with less than an overflowing bag of candy!

Then on to presents. Thank you for everything. Mackenzie was so excited for all the new things