The Small Green Party
January 16th, 2008
Wow. What a fun day. I really underestimated how fun making cupcakes, getting some balloons, having some pizza with relatives and a bonanza of presents could be. It was a blast.
Bug just makes me proud. I don’t want to bore you with gushing but she is just a kick in the pants ALL DAY LONG. I think I could live on a deserted island with just her and be fine. Well, maybe I’d need an hour off every once in a while but really she is probably the most fun companion I’ve ever had. Sorry Toby.
We started the day off right with a breakfast of champions. Chocolate Cupcakes! It wasn’t supposed to be that way but somehow early-morning cooking and decorating turned into sampling. What was I gonna do? Say NO on her BIRTHDAY? I think not.
Technically today was the day before Baby Bug’s birthday but we celebrated it as her birthday because Gramma Pat had school to go to on Thursday, Baby Bug’s actual birthday. Gramma Pat goes to school to stay sober and we are very happy for that. It’s worth rescheduling around.
Anyway, making chocolate cupcakes (from a mix—groan, I know) with green icing was totally fun. It wasn’t exactly what I had in mind but it kept us both entertained for hours. Or at least until it was time to go buy BALLOONS!!!
My biggest regret of today is that I did not get a shot of little tiny Baby Bug holding her giant bouquet of green balloons. You should have seen her face. She was in ecstasy. Her eyeballs looked like they were going to float up and out of her head just like the balloons. She looked like she was right out of a cartoon about to float away with the balloons into the wild blue yonder. Thankfully she didn’t and we managed to wrestle them into the car without a single pop.
Then it was off to pick up Gramma Pat and the rest of the day was pretty much a blur of hyperactive-toddler on too much sugar and pizza and presents.
Happy Birthday Bug! I’m sure glad you were born!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:47 am
That first picture of baby bug trying to lick the batter? Hee hee!! Sooo cute! And the green everywhere, green apron, green bib, green cucpakes, green balloons, green shirt, hee hee! Sounds like a fun day.
Happy birthday again baby bug! Did she blow out her candle? Isabelle loves blowing out candles and trying to sing happy birthday.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Happy Birthday!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:53 am
happy, happy birthday BB!!!!
ps: SAJ, can I hire you for Sean and Will’s birthday next month???
January 17th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Kermit said it best: Green’s the only way to be.
Happy birthday, BB!
January 17th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Gorgeously green,it all looks fab. But please please, tell me the secret of the American cupcake as opposed to the English fairy cake. How come U.S ones always come up over the papercase but keep their shape. When I fill mine to the top they spill everywhere and go shapeless, do you all use patty tins that are really deep to contain the paper case, so only the cooked cake pops up?
Please help !!!!!
Happy B’day BB.xxx
January 17th, 2008 at 5:14 am
A super Happy Birthday BB!! What a fantastic day. I love the last pic of her with her cupcake.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Happy Happy Happy Birthday to the little Green Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Looks like you are such a wonderful Mommy to BB. Be well.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Happy birthday, BB! Happy Mom of a Two Year Old Day, SAJ!!! I’m loving the pictures!
And don’t worry about cooking cake from a mix. I have tired on many occasions to make cake from scratch and it never turns out as well as a mix.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Just when I think she can’t get any cuter…she does! Happy Birthday, Bug.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:55 am
OH, Happy birthday, bug. Yay for green balloons and icing and gummy lifesaver things. Just Yay for green, It’s my favorite too.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Happy Birthday bug! We love watching you grow up.
And I know just what you mean about your kid being the best companion. I love just being with my kids. It makes me so sad that some mothers don’t realize how great their children are.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Starryprincess – In the recipes I’ve seen for English fairy cakes, the ratio of flour/butter/sugar/eggs is different from recipes for American cupcakes. I think cupcakes generally have more flour and are fluffier in texture than fairy cakes, which are denser and more buttery. Try a cupcake recipe like Magnolia Vanilla Cupcakes (a good basic recipe) and see if you get different results!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Or, you could beg an American friend to send you a box of cake mix and try that out! :-)
January 17th, 2008 at 6:07 am
That sounds like a totally fun birthday! I can’t believe how big – or how gorgeous- bug has gotten. Congrats to the whole family!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Happy Birthday, Baby Bug!!! I thought of you ALL DAY yesterday ’cause I knew you were having your party. (And, yes, that was a very good reason to have your party one day early.) I made you a little Flickr present…Mommy will show it to you. I hope you had a VERY GREEN DAY yesterday…and another one TODAY!!! xoxo
January 17th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Happy Birthday BB! Looks like you all had a fabulously green time!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:33 am
How cute and how fun!!!
Little parties are the best. Way to go Mommy SAJ!
Happy Birthday Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Look at all of the lovely green!
Happy Birthday, sweet Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Happy birthday, indeed!
We did cupcakes for my eight year old this year as well – the jumbo variety! She wanted ‘marble’ – so I made the chocolate and white mixes, and blobbed them in the pan best I could. She told me they were ‘the best’ – totally worth it!
I do love the green facination – the boy loved orange for awhile. It’s fun while it lasts.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:09 am
I just love her green obsession. And those cupcakes look incredible!
Happy Birthday Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Happy Birthday Baby Bug.
Birthdays can be so much fun. It is unreal to me that my Lil’ Bum is going to be four in less than a month. She has grown so much.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Starryprincess- Yes, we put the little papers in a ‘tin’ and only fill it 2/3 full. The cup cake rise that big.
Happy Birthday BB, Love Auntie Jaynette
January 17th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Happy Birthday, Baby Bug!!
She looks so sweet and adorable helping you with the cupcakes.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Becky says you wimped out. The cupcake should have been all green like hers were. They were reallly almost too green. Check them out on my blog.
bluejayecrafts.wordpress.com
January 17th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Happy birthday, BB!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:38 am
I think it’s an unwritten rule that you HAVE to munch on cupcakes for breakfast on your birthday, or rather on the day before your birthday. Actually, cupcakes for breakfast on ANY day is a good thing. Your cupcakes look as good as Sprinkles! Now I want a cupcake.
Happy birthday Baby Bug!!!!! (Doesn’t it seem like she should only be 1 this year? Where does the time go?)
January 17th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Happy Birthday, Baby Bug! Wonderful photos, as always, SAJ.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Looks like a fantastic day. Happy Birthday, Toddler Bug. :)
January 17th, 2008 at 8:07 am
fantastically adorable pictures. of course cupcakes for breakfast is ok on your birthday! hmmm, i think i want cupcakes for breakfast on MY birthday this year. :)
January 17th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Happy Birthday, Little Bug!
I wish you both lived closer so you could come to Lucy’s kiddie party in a few weeks at a local indoor gym. We’re having cupcakes, too!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Happy REAL birthday today sweetness! I thank you for being born as well because you are ADORABLE and increased the population of adorable people in the world. That always helps!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!….and cupcakes from a box mix….tisk….just kidding, hello, you are a mommy, they are the best life savers ever!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Happy Birthday Baby Bug!! She is an ABSOLUTE doll!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Happy Birthday Baby Bug!
What a great way to spend a birthday, cupcakes for breakfast, balloons and family all around. I don’t think it could get any better!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Happy birthday to the cutest buggiest Bug of all Bugs!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Happy Birthday Little One!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:35 am
O Happy Day Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:38 am
On your real birthday, happy, haaapyyyy! I brought her a big airplane kite and it is…GREEN! I even wore green jeans, belt and shirt. OK, I’m her uncle, but oh my god, what a wonderful creature she is…I think of her and just laugh and smile all day…so fun…Mom did “Big jump little jump”. BB’s face when she is about 5′ in the air…priceless. She sang for us, ate the cupcake “All Done” and hated my big black camera, so I got almost no good pics. Good thing her mom and dad are such fantastic photographers and share. I took gramma home and on the way we glowed with our love for her all the way there…XXX BB!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Aw. Happy Birthday Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
So adorable! You are really making me look forward to this whole kid thing :-)
(in my childbirth class they said we should have a “labor project” for when you have started labor, but it is too early to go to the hospital. I’ve decided my labor project will be baking blue-frosted birthday cupcakes to give to whoever is on duty at the hospital when we come in. I’m not above buying a little goodwill with baked goods, and hopefully a little mixing and measuring will distract me from freaking out!)
January 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Happy Birthday sweetie pie! What a cutie you are! And what awesome pictures… especially the close up of the cupcakes with Bug in the background busy with a cupcake of her own. SuperCuuute!!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Green-tastical! Happy Birthday Baby Bug! You’re a green gal after my heart. (btw, my almost 2 year old already knows that mommy likes green, but she hasn’t settled on a favorite color yet.)
January 17th, 2008 at 11:08 am
How sweet! Happy Birthday honey!!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Happy Birthday BB!! :) You’re so lucky… Green really is the coolest color, it’s been one of my faves FOREVER!!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Happy Birthday BB!!!
Looks like a wonderfully green birthday. And imagine the fun you will have adding a few cousins to the mix this weekend!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
What a great day for BB. Happy belated Birthday :) I think the green cupcakes are great. I know my son would love those any day, especially if I made them into cupcake cones.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Happy Birthday Baby Bug! Not such a baby anymore … peering over tabletops! Love that one. And watching the candle … the eyes are fabulous. Glad it was such a success!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
What a fun little party! Love the yummy gummy stuff on the cupcakes. I’m about to make some with my boys too. Happy Birthday Baby Bug!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Happy Birthday, Baby Bug!!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Wow two years already! Happy Birthday Baby Bug.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY beautiful bug :) hope it was the best ever! :)
January 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Happy birthday Bug! We’re glad you were born too!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I saw you featured on today’s BlogHer ad and thought I’d stop by. Glad I did! Those cupcakes look absolutely yummy, and your Bug, positively happy. I can tell it was a great day.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Aww, aww, aww, aww, awwwwww!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Happy birthday, darling, precious Baby Bug! Oh my goodness. Those cupcakes are precious – you are so genius, with the yummy gummies on top. The day sounds perfect!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Green is my favorite color too and has been as long as I can remember. I love the color. I love limes. I love green lollipops. I have a green iPod (not the bright green one though, the sage green).
Everything looks so cute at your house. You make me want to have my own little bug.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Happy Birthday Bug! I’m really starting to like the color green more and more with your posts of her love of it. I could maybe be converted from my blue love.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Happy Birthday Bug! Can’t wait until I’m having birthdays like this with my own toddler. :)
ps.-green’s my fave too.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BUG!!!!!!! I am green with envy of all of the fun and festivities! Looks like she had a great day!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
She is a doll!
Happy Birthday.
MK
January 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
happy birthday BB!
these really are the most precious and sweet years! i love that you are capturing all of them and holding them in a big embrace.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:15 am
awww, the picture of her licking the frosting on her face is priceless. I love all your pics of her. It inspires me to take more of my kidddies.
I just made cupcakes with my babies last weekend and I used a mix too. I prefer to make things from scratch but when you’re just starting out baking with kids, I think it’s a lot less stressful to take some shortcuts. They don’t care about whether or not it’s from a box. They only care about the memories which she’ll have forever (and the pictures to remind her :)
January 18th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Happy Late Birthday BB!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Oh my gosh – those are the absolute cutest pictures I’ve ever seen. Happy birthday, little one :)
January 18th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Birthdays are excellent, I love birthdays!!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:04 am
Happy belated birthday BB! x
January 28th, 2008 at 3:04 am
How come her candle isn’t green? :D
Happy birthday little one!!!