The 1st Birthday Party

Harris had a wonderful 1st birthday party on Saturday. The turn-out was great and even though it was hot, there was no rain which we were glad.

Lots of pictures to show. The theme of the party was Baby Einstein since he loves the videos. The videos also helped Mom & Dad enjoy a quiet dinner several times during this first year so we love them too :)

The cakes turned out great. I came up with the idea for this cake from two different websites (Cake Central and The Coolest Birthday Cakes). It was kind of a collection of different things I liked from others and just put it all together. It was lots of work but I was very pleased and happy with the results.


The cupcakes have music note picks which I found at Country Kitchen.


The birthday cake has Tootsie Pop suckers for antennae and fondant eyes, cheeks, and smile. The tail is a frosted sugar cone. The cakes were made with a circular cake pan that comes in two pieces. The yellow and blue segments are white cake and the purple, red, and teal segments are chocolate cake. The grass is made from coconut that is dyed green.



The smash cake for Harris is identical to the party cake. It was made using a mini round cake pan mold. The antennae are Dum Dum suckers and have fondant eyes, cheeks, and smile.



Next came present opening. Harris didn't really seem to get into unwrapping the presents much. Brian ended up opening the majority of them. Harris received so many great presents. He's definitely a very luck boy.




Harris received this great birthday card from aunt laura and uncle eric which goes perfectly with the theme. Awesome!


The lawn mower was the big hit with all the kids and especially Harris.

Next came the birthday cake. We all sang Happy Birthday and I had to blow out the candle. I then took all the facial features off of the cake so that he won't choke and then Harris went at it.

"Is all of this for me?!"


Taste pretty good!

The final product.

Straight to the bathtub we went :)