It was the battle of the girlie, foo-foo, rainbow/flower/butterfly/unicorn cake and the dinosaur dig site cake. I buried a t-rex skeleton in chocolate frosting (smothered by chocolate...what a way to die!) and had an action figure there "uncovering" it. I really wanted to have a paleontologist toy, but guess what...THERE"S NO SUCH THING! I guess paleontologist action figures just aren't that trendy or exciting. Merritt was satisfied with my efforts, so that is what counts.
Blowing out the candles...how is it possible that Grace is 6 and Merritt is 9???
Birthday decorations are difficult to make unique and exciting unless you want to spend lots of money, which I don't. We change up streamer colors and balloons, everyone ALWAYS gets the "Happy Birthday" sign I got for free years ago, and sometimes I find something fun to include (like the butterfly at Grace's party; which was a decoration and also a present...$2.00...woohoo!).
Grace got a stuffed animal (unicorn), a Fancy Nancy book, and a ballerina piggy bank, too name a few. Merritt got books (dinosaur and Goosebumps), Rango (hilarious!), and Hero Factory toys, among other things. Both birthdays were lots of fun. We love those two soooooo much!!
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Love the cake ideas!! The birthdays sound perfect not too over the top but still filled with fun.
What a great cake! I too want to be that dino under all that chocolate. (: Looks like so much fun. Wish we could have been there.
Wow! They are getting so big. Happy birthday Merritt and Grace--and the dinosaur cake idea was awesome!
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