Princess Luna Turns 1!

I cannot believe it. My little Luna is 1 year old. Her birthday party was last weekend. It was princess themed. 

I sent out invitations printed out stationary that looked like old scrolls that said:

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! 

By order of their Majesties, the King and Queen, Prince Benjamin invites you to a celebration in honor of his sister:

Princess Luna

Who  is turning 1!

The festivities will be held at Larson Castle (2886 W 880 N Provo, Ut) on Saturday, the Third of September in the year Two Thousand and Sixteen. Dinner will be served at 5:00 pm, and will be followed by games and cake!

Please RSVP to the Queen by texting 385-985-6702 by Wednesday, the Thirty-First of August.

All young courtiers are invited to dress in royal attire.

I designed and made her cake: a Barbie cake where the cake is the Barbie's dress, and this would be her first Barbie doll. The Barbie had to sit in the cake because I only made only layer, so it wasn't tall enough to stand. Since this cake was only for Luna, it felt wasteful to make such a big cake. Cupcakes with plastic rings with crowns were served to everyone else. The Barbie made the cake crack, but luckily I was able to cover that up strategically with frosting.

I served club sandwiches (got a 6 foot from Walmart), chips, fresh fruit and veggies. I also got those Smuckers Uncrustables for the kids who might not like a club sandwich. For the drink I served "Fairy Fizz" (pink lemonade and 7 Up) and water with cut up lemons and limes.

Unfortunately Benjamin got so sick that he had to miss the party. I informed everyone that morning so if they were worried about their kids they could choose not to come. Only Luna's cousins came after that announcement, which I totally understand. But we still had fun! Luna devoured her sandwich and several cucumber slices. 4 of my girl cousins (who are closer to Luna's age) came dressed as princesses, and 2 of her boy cousins came, Lil' Ricky dressing like the Beast to match Luna's Belle dress!

 The kids played "pin the kiss on the frog". Gerson helped Luna pin her kiss on the frog, and the rest of the cousins did it on their own, all of them making it on the lips!

After the frog game, the kids got to break open a Princess Castle Pinata. This one was way sturdier than Benjamin's Buzz Lightyear Pinata, and so it took longer to break open. My cousin Ellie broke open both Benjamin's and Luna's pinatas this year.

Luna opened her presents next. And since she couldn't do it herself, I let each princess get in line and help her open her presents. They all loved that! Then it was time for her smash cake. I changed her into a onsie because I was not about to ruin that Belle dress. At first she was more interested in the Barbie. She kept stroking its hair. Then Gerson put her hand in the cake and brought it to her mouth. She slowly started licking the frosting and then eventually dug into her cake practically climbing on top of the pan and laying in it!

Luna really enjoyed her party, and so did I! I never thought I would be this kind of mom, but I am and I love it!