We went to my friend’s son’s first birthday party in Flushing, NY. At first when we walked in I thought we were going to a wedding.  This is definitely the most over the top, Korean style first birthday party I ever been to. I have to say I really enjoyed the food!

Happy birthday little Andrew!

Today we were invited to celebrate Mikaela’s 1st birthday.

Happy birthday Mikaela! Looking forward to celebrating many more with you.

My angel!

Here comes Shane!

As we’re walking out the door this morning, Shane told me his new pants were too big. He doesn’t have any belts so I searched for something in Chloe’s closet. Only thing I could find was her pink and green belt. I didn’t say anything as I was putting it on him and I thought ‘maybe he’s too young to notice or care if he’s wearing a girls belt.’ He let me put the belt on him then he said, “Mommy, make sure nobody sees Chloe’s belt, Okay?”

taking class pictures

Today we invited a few of Chloe’s friends from school so we could celebrate her 5th birthday.
My day started at 6 am running to the post office for jewelry orders (thanks to Alyson Hannigan who’s been featured wearing my baby pendants on peoplestylewatch.com.), then to the grocery store for last minute food shopping. Finally then picked up the birthday cake for the party while Andrew was busy entertaining the kids outside of the house so I could surprise the kids when they got back.

Dessert Table is ready, just in time.

This beautiful cake was made by Anna, who’s starting her own business soon. I’ll post her website when it’s up. Thanks Anna for the wonderful job!

I made these cupcakes using my favorite bakery, Magnolia’s recipe. Anyone who knows me well would know that baking is not my thing. But after today, I’m beginning to build my confidence.

There she is~ my birthday girl in a mermaid outfit.

and my handsome son who’s been eyeing the frosting since he came in.

Now the projects are ready and we patiently wait for the young guests…

Kids really enjoyed coloring the sea creatures.

Shane didn’t mind that he was the only boy at the table.

I experimented with my face painting skills for the first time on our lovely guests. One of the moms approved and said, I’m hired for her next party!

Now they’re decorating their own cupcakes.

Time for the cake!

What a successful party! I was a bit nervous having the girls over in the house for the first time, but now I feel like we should do this more often. The girls had such a blast doing projects, being silly, eating too much frosting and running around and locking themselves in Chloe’s room, shouting “no boys allowed” to Andrew and Shane. I think Shane had a blast as well. He skipped his nap, played with Chloe’s friends chasing after them, and probably over excited himself. When the guest left, I gave them a bath before dinner time and while he was sitting at the dinner table eating, I caught him passing out on his chair. Literally.

I LOVED seeing how Chloe and her friends interact. They were all very silly, all incredibly cute and so lovely… just like Chloe. One of them gave me and Andrew a hug when she was leaving thanking us. That totally melted my heart. How sweet…

I took Chloe to see the Disney on Ice with the Wei family this afternoon. I thought the show was much better than last year. When Repunzel came out, all the little girls made a happy squealing sound. So cute.

We spent the afternoon in Hoboken with our friends visiting from out of town.

Chloe enjoying her cup of Starbucks.

I put $20 in the first hour and got this. Woot! Woot!

We had a wonderful girls weekend at AC.

Dinner at Wolf gang Puck.

We invited some friends over for a bbq today and set up the kiddie pool for the children. I can’t believe it’s August tomorrow. We’re off to Korea next week for a whole month and feels like this summer is going by so fast!

Thank you for the biggest treat, P & C!

Two amazing friends!