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| Happy Third Birthday Ceci! |
A few weeks ago we celebrated Ceci's 3rd birthday,
it was so much fun. I can't believe how much she has grown and changed in
the last year, and how well she has survived all we have been through.
She is speaking so well, running, jumping, dancing, joking, laughing, and
enjoying life. We have also in the last year found that she is allergic
to peanuts and tree nuts, and been battling Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in
her left ankle. Through it all she is cheerful and sweet and loving.
Now about the party, we decided on a super hero
theme for her birthday after we started looking at the invite list and realized
there was only one other girl. All of our friends have sons! It was
obvious that we would have to put princess or fairy parties on hold for at
least another year until there are a few more girls participating. The
good news is that Ceci LOVES Super Hero Squad! She knows all the
characters names, and their super powers and whether they are good or naughty.
The show is a kids version of Marvel super heroes and villains and their
battles against one another.
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| One of the games, to fill a bucket with cups of water |
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| My poor girl, and her silly father |
We bought all sorts of Marvel Hero decor, plates,
napkins, a pinata and other fun stuff. I also allowed Tim to write
up a fun adventure for the kids to work on during the party, it was great.
He picked a few games and wrote up messages from Iron Man for the kids to
read and discover. The kids LOVED it, the were screaming and yelling
about how Iron Man had sent them all a special message just for them, Ceci
still likes to look at the message and have Tim read it over and over again to
her. The only problem came when Tim came out in an Iron Man costume, the
kids freaked out a little, even Ceci would tell me it was her Dad, but was very
afraid. The worst was when we had a friend come out in the Dr. Doom
costume we created, the kids ran screaming, even though he was holding a pinata
full of candy. They eventually got over the fear enough to pull the
strings and break the pinata open.
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I was up until 2 am the night before the party decorating super hero
cookies, made from my gluten free sugar cookie recipe for everyone to enjoy at dessert.
One of my coworkers had previously purchased these cookie cutters herself
and was sweet enough to loan them to me for the party. My dear friend
Sheri made the cupcakes for the party, and they came out great! She made
all the chocolate toppers freehand with with chocolate since she was away from
all her equipment and supplies due to the hurricane. They were so
delicious, there was cinnamon in the vanilla cupcakes and a little mint candy
in the bottom of the chocolate cupcakes. I would never have dreamed of
such elaborate gluten free cupcakes for a party, let alone for my gluten free, nut free child. I really love all the possibilities that exist now, we
are so fortunate.
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| Aren't these AMAZING?? Ceci was so pleased with them! |
