Today was the finale of Amelie's 3rd birthday, completing 3 weeks of celebrations. Yes, some may call it overkill, but we were actually trying to keep it low key. It began Thanksgiving weekend. We thought it would be a nice idea to cease the opportunity to have both sets of grandparents here for some cupcakes and a couple of presents. It turned into a wonderful day that was just perfect for a 3 year old. A few days later was the 'day' of her birthday, and she had a celebration at preschool. We then went to Edmonton for a weekend of fun at the Fantasyland Hotel and West Edmonton Mall (unrelated to her birthday, but a lot of fun events there). And finally, today we went to Butterfield Acres for a pumpkin hunt and invited along our closest second cousin, Evan, and his parents, and then came back for lunch and more cupcakes this afternoon. Pretty exciting stuff for a 3 year old. And, well, I must admit I had a lot of fun too.
One of my favourite parts of any birthday at our house is baking and decorating the cupcakes. I really need to take a cake decorating class, but I don't think I've done too bad so far. At least one person at these events asked if the cupcakes were from Crave or Buttercream! Best compliment I could have had!
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| Party 1: Chocolate cupcakes with pink buttercream icing or purple stabilized whipped cream icing. |
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| Party 2: Two bite brownies with buttercream icing for preschool. |
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| Party 3: Marble cupcakes with buttercream icing. |
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| Party 3 continued. |
