Farm Birthday Party -1

J turned one year old today.  We celebrated with a small party with family, just how we like it.  J loves animals, especially farm animals.  His grandma reads him his favorite book, Noisy Farm, almost everyday.  His first animals sound was, “moo”, I was so excited when I found this cow balloon.

I decorated with some cow spotted latex balloons and some Happy 1st Birthday balloons and decorated the around the room with crepe paper.

I decorated with crepe paper around his high chair too and put a table cloth under it since we moved it to the living room.

For his cake I made an 11×13 sheet cake and put a farm scene on it.  I used some farm toys from a game he had.  For the hay I just dyed some coconut yellow.

Buttercream Icing

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup Crisco
• 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

This was actually his very first taste of sugar and he didn’t care for it much.

He loves music so his grandma got him this perfect gift of singing pots and pans.  He just loves dancing to them.

I also put out his baby book for family to look at.

Happy Birthday to my baby!  I love you!