The chef party.
January 18, 2009

Once upon a time, in a far away land, there lived a brother and sister who loved to eat sweets and loved to cook and make things together. So they decided to have the perfect sweet-eating, food-cooking, craft making birthday party.

It started out with mother making a table filled with sweets and good things to eat. But since she learned long ago the beauty of delegation, she miraculously found the best sweet-making queen in the land to make the cupcakes for the party. Queen Dusti at Tres Sucre went above and beyond with her strawberry frosting, white chocolate dipped, sprinkled covered marshmellow cupcakes. The most divine in all the land!!! (Seriously folks….we’re talking break every new years resolution good! She caters…call her up and get some!)

Next the children each got their own apron to wear and take home for the party which were lovingly (and a little too quickly) made by Mother and Sister.

But every chef needs a chef hat, so we started the day with making paper hats. You know…it makes the food taste better when you where them!

Each child made their own personal pizzas, with pre-made dough provided by Father, the royal chef of the land. There was plenty of cheese for all!

After the pizza making extravaganza, the children had an in door picnic eating their hand-made pizza’s. But they were also sitting a little too close to the sweets table, and soon claimed to be full enough so we could move on to the cupcake eating!

Wishes were made and candles were blown (spit on rather…thus the INDIVIDUAL cupcakes rather than a large CAKE until children are AT LEAST 6) and tummies were happy.

Presents were opened.

Presents were then worn

And played with

And then it was pinata time…with even more sweets for the already full children!

Hug and laughs and happy chefs left with happy tummies and happy treats. But of course, we couldn’t be finished with the party until a proper balloon release.
And after all was said and done, the brother and sister said good-bye and thank you, closed the door and snuggled a happy mother and father, who knowing they had to clean up the mess from 10 creative chefs, snuggled knowing they had two very special children who were going to live another year of happily ever after.

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Happy Birthday kids !
A-MAZE-ING! Billiant party ideas. I’m taking notes. xo
So gorgeous!!! And what great party ideas. And those sunglasses – soooo cute!
happy birthday addie and ian!
we’re so sad we missed your big day, can’t wait to play with you soon…
bella & emma
(and their mom, is really bummed too…this is so adorable, sarah! great work making a super cute party even when you’ve been so sick!)
Thanks for the props
Looks like a fabulous party! We did almost the exact same thing for my daughter’s birthday. SO worth the mess! What a blast!
Hi Sarah!
Wow! You are the best mom in the whole world!!! That party looked amazing”!!
You are definetly my inspiration!!!!
Best wishes to you and your family!!!
What a wonderful party! I especially love the polka dotted sunglasses. Too cool!
Awesome!
Happy Birthday, kids!!
What a lovelly beautifull perfect party!
So, so cute! Great Job Sarah! It looks like your new place has a little more room, so that’s nice! We need to catch up.
What a sweet party! (No pun intended!)
Sarah, adorable post and adorable party. So glad we could be there. You really outdid yourself. We all had a wonderful time, and the kids have worn their hats and aprons every moment since! Love you!
What a great party! You are a creative genius and the pictures are beautiful.
-Lana
I love your daughter’s dress… would you mind telling from where you purchased it? Thanks!
That is an adorable party idea. Now I\’m craving cupcakes
my kind of party!
and of course every kids’ dream. i love the way you always pull off such a classic, timeless look. i see it in your art, but also in the way you live. you have such great taste! [p.s. i love addie's dress, too!]
Lovely.
We’re currently planning our soon to be twelve years old daughter’s party and were going to do the same thing! I guess one is never too old (or too young) to be a chef.
Hooray! It looked like so much fun! Happy B-day to my favorite niece and nephew!
I love it! All of it, you’re such a good mom, and so smart to delegate! I know it can get overwhelming to do kids birthdays so what a great idea to take help where you could, and to get two for one? Even better. So cute.
What a creative Mommy and Daddy you have Addie and Ian. Wish we could have been there to help celebrate. Love and Hugs!
What a fun party and what beautiful children. However, having just had a six-year-old blow out candles on a whole cake, I recommend you wait until at least 7 and maybe even 10 or eleven, until you ditch the cupcakes. Luckily party guests included only missionaries who can eat anything. Way to go and hope you’re feeling better soon.
Wow what a great party – I seriously can’t wait until my children are old enough to do things like that. BRAVO!!!
Happy Birthday Addy and Ian. I love you guys. I can’t believe how old they are getting. I need to visit more often. I love you too Sarah and Kenneth
this is a fantastic birthday party! happy birthday to ian and addie! (will have to copy some of your ideas for my daughter’s upcoming birthday party
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Such a cute birthday party!!!
Love this creative idea! Such fun cupcakes – I’m drooling. Adorable shot of your lil’ chef!
You are such an artist – in every sense of the word! “We” had SO much fun! Just today Madalyn was playing with her chef’s hat and before we left your house she wanted to do a “proper” balloon release!! The whole drive home I thought how inspiring you and Kenneth were. And I am DESPERATELY craving those cupcakes!!!
What great ideas! I’m filing away for future reference. Thanks for sharing your creativity.