Rats, Beetles and Boogies. Oh My!

What a great weekend we've had! Ollie turned 3!!! We were oh so busy Friday night baking all the goods for Saturday's Shrek themed birthday party. My mom and niece, Stephanie, came from WKY to help. And thank goodness they did. We baked a large sheet cake, a bundt cake and several mini bundt cakes. Let me just tell you the kitchen was HOT! We had a nice time, but I was sooooooooo ready for bed at the end of that night.

Saturday morning the fun really began with the decorating of the cake. Shrek's Swamp.

Here's the base of the cake and proof we really did make this cake and....

The final product...tada! Does that look disgusting or what?!?!

Stephanie helped a ton on this cake and it was much appreciated. I have a new respect for professional cake decorators.

So I'll save you the prideful details of all our hard work and reveal the final spread, but let's break it down...

Here we have Roasted Weed Rats! Aka...chocolate and black sugar coated strawberries.

Here we have Shrek's Boogies and Beetles. Aka...choco chip cookies and choco coated Nutter Butters!

We have Pumpkins. Aka...two mini bunt cakes stacked end to end and iced with creamed cheese frosting I dyed orange. They didn't get eaten, but we'll say it was because they were so pretty and had nothing to do with my niece, who will remain nameless, pouring the oil in the measuring cup and then failing to pour it in the batter. :)

To drink we served up Swamp Mud and Swamp Water. Yum!

The guest of honor, Shrek himself, was clothed in an outfit made by my brilliant and oh so talented mother. Isn't she amazing? You don't have to answer as I already know it!

And finally, a little pinterest.com decor! I love me some simple! I also sent Mom out into the bushes to collect the sticks. Thanks, Mom!

Okay, so I didn't exactly spare you any of the details, but wow did we have fun! It was totally worth it to see my baby laugh and carry on with his friends. He received all his favorite things: an iron, a mixer, a toaster, some bugs of the electronic breed, a sandwich maker, a McDonald's drive thru, a marble maze, tools and tools and tools oh, and some PPE to go with his tools!!!! That's my boy! He really did have a great day. Thanks to all our friends and family for coming! Especially Aunt Sharlet and Uncle Howard who tried to surprise us, but then got lost and had to call for directions. But we were still surprised!!!

Now that the party is over and Ollie had a great birthday I can and will devote more attention to my goal of volunteerism! Stay tuned for more about me, the people in my life now and the people we'll meet! I can't wait!