on saturday we had maddie's second birthday party with a milk and cookies theme... i got the idea from this gorgeous blog that i read all the time - erinlovesearl, who is the creator of candykirbydesigns. i thought it was so cute that i did my own take and it worked beautifully.
we had milk in a drink dispenser, along with milk bottles and paper straws for everyone to drink from, and nesquik in all different flavours. yummm!!!
plus... a cookie decorating station so the kids had something to keep them entertained. it's hard when all the kids are such different ages. so, we got some icing bags with plain white icing so they could get decorating. so cool! my eldest niece laura went to town and a had a great time.
i made a whole buttload of cookies for the party after looking on pinterest for all the best possible recipes i could find, including the sugar cookies we decorated (obviously didn't use their icing recipe...), oreo cheesecake cookies, sour cream sugar cookies, brownie cookies and rolo cookies. the only bad bit is that after making all that... i didn't want to eat any of them! :( but my, did they look good!
the oreo cheesecake cookies
miss maddie and i unwrapping her birthday gifts, she got some absolutely lovely gifts!! we are so blessed to have such beautiful friends who love madeline so very much.
maddie showing off her beautiful new dress and cardigan from her grandparents in brisbane.
and opening some more gifts! can't ever have enough clothing when you're a girl!! espcecially clothes from cotton on kids... ♥
madeline and her cousin emma love each other so much, and had a wonderful time together, having cuddles, eating cookies and riding her little bike around the back yard. i am sure they have many years of fun ahead of them...
my best friend jennifer made madeline's birthday cake again this year and made her this beautiful 4 piece high pink ombre cake covered in buttercream icing and then with white chocolate buttons. it looked amazing - and was delicious!!!
and here is the prettiest girl in the world blowing out her candles! i just love her far too much!
our little family with maddie's cake ♥
and... the inside of the cake! how flipping cool is it?!
i still can't believe my little munchkin is two, what a wonderful time we had with our friends and family at her little party. ♥
