Update & Frozen 4th Birthday Party

Hello?

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Anyone out there?

It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted, and sadly Felt Fun Fridays came to a screeching halt a couple months ago. If you’re a fan of my Facebook page you may have seen some of my brief updates in which I mentioned my husband got a promotion so we moved our entire household and workshop.

We were lucky in that our house was put on the market and sold in a matter of maybe 5 days. But in the midst of all that we also took an amazing cruise to Alaska. We celebrated birthdays, finished preschool, madly worked on Halloween inventory, packed, moved, unpacked, and are now trying to get settled in our new home.

Things are good, things are crazy, but they are getting back to our new “normal”.

Despite all the craziness, I’m very excited we were able to throw Kayden a “Frozen 4th” birthday party in the new house. Like many of you, I spent countless hours scanning Pinterest for all the wonderful ideas and recipes, planning this AMAZING party in my head.

At the last minute when I was near breaking point (and tears) because I wasn’t able to produce what I deemed a “pinterest worthy” party, I decided to just let it go (pun TOTALLY intended!) and be happy with what we were able to accomplish. In my mind I had these fantastic visions of a gorgeous 3-tier cake with flawless icing and amazing detail, delicious gourmet food, and a fully decorated house from room to room…sound familiar?

I finally realized, WHO CARES?! (I also realized I need to stay off Pinterest so much!) Kayden was super excited and pleased, so that was enough for me. Look at her smile! =) I did serve theme-related food, and luckily Kayden wanted a very simple cake (whew!) so I did a very basic two layer blue raspberry jello cake with whipped cream frosting. I’ll be honest, I didn’t like it. LOL It looked cute enough, but I MUCH prefer my jello cake to be made with strawberry jello.

Pssst!! I thought I would share with you the table tents I made. You can get the free printable HERE. I even left some blanks so you can add whatever title(s) you choose. =)

Decorations were pretty simple. I found some printables online and turned them into “Sticklies” with my restickable material, and made a couple Ana & Elsa window clings. I also made a giant Oalf {Restickable} Stickamajigger so they could build a snowman.

While we were in Alaska I found this awesome “Snow to Go” and the kids loved playing with bowls of that. (I actually saw something similar on Amazon and was thinking about ordering it until I found the little bag in Alaska.)

I already knew from experience to put them outside when playing with the Snow to Go because I tried another Pinterest project not long before that where you mix baking soda and lotion to create a snow-like substance. Lots of fun, but also lots of work to clean up! They played with their little Frozen figurine dolls and had a great time with both recipes.

I originally bought those figurines to put on Kayden’s cake, but I asked her if she wanted them on the cake or just the plain version. Much to my surprise she wanted the plain cake! (So WHY was I so worked up over this party??)

We actually had a separate celebration with my family a week prior to her Frozen Party, so I made a Coconut Cream poke cake with the figurines on top. I thought THIS cake was super delicious! (Another Pinterest recipe find!)

So although it wasn’t as spectacular as the party I planned in my mind, it was still perfect. Everyone had fun, and most importantly my little Snow Queen was pleased with it, and that’s all that matters. =)