The Life of Liam & Mason: Despicable Me Party

For your 2nd birthday, we did a Despicable Me themed birthday party with everything minions. We had minion invites, a minion pinata, minion balloons, minion plates and napkins, and a minion cake.

Grandma Terry and I had a lot of fun with the cake. This is the second year we've made a cake for you so we learned from what we did last year. I baked the cakes and froze them a few days before we actually decorated them. Then I made the homemade fondant and some of the fondant features the night before we decorated so it would save us some time. Then the day before your birthday we just had to put it all together. All in all, I think I had 16 hours in the cake but it was worth it! Thanks Grandma Terry for helping! Don't think I could have done it without you!!

The day of your birthday, the weather was very unpredictable. We'd had rain a few days before and even the morning of but it stopped a few hours before and didn't start raining until the party was over. It was still a little chilly so we had a bonfire going and had a tent setup just in case. We also had a bouncy house which was a hit with all the kiddos. You didn't know what to think of it at first and actually wouldn't go in it without daddy or I. But after cousin Ridge got in, you were all about it. We couldn't get you two out! The pinata was a hit too. You were a little shy and didn't want to take any swings at it, instead you'd say, "Ridge do it". So all the other kids took turns hitting it and it eventually broke. The funny thing is, after everyone left we were getting ready to throw it out and you wanted us to hang it back up so you could swing at it. So we did and you took a few swings! Funny boy!!

The party was a lot of fun and glad we had all our family and friends there to celebrate with us!