Party Weekend

The much-hyped and very anticipated social event of the year has come and gone. There was carousing, feasting, drinking, and the majority of the attendees crashed for loooong naps afterwards. I refer, of course, to Gemma's first birthday party.
When Gram is a renowned caterer who has flown in from France to supply authentic victuals, and your mom is the reigning hostess of the church, you know your day is going to be a special one, and this did not disappoint. The theme was Marie Anoinette princess, and Pinterest had nothing on it :)

A small sampling of the food

Those are chocolate cameos on that exquisitely decorated strawberry cake

There were feather fans, gold bead necklaces, ribbon streamers, crowns, and bubbles for the kids to wear

The princess! She had a great time being adored and just being her normal cheerful self

Haha, she gives the best "cheeeeeese" faces when you tell her to

Hudson enjoying his PB+J sandwich. That was cut in the shape of a crown. Of course. 

She was so not in to posing nicely

Hudson had a blast. There were white and gold balls everywhere to play with as well

I think her favorite part was when she entertained herself under the table playing peek-a-boo

Bubble blowing

The sugar levels were a bit off the chart

Hudson was thrilled that a friend who's been gone for the summer has returned. Actually, we're all very happy to have them back!

And then David moved in to his new apartment, so we made him a toilet paper "cake" with some necessities (and fun stuff too) and brought it over last night. It will be good to have him around :)

We're having a bit of a staycation this coming week, so we've been writing up a "to do" list. Let's see if any of it gets done :)