Pickle Party!

Today was Pickle's birthday bash and I'm thoroughly exhausted! It was fun though--and I know Pickle enjoyed herself. We kept things very low-key--just my sister and her kids and my mom. But with all of her kids (four) and all of mine, it still ends up being a lot of people!

I chose a kitten theme for her party (she loves cats--calls them meow-meows). These are the plates:

Here's the table--but I didn't have all the food out yet. I made my super amazing artichoke dip and some stuffed mushrooms plus some chips, etc. and then later we had pizza.
Also, my "famous" punch!
And the piece de resistance: The Cake. No, I didn't make it and I couldn't if I tried. And, no, it wasn't bacon-flavored!
It's a beauty, right?

Oh, wait a minute--I forgot to show you the birthday girl!
Here's another angle so you so can see her dress better. Pretty!
Here's The Gooser in a cat-hat.
I have lots of pizza-eating Pics: Pickle on her unicorn:
Three big brothers:
And Gooser with his cousin, Drew.
Of course, there were lots of presents! Here is Pickle's present pile--the embarrassing thing is that I used wedding paper and "Baby's First Birthday" paper--what was I thinking??
Pickle opening presents with her brothers' help.
She got LOTS of dolls and purses!

Dog Pile!!!

Let's take one more look at the cake--it was so pretty!


And finally, Pickle in her jammies with her hair sticky from candy, having one more piece of cake before bed!
Happy Birthday Pickle!!