.: Maddie Birthday Party

I don't know why I keep doing it to myself, but I had another one of my children's first birthday at our house. You would think that I would have learned my lesson when we had Olivia's first birthday at our house in RI, the only thing missing was the keg! Anyways we had a small group of close friends and ....ELMO! My baking skills have improved slightly, the cupcakes were edible ( and contrary to rumor I did not make Liv's preschool class sick with her birthday cupcakes I made for the class!!!) The color theme for the cupcakes was rainbow, however my red cupcakes were closer to pink so I had to switch over pastel colors. The favors were red bags that Liv decorated with Elmo stickers. Olivia did really well letting Madelyn have some recognition until it was time to open presents..let's just say Maddie did not open one present! The kiddos enjoyed decorating little bags as the craft for the party and scooping up candy from the pinata. Olivia was finally able to use the metal bat that Steve got her as a present (dont ask) for the pinata. Which the kids couldn't open so Steve broke