Blaine's Monster Truck Birthday Party

Blaine is currently obsessed with monster trucks. I've lost count of how many he owns and every time he has money to spend, that is always what he wants to buy. His favorite is Grave Digger, the headliner from the ever-so-classy Monster Jam event that my husband took him to earlier this year. They plan to make it an annual pilgrimage. 

Something funny that I just have to share.... Vivienne's birthday this year fell on Endymion Saturday during Mardi Gras.  Our tattoo shop is ON the Endymion route.  You don't have to be a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that my girl had an epic Mardi Gras birthday party.  Wellll..... Blaine, for about a month, said he wanted a monster truck birthday party. At the tattoo shop. WITH a parade like Vivi had.  Our sweet boy with that New Orleans heart. It was sad explaining to him that mommy and daddy just can't afford arranging something like an Endymion parade for his birthday. Since we have just started half birthday celebrations, maybe he will get lucky one year and we will throw him a big half bday Mardi Gras bash.

I had to make a serious effort to glam up a monster truck party as much as possible. I used the colors of Grave Digger (purple and green), a silhouette image of a monster truck, and a black and white checkered race flag pattern throughout the party decor.

I also made a photo garland of Blaine growing up. And on the TV is a 30 minute video of just monster trucks racing that Blaine would watch over and over and over if I let him.... we let him keep playing it at his party until the Saints game came on. 

A little more about the details and DISASTERS.... (this is me being vulnerable)

The cake pops....

I almost cried for the first 5 or 6 that I made...

But I eventually got a rhythm and I was so excited with how they came out. It was my first time making them on my own. My favorite way to display them is in a trifle dish.

The cookies....

For some reason, in my mind, I had these simple cookie ideas that I thought would be cute, but they weren't....

So I put a little more effort in, adding headlights, the number 4, and a lightning bolt/zig-zag thing that sometimes looked like a "W". Overall, I was happy with them. I used them as favors and had some out on the cake table.

But the grand finale....

The cake...

I spent 2 days. I wanted to make a 2 tier topsy turvy styled cake. It was so cute. I was so proud. 

I woke up the morning of the party with some light cleaning planned to finish preparing for the party and went in the kitchen to find this.... atrocity....

Seriously? I cried. Then, determined to have a cute cake, I ran to the store and switched on the oven. I made an entirely new cake, finishing about an hour before the party started. It wasn't as smooth as I would have liked, but it was cute, nonetheless.

Less eventful things that I did were cupcakes with matching cupcake toppers, water bottle labels, and groupings of paper lanterns in a few spots (which of course have no photos of)...

Blaine loved his party. He had so much fun, was surrounded by his favorite people, and got some really cool toys and clothes..... and this was the best family photo. Sorry. haha

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