birthday bomb: second birthday

*blogger deleted my pictures, bear with me as i try to get them reposted*

and the dude turns two.

after the enduring the previous years disgusting sticky heat..

i opted to make his second birthday a pool party.

'a fish out of water' party.

i think the invitations were one of my most elaborate thus far.

pretty out there right?

i had the idea in my head..

i found the fishing leads at walmart..

& the fish at michaels..

then i bought some dowels..

& printed out tags with the info..

they were a big hit with the kiddos.

but back to the flop.

so my greatest invite accompanied my worst cake flop.

this is my martha stewart vision that turned into a roseanne reality.

so.. the idea came from martha.

(i'm not even going to put a picture of her version here because mine is just that sad looking..

but here it is if you are interested)

execution = horrible

let's just say it wasn't my smartest moment when i thought a stand alone ice cream castle

in 90 degree weather was a good idea.

it didn't even make it out of the house looking like a castle.

and, i'm going to be honest.

after taking this picture, i locked myself in the bathroom & cried for about 5 minutes...

cried & had my own little pity party while they sang happy birthday to my son.

not my proudest moment.

but i pulled it together & someone was nice enough to take pictures for me while i was absent.

& you know what?

the dude was smiling from ear to ear in every picture..

& just like my mom & the bf said..

no one knew that it was supposed to look anything other than it did.

& that was the only low moment of the party.

the kids were happy & playing in the pool.

i mean really..

who cries over a stupid cake?!

wait for his third birthday.

i think even you'll be sad over that one..

xo-k

for a list of all the birthday bombs & why i'm blogging about them click here.