birthday bomb: third birthday

*blogger deleted my pictures, please bear with my while i repost them*

(read why i'm confessing my child's birthday bombs here!)

the dude turns three.

i had seen a hundred different circus party ideas..

i decided to play off the whole '3 ring circus' idea..

the invites (which i apparently never photographed) were again over the top.

small round favor tins filled with star confetti..

i found the perfect favor containers..

paper popcorn containers from hobby lobby..

filled with circus type goodies.

kazoo's shaped like clown lips

soda-scented bubbles

(you get the idea)

i had even learned my lesson with the cake bit.

i switched it up & thought the ice-cream cone cupcakes would be so fun for this theme..

and they turned out awesome..

all 2 dozen of them.

along with the 48 or so corndogs we made.

(very circus-like right?)

we had a bounce house & a clown.

the clown was late.

but at least she showed up.

almost no-one else did.

i'm not kidding.

out of the 30 something people who were coming..

8 showed up.

EIGHT.

& only TWO were kids.

if you thought the tears over the cake were bad..

i won't tell you how many times i cried that day.

i was so sad for him.

does he look sad?

nope.

eventhough he broke his arm just a few weeks before..

he had a blast.

and the ones who did show up?

a couple aunts & uncles..

nana & papa

the dudes friends cogan & lacey & their mamas.

they did their best to cheer me up.

my mom & aunt even went so far as to have their faces painted because i was so upset

everyone laughed & stuffed 2 & 3 & 4 corndogs & cupcakes down because i was upset

 over the thought of the wasted food.

and my aunts even jumped in the bounce house to make me feel better.

but the dude.

he just had fun..

& didn't know that everyone bailed on him.

he just enjoyed those that were there.

next up.. his fourth birthday bomb... involving cake.... AGAIN.

xo-k

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