Birthday Partise

I love planning birthday parties.  From the moment my firstborn was six months old, I enrolled in cake decorating classes so I could make fun cakes once a year (and later, twice a year).  I have the most fun creating a party around a theme, usually doing so the home-made way.  We’ve had butterfly themes where we actually released live butterflies into the air at the end of the party (yes, they ship butterflies for this!), flamingo parties to satisfy my youngest’s obsession with the bird, and kite flying celebrations – perfect for a May birthday in China.

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