Monday, March 31, 2025

March 2025 - Lauren's Sweet SIXTEEN

Lauren celebrated her Sweet Sixteen birthday with good family friends and her good friend, Sara. The day started early at the trampoline park (pictures later in the blog) and then we returned home for pizza, cake and ice cream. I wasn't quite finished with the cake, so while I finished up, the kids decorated cupcakes.
Sweet boy, He got a photo with the birthday girl after he gave her the card he had made (he was surprised when money fell out of it...haha...the gift from his parents)
ALways an adventure trying to let a 3 year old walk the dog in a big city.
Some of our favorites activities at the trampoline park...
...a competition to see who scores higher in the game.
Katherine beat Jonathan, but just barely ;)
tons of obstacle courses
This one was my favorite...brought my softball skills into play...jumping on the trampoline while throwing a ball at the target. A direct hit earns a point. (my arms were sore the next day...haha...I should do that every day!!)
The party crew
Showing me her decorated cupcakes
Decorations...photos from each year until present
She really was hoping for a sentimental gift. She's looked at charm bracelets for a while. WE decided to get her started. She has the bracelet with a heart clip, one charm (of a poodle), and Hudson got her another charm that has an world, airplane, and passport hanging together. Two very fitting charms.
Sara
She got a new game called SkyJO. I had never played it, but she had. It was a fun party game, too!
passing out the gifts
The cake is finished!
A sweet cake for my candy loving girl! I wanted to do a candy theme but make it look "older" and not like a little kid cake...so, I found a bakery nearby that makes macarons and bought some to use as decoration. I like how it turned out :)
Added so color to the white cake for fun
Playing SkyJO
Group photo
Her real birthday was on a school day. So, when she got home from dance class, we had a small cookie cake and sang happy birthday again.
Gotta have the Italian style candle on there! :)