Emma's 2nd Birthday Bunny Bash

My beautiful Emma turned two on Monday…where did the time go? But I guess you ask any mom that they will agree…time flies!!

In order to commemorate the occasion we threw Emma not one but TWO birthday parties.. a friend party AND a family party! Needless to say there was a LOT of celebrating going on up in here!!

The friend party was Saturday morning so we had a bagel and cream cheese spread, fruit salad and quiche. Not to mention a Mimosa and Bloody Mary Bar…I wish I had taken a picture…I am not sure how I missed that one! And the family party was Sunday afternoon so we had a bbq…burgers, hotdogs, chicken…and lots of yummy sides.

For both parties we had a dessert bar (of course). One of the favorite things I made for the dessert tables were these bunny cupcakes…they were pretty cute (and tasty) if I do say so myself! The cupcakes were vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. For the ears I made sugar cookie pops that I stuck inside the cupcake. And for the eyes and noses I used sprinkles. There were even little pompoms for tails on the back…directions coming soon! I am pretty happy with how they came out!

And to get the whole effect…. a shot of all the cupcakes on the cupcake stand:Besides the cupcakes I made bunny and carrot shaped sugar cookies, marshmallow peep pops covered in white chocolate and “bunny tails” aka coconut macaroons. Below is a shot of the dessert table in its entirety… And then a close up of the bunny and carrot cookies on one of the napkins…

Food aside I had a cute sign hung up on the fence for people to see when they arrived…

Then, once you got inside to our back yard, there was a sign that read, “Let’s Party!!! Get your bunny on!” And there were bunny ears, bunny sunglasses and carrot necklace bubbles for everyone to choose from on the table. And of course…a shot of my little birthday bunny …she was so excited that her friends were arriving! For Emma’s friend party we had a nearby Nature Center come by and bring bunnies and a few other fluffy friends. Emma LOVED the bunnies. I have a free really good shots of Emma petting the bunnies…my heart melted!

And of course one of the bunnies needed an extra set of bunny ears:)… This is my favorite shot of Emma taken by my friend Liz…I will be framing this one for sure! It is so hard for me to get a good shot of her these days as she is always on the move! Thanks Liz! And last but not least.. the goodie bags! I loved how they came out AND they were super simple to make…for each favor I just stuck on a white pompom with super glue to the kraftbag then attached a little tag with baking twine and voila! All in all it was a great birthday weekend celebrating my little one. Thanks for “hopping” by and checking it out! 🙂 xo Lauren