Emma's 1st Birthday Party!

My sister's little girl, Emma, turns 1 on the first of september, and they had a party for her at this new place called kidznasium here in midland. they hadn't even had their grand opening yet, so we were like their first customers. it's a really kid friendly place that had tunnels for the young kids to crawl through, a ball pit, a climbing wall, some baby toys. my sister knows a lot of people with young kids, apparently, and invited all of them, so there were plenty of kids to play with!

here are the kids playing in the ball pit. they really seemed to enjoy it! i think it was lucy and jayne's first time in one, actually.
emma and big brother, samuel, wrestling together. the birthday girl. what a face...samuel and his monster feet.jayne, emma, and richie playing.like 5 of the children there were under the age of 1, including little libby! they seemed to have a really good time!

After play time, it was time for cake! i made the cake for the occasion, and it turned out completely different than originally planned. see, i had planned to make a little lamb cake on top of a sheet cake that was to be decorated like grass, but that one didn't turn out the way we were hoping.

the poor dumb sheep's head was too heavy and fell off while i was frosting it. so, i made the cakes again, and it happened. the same thing, it's head fell off. so, instead i opted for a different approach. completely different. this is what we ended up with, and my sister really liked them, so i was happy! emma didn't seem to mind what the cakes looked like. my sister hadn't even gotten emma sat down in her chair before she had snatched a piece and gobbled it up! too cute...