Star Wars Birthday Party

After much preparation and anticipation, we celebrated Ramsey's THIRD birthday on Sunday.  It was a fun Star Wars themed party (could it have been anything else at this stage of the game?!?).  :-)

The lucky little birthday boy had a table-full of wonderful gifts.  He was excited to open them.  He had found a few of them early and thought he might get away with peeking.  Nope!  :-)

 Ramsey was so thrilled that many of his family could come.   We were missing a few key people, but they were there with us in spirit (love you guys!).  

Cousin Isaac came to celebrate....

 And Uncle Troy....

And Bumpa....

And Nana Vicki....

And Nana Karen ("two Nanas", as Ramsey excitedly noted)...

And, of course Connor, Daddy, and me.

Everyone pigged out on pulled pork sandwiches ("Bantha Burgers"), chips ("Princess Lays") and dip ("Dip Fortuna"), punch ("Yoda Soda"), crudites ("Dippin' Droids"), homemade Star Wars-shaped peanut butter cups ("Vader snacks"), etc.  Isaac noted that the Star Wars food puns were "bad".  Ha!!  Yes, they kind of were.  :-)   But, they were fun. 

 Ramsey received a lot of super cool presents; a BB8 bicycle helmet (so cute!!), Dino Trucks toys, wooden toy cars on a trailer with a cool crane, Kylo Ren bubbles, a spinning top, funny potty books (how apropos!), learning activity books and puzzles, musical instruments, a fuzzy monster bowling set, a Star Wars sleeping bag, Star Wars play figures, Star Wars tennis shoes, a big BB8 sipper, BB8 wall art, a nice chunk of cash to put into his savings account, and more.

Here, he loved the helmet, but wasn't so sure about it being strapped to his head! ha!  He'll get used to it.

  Here's Ramsey, trying out his new saxophone!

and trumpet!

 and checking out some of his new Star Wars dudes.

 After present-opening, it was time to sing to the birthday boy and eat white cake with a buttercream and raspberry coulee layer. 

This was my first attempt to make a fondant-topped cake.  Ramsey loves BB8, so that was my cake challenge.  It was quite a process and I learned a lot (thank goodness for my hours of 'experience' through watching Food Network cake shows!).  I drew BB8's details on with a food-safe dye pen and then painted the colorful accents with food paint.  It was a fun creative project!

  

 Ramsey doesn't always like people singing (oddly, since he's fine with music on TV!), but he did well and only covered his eyes a little bit.  :-)

 Time to blow out the candle!  He needed a tiny bit of help.  :-)

Happy Birthday, sweet Doodlebug!

And thanks to everyone who made it to his party and a big hugs to all who weren't able to make it.  Love you all!