Kenzie's Sweet Shoppe Birthday Party

It's great to be 8!  Kenzie is such a beautiful and lively little girl.  Kenz makes friends easily, she is fun to be around and is always kind and helpful.  Kenzie is a sweet heart and we are so happy Heavenly Father sent her to our family.  We love you Kenzie, Happy Birthday!!  (Isn't the Pedi-skirt to die for?)

On to the Party....Kenzie chose to have a Sweet Shoppe Party this year and I went crazy pulling it together for her.  It all started with the invitations, I found these cute and quite LARGE succers at Family Dollar and just printed and glued the invite to the front. 

Her friends loved it!

I had lots of fun with the decorations....a few of my favorites were the succer topiary, paper lanterns turned into hard candies with a little cellophane and ribbon, and the candy orniments I found and filled with candies.   I already had all the  glass jars and simply added the labels to the front. The girls each got to make necklaces with beads and candy shaped charms I found...they loved this.  Here's a look.... 

I wanted to make cookies on a stick instead of cake.  I found this recipie that turned out great!  I'm posting it in case any one wants to try them (I think I'll be making them for Halloween, Christmas, Valentines...might even try a cookie bouquet.)

Michelle Bommarito’s Sugar Cookies For Sticks

3 c. all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 sticks butter, unsalted, softened (8 oz)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 t. kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
dash of almond extract
Sift together the flour and baking powder. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the egg, salt and both extracts.
Slowly add flour mixture (1 cup at a time) and stir until incorporated
Form the dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll the dough onto a lightly floured surface to approximately 5/8″ thick. Cut the cookies into shapes and place the cut cookie shape on a parchment lined cookie; Poke a stick into cookies.

Bake the cookies for approximately 8-10 minutes or until the edges begin to turn golden brown in color. Remove cookies from the oven and allow tocool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.


The girls had a blast......here are some photos of them playing at the party.

Faith gave Kenzie a fun kids bop CD and the girls had a blast dancing around.  As you can tell they did a conga line...silly girls.

Thanks to all her great friends for coming and making it a very special day.  I just love all you girls and it is so fun having you in our home.  Hope you had fun!!  

Blake sent these to Kenzie at School today, she loved them!