Good Times with the Ryans: Meeska Mooska, Jackson's Twoska!

We celebrated Jackson's 2nd birthday on Saturday with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party. Mickey is definitely his favorite character/cartoon right now and after meeting him at Disney a couple of months ago it was evident that Mickey and the gang would have to be a part of Jackson's 2nd birthday!

The party prepping got started on Friday with the cake baking/decorating. Amy and I have a tradition of decorating the kid's cakes, and boy am I glad we are a team! I had really big ideas for the Clubhouse cake and we were able to make them all a reality. Of course there were challenges... (What cake decorating party would be complete without a few challenges??) ...making the Mickey head, running out of confectioner's sugar at 9:45 pm (Thanks, Sean & Stevie!), & melty grass, but it was nothing that we couldn't overcome! We even had two extra handy helpers for a while -- Cheryl & Alyssa! We were sad to lose them early in the night b/c Cheryl had become the brains of our operation, and Alyssa, well she's good at a lot -- coloring fondant, piping icing, etc. She has her own portfolio of cakes she's decorated! Well, by 1am Amy & I were cleaning up and very satisfied with what we had done.

Jackson had no idea that Ryley & Emma had spent the night at his house, so he was very excited to see them there first thing Saturday morning! There couldn't have been a better way to start off his day! Check out him and Emma on his truck... It was too cute!

Ryley helped out with the finishing touches Saturday morning!

Pop-Pop was ready for the party!

Here it is... Jackson's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake!

Family pictures...

Ok, so we attempted a picture with Aunt Amy, Uncle Stevie and the kids, but that turned out to be quite a challenge! Jackson was over having his picture taken and he and Emma both were way more interested in getting back to their play!