Cole's Bday Party

We got to celebrate Cole's 7th bday in Bham. I can't believe he is already 7 - he is getting so big! We took the blow up slide up to their house for the kids to play on for the party. With Ashley being so creative, she made it a water/sea theme party. She painted some soft canvas a solid blue and drew a sea scene on it for the kids to paint. As for the cake, Cole wanted ice cream cone cupcakes. Ashley wanted to make them and let the kids decorate them as octopus'. So we started to make them and decided to fill them up really high hoping they would make big rounded tops for the octopus'. Well, we don't know what happened, but they were a flop. The sides of the cones started melting down and they didn't puff up at all. So, we made some more and just didn't feel them up as high - they turned out just fine.
Oh, the party was for Cole and his friend David (who turned 8) who lives right behind him. They do their parties together some b/c Cole is always on the road with the family on his birthday and when they are home to celebrate, it's always close to David's. So all the kids got there and had so much fun playing on the big slide. They thought it was great! And then of course the paintng mural. It was fun and Lani stayed over forever painting. After we ate, they made their cute octopus' with spike icing, spice drops and gummy worms. Very cute! It was a fun birthday party for Cole and David. David even told Ashley it was his best birthday ever! Happy Birthday boys!