I don't know Jewel. I've never met Jewel but she is the inspiration behind Alex's Movie Night Birthday Bash coming straight to a living room near you --- well technically near me ---- on Saturday.
I've started to compile a few ideas and the favors I ordered arrived a couple of weeks ago. They are very reminiscent of the favors we gave for Alex's party last year. The fun stuff, I've got that covered. Finding it at a massive deal? Yeah, I usually have no problems there. But when it comes to some of the other details, this is where I need a little help.
And this is where I tend to make the ridiculous mistakes parents make.
I do a Google Image search. With my seven year old. And things like this appear:
Parents: Google Image Searches are not for kids with wild imaginations. Thanks to it, I will now be making what I can only predict will be a major blue frosting disaster.
You would think I would have learned my lesson back in November when we went looking online for a unicorn stocking cap. Sounds innocent enough. But then this happened....
Which led to this happening:
Which now leads to this happening every time we leave the house:
Yes, that's my kid. In the unicorn head.
So thus begins an adventure in something I can do but don't do really well: baking stuff. Add to that: frosting stuff to look like a very specific character from a film. But because birthday celebrations are kind of my jam, and she is kind of adorable I am going to go for it and see what happens.
And rest assured there will be no more helpful image searches between now and then - just to be on the safe side. It is her birthday afterall and while I can't entertain her every whim, I suppose I can try to bake instead of ordering cookies like I usually do. Sometimes you can have your cake, but no matter what it looks, tastes or smells like -in this case - she is going to have to eat it too.
Stay tuned to find out if this challenge is for the birds...
