How can it be? Leah is turning 3!!!

This weekend was Leah's 3rd birthday party.  How fast the past 3 years have gone! I can hardly believe that my little mischief night baby is old enough to ride a tricycle, put on her own shoes, and outsmart her own mother on many occasions!

Here's my little mama all ready for the festivities to begin:

What a big girl she is, right?!? She was so excited to wear her orange tutu!

I wanted to make her birthday party super special...what mom doesn't want their little one to have a great day that they'll never forget?

Of course, in this house birthday planning always begins with what else? Desserts!

I sat down with Leah and asked her what kind of sweets she wanted for her big day.  Her response? "Cake pops mama...ghost pops. And spooky cats!"  And that settled it.  It would be a spooky Halloween themed party.

So I set to work planning, prepping, and baking....Determined to make some spooky treats that would have everyone at the party licking their lips and wanting more.

Here's what I came up with:

Sugar cookie bats, ghosts, and cats:

 These sugar cookies are always a crowd pleasing treat..they are SO moist and fluffy...

you seriously can't just have one!

And these were the main attraction! These spooky cake pops were the talk of the party!

(cue patting myself on the back about these babies!)....

 

I was so happy with how these all came out! Leah was so excited when she first saw them on Saturday..."I want one now mama!"

 The jack-o-lanterns had vanilla cake inside, the black cats had lemon cake, 

and the ghosts were rice krispie treats.

 ...and all of them were a huge hit! Especially with the birthday girl...

my most important critic of all! :)

Here's a shot of the whole dessert display....

Well, almost the whole display...there was one more treat that I whipped up for another special birthday...Steve's!  The hubs' birthday was this past Thursday, so we HAD to celebrate his big day too!  Now, of course he would not indulge in the sugary sweets that I featured above.  NO.  It had to be purely paleo.

So, by his request, I made a paleo carrot cake with paleo frosting. 

It was my first time making both things...and I am super happy to say that the carrot cake was a huge hit as well!  Even Leah had a slice:

 As you can see, she thought it was "finger lickin' good!"

Well, after a very busy day of endless jumping in her special birthday bounce house, playing with family and friends, and eating lots of sweets...my big girl went to bed a happy (and extremely pooped!) little gal.  So, it was mission accomplished! Operation 3rd birthday bash was a success :)

I hope you all enjoyed my latest post and creation and don't forget...eat your sweets!