Happy Birthday Jaden!!!

So my little baby turned 3 yesterday. I was not happy. Three seems so big to me. I don't feel like she is a baby anymore but as she says "a big gurl". Since there was nothing I could do to stop it I decided we needed to celebrate! So yesterday she got dressed up and put her matching outfit on "brother"(don't ask)and we went to lunch together. Once we got home it was time to open her gift from her BFF Julianna! She was so excited!




Later we headed to get ice cream.(shock! no pictures!)

Today was the real fun! Party day! So what do you ask would my 3 year old daughter pick as her party theme? Dora, Mickey, princess? How about Alligators! Yes my daughter wanted to have an Alligator party! (it goes back to the whole Swamp People fascination a few posts back) So for the past two months I have been searching for alligator party supplies. To my surprise I found out that this was not a popular choice for pre-school parties! But this didn't stop me. I figured since I am half cajun I could figure this out. And after many searches on the good ole internet I came up a few places that had some alligator stuff. And thank goodness I was able to throw it all together and give my girl the Alligator party she wanted. I used my cooking skills to give it a cajun flavor. We had red beans and rice, jambalaya, swamp juice, bar b q alligator sandwiches and alligator nuggets. Unfortunately since there are no gators in Ohio we had to us pork for the sandwiches and chicken for the nuggets but that's my little secret!













I have to give a huge Thank You to Amy and Jeff for helping me! I couldn't have done it without you! (since a certain person named Rusty was out running errands!)