Rainbow Birthday Bash

 So this weekend we had Jacks 10th birthday celebration.

Last year at this time my husband lost his job so neither

of the boys had parties like they are used to

It broke my heart.

I promised myself that if hubby was working again at a good pay we would go all out!

And we did!

Jack had a

Sports and Sweets party

I had it between lunch and dinner time so all we had to serve was

snacks and candy.....oh and did we serve candy!

I got the idea for this awesome tablescape from

TomKat Studio

I LOVE the things she comes up with.  I didn't understand how to make her party circles or I would have ordered some....and I never heard back....so I will definitely do that for the next party.

In addition to a candy buffet we also had chocolate covered marshmallows

and Oreo Truffles and Chocolate covered Oreos

Mother Nature was really on our side as a HUGE thunder storm rolled in earlier in the day, but

by the 1pm party time all was well.....humid as all get out....but sunny!

The kids played soccer, kickball, football and then went on our new water slide.  I was

going to rent one but then I stumbled upon on on sale at Kohl's and for ONCE had a 30% off

coupon so it ended up being more cost effective to just buy it!  The kids are thrilled!

Then it was on to the cake.... and MAN did this cake give me trouble!

I ended up making this cake 3 times....the first time I tried it, one of the layers

cracked....I continued to use it with icing as glue

then I added 2 more layers...HUGE error

it was falling apart.....ok one box of cake mix to experiment a new

way to make this cake...looked cool but too small.....so sent hubby to store on the way home from work....

and BINGO!!! I got it!

Needless to say I am VERY happy with how this cake turned out and so was Jack!