Anna's and Lyla's Birthday Party
In the interest of staying sane, we have started combining some of the kids' birthday parties. So this year, Anna and Lyla had their party together. We had a great time celebrating Anna's sixth birthday (coming soon in May) and Lyla's fourth birthday (in April.) Time has sure flown--I can't believe how big my girls are getting. Anna requested rainbows, and Lyla wanted Hello Kitty again for themes for their cakes. I decided to make cupcakes. That way I could decorate half with each girl's theme. What better way to have a Rainbow Hello Kitty party? We made rainbow cupcakes by dividing the cake batter and using food coloring to make the cupcakes themselves in a rainbow pattern. My son Evan and I spent quite a while one morning scooping small amounts of colored batter into cupcake pans. We used two boxes of 15.4 ounce white cake mix, and we made 28 cupcakes. I think we could have made 30 so that the cupcakes would not have bee...