Famille Pelissie (Saved): Joyeux Anniversaire, Niko!

We celebrated Niko's birthday a day early. Today he is three! We enjoyed having friends and family celebrate with us last night.

I was pretty pleased with how the cookie cake turned out. Since Niko is such a fan of Woody and McQueen, it was hard to pick which one do use as a theme for his cake. Sunday night, however, I received the inspiration of the race track, so McQueen it was. :) Niko received the McQueen figure from his Tata and Ton ton Jake when we visited them in May. He still loves it, although I sometimes hide it because of the loud noises it makes. It worked well, I think for the "cake". I also tried some recipes I found recently when I was organizing all my recipes. I did some pepper (the green peppers from our garden), basil (from our garden), tomatoe, cheese toothpicks with Italian dressing, and then slices of baguette with cream cheese and "presto pesto" (basil from our garden, italian dressing, parmesean cheese blended together). The "touchdown taco dip" was definitely a favorite. I made two pans in case we had a lot of people and both were gone within the first half hour.

We purchased a "Woody" costume for Niko for Halloween and thought it would be fun to let him wear the hat and holster for his party. He loved it. I don't know if we'll ever be able to pry it away from him. :) (Yes, his clothes are a result of maman letting him dress himself in the morning and then running out of time to change clothes before the party.)