Hello Kitty Cupcakes

G turned 3 in December, right after Christmas. This was the first year that she was really aware of birthday parties and had definite opinions on what she wanted. This was also the first year that we had to combine all the chaos of Christmas with making her birthday something separate and special.

For her party, she wanted Hello Kitty cupcakes. I was not going to spend the money on custom order, special design cupcakes for a 3 year old birthday party but she was insistent. Hello Kitty ON the cupcakes. Not the wrapper. Not the table. Not the walls. Not a balloon. Not even a cake. Cupcakes.

Now, I could have printed little cupcake toppers on cardstock and stuck them in with a toothpick or bought strange, hard sugar things stuck to cardboard that look vaguely like a white cat with a bow. But no. Somehow crazy-mom took over and she was going to have real, decorated cupcakes. Because I always had cakes with real icing decoration in whatever theme I wanted, my daughter would too. Never mind that we no longer have the family bakery to this. Never mind I won't spend more than a dollar on a cupcake for 3 year olds. It. Will. Happen.

And they kind of look like Hello Kitty. I was terrified she would end up with cupcake wrecks.