I have been neck deep in Halloween decor getting ready for September’s First Friday weekend at Good Juju.
So when Sugarwings’ birthday rolled around, I was already full on Fall in August. And that kid loves spooky season, they keep their Nightmare Before Christmas tree up in the bedroom all year.
It was a natural progression to turn the birthday party into a Summerween bash with themed foods. Including a dirt and worms buffet.
The birthday celebrant spent all week using a silicone mold to make chocolates, enough clear ice cubes for water glasses, and plenty of fruity ones for our signature mocktail of the evening.
Plus drawing faces on the outside of the cups, filling them with layered ice creams, wrapping and freezing them so they’d be ready to serve for guests.
We dined on Monster Mac n Cheese.
Watermelon shaped with cookie cutters.
With crescent wrapped mummy dogs as the main dish at a fancy, sit down, adult dinner party with some friends.
Oh, and a Jack-o-lantern spewing out guacamole.
Why is Jack green instead of orange? At Summerween, you carve watermelons instead of pumpkins.
I was prepared to buy six small melons for us to cut up as a party activity, then we discovered that Walmart carries foam ones. With pink insides!
I’m sure the hens were disappointed to not get a ton of extra fruit, watermelons are their fave. But this way, we got keepers that could go home as party favors with the guests. And the foam punk-melons didn’t attract fruit flies like the real ones do.
After dessert, the kids, well, not kids, maybe young adults? Had a scary movie marathon and sleep over in the office/den upstairs which Sugarwings had decorated with tissue paper ghosts hanging from the ceiling.
Watching my Grandfairy turn 19 was a mix of emotions, but after seeing this get together, I knew that no matter how old, this person will keep their fun loving, silly side and always be my adventure buddy.