Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Charlie's 1st Birthday!

Today our little Charlie turned ONE!!!
Happy Birthday Charlie Boy!!!
Bailey was dying to throw him a party so after hours of her begging and pleading (ok, maybe she asked once...or maybe the whole thing was my idea) I decided it wouldn't be a bad idea! He IS the best dog in the world after all. He deserves it!
PAW-TY on!
Its a YAPPY Birthday Party for our little King Charlie!

First up, the cake!! Ingredients consist of carrots, flour, baking soda, honey, peanut butter, vanilla and oil. Yum right?....BLECK! (recipe below)

Charlie is very proud of his name (its one of the few human words he knows) so I felt I needed to include it on the cake somehow. ;)


Dog treats as a border...easy and very appropriate!!
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Cupcakes for the humans.

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The girls were very excited about the endeavor of creating a dog cake so they helped!


Olivia helped shred carrots (she was fascinated watching me do it and just HAD to try it for herself).

Bailey added all ingredients and was in charge of stirring.

She was a little concerned with the way the cake batter looked...she is used to yummy batter and this definitely doesn't look the same! lol


The table...
























It took forever for poor Charlie's buddies to arrive. He thought he was going to die of boredom!!








But about 2 minutes after this picture was taken, the other 2 stooges arrived!!!!
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Introducing, Abby the chihuahua and Jack the Westie.






















After a few minutes of mad chaos as the dogs greeted each other with lots of running and kissing, trips outside to the bathroom and bickering over toys...it was time to be seated.




Charlie, the typical excited birthday boy wiggling all over the table in anticipation.
















We sang happy birthday..
And then served out cake!!!























The dogs were pleased with their peanut butter/carrot cake. ;)
Then we opened presents and let the dogs fight over the squeaky toys that Charlie got for his birthday. Charlie is a notoriously terrible sharer so most of the scuffling was him trying to keep tabs on his new stuff! Something we'll need to work on in the future. ;)
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At the end of the night the guests were sent home with goodie bags consisting of Milk Bone dog treats, a squeaky toy and a yummy dog bone.



Thanks for visiting and viewing Charlies 1st birthday PAW-TY!!!
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Recipe for Dog Cake
1 cup of white flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup honey
1 egg
Mix flour and baking soda together and then add all other ingredients.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
Frost cake w/ whipped non fat cream cheese.

13 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! That is the cutest pawty I have ever seen. You have one lucky dog!! :) (I am a huge nerd!!!)

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  2. ok, that cake is KILLING ME! Loving it! What a great owner that puppy has!

    hugs! Kim @ Party Frosting!

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  3. OMG... You are hilarious! This is SO cute!! I love the picture of Charlie waiting! What an adorable party!

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  4. I literally don't even like dogs, but I love this party! So cute! I would have never guessed that the cake tasted "Bleck" as you say! It looks so pretty!

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  5. Wow, you are so creative (and brave!) to host a doggie birthday paw-ty. My daughters insisted on celebrating our mini schnauzer's 1st birthday some years back. But we opted for taking him and 2 dog "guests" out to a pet-friendly restaurant. Not as brave as you...ha-ha!

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  6. Love this party! My son's name is Bailey also. I just love that name. Found you from Maddycakes Muse

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  7. What a cute idea!!! I love this set up. I found this blog by accident and glad I did!! How creative and well thought out! I love the idea of having a party for the babies (dogs). Very, very cute!!!

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  8. I love this! Did you send out invitations? If so, do you have the electronic version you wouldn't mind sharing? Also the electronic version of the goody bag label would be great! Thank you for the inspiration.

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  9. Where did you find those cute black and white dog bowls??

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  10. My dogs 1st bday is Feb 3rd and we are having her puppy friends over! :)

    I made this today as a "tester" cake... and it was GREATLY appreciated by my dog Harper.

    Success! Thanks!

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  11. I love this! Thanks for sharing Charlie's special pawty!

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  12. What did you use for the bow? Rawhide?

    Love it btw!!

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