
November 2025: Another Harry Potter birthday party! So much fun celebrating Mercy at Hogwarts! I’m so glad I had Lily’s party in Texas long ago to refer to for ideas
(more…)"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
Monday, October 19th, 2026

November 2025: Another Harry Potter birthday party! So much fun celebrating Mercy at Hogwarts! I’m so glad I had Lily’s party in Texas long ago to refer to for ideas
(more…)Friday, December 3rd, 2021

November 5: Our Mercy turned 8! She wanted a Mercy Watson party. This is one of her favorite book series which is hilarious to me since I never wanted to introduce it to her for fear that she would be quite *unamused* that the main character, Mercy, is a PIG. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
In the books Mercy’s favorite thing to eat is hot buttered toast. I thought it would be fun to make the cake look like a stack of buttered toast. I sliced up a pound cake and drizzled it with vanilla icing. I was worried the kids wouldn’t like it but again I was happy to be wrong.
Thursday, December 17th, 2020

November 5: Mercy turns 7 and has wanted a Frozen 2 party for months now. I went with an ice cream cake with whipped cream frosting. I thought this would be easy. Remind me next time it is not.
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