Birthday Party with Our Lady

My little girl celebrated her 6th birthday yesterday....and God love her, she asked for a Blessed Mother party.

"Mom, can I have a Mary puzzle? Mom can I have a Mary blanket? Mom can I have a Mary cake? Mom can I have a Mary poster, a Mary church book, a Mary dolly?"

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find all these Blessed Mother gifts? Impossible. They just don't make a Blessed Mother comforter. They don't make Blessed Mother puzzles. But I was so touched that my little girl even asked for such a party, for such sweet gifts, that I made every effort to make some of these wishes come true.

Puzzle: Walgreens to the rescue! They can make a puzzle out of any uploaded photo....yippie! We uploaded a beautiful scene of Our Lady holding the child Jesus, and even were able to write a Happy Birthday message on the puzzle. It came the day before her birthday, and she absolutely loved it.

Our local Catholic book store had a few Mary church books for children to choose from, easy task!

We found a Blessed Mother dolly online, holding the baby Jesus, nice plush and huggable. Amazon.com saved the day, seller: Bigflysports.

The cake, well, that was an adventure. I went to JoAnn Fabrics, and they have a great selection of cake making tools. I am no expert cake maker, but the directions on how to make this cake were easy to follow, and with a few modifications to make it look like Our Lady of Guadalupe, the cake turned out. I learned a new trick with fondant! Gotta love that stuff, it made her cape!

We even purchased a beautiful Miraculous Medal necklace for her, and today, she proudly asked to wear it to school - what mother would say 'no'?

Yesterday we celebrated the birth of our 6 year old, in great style....in honor of our Blessed Mother. This one I won't easily forget.

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