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To Infinity and Beyond! Cuteness Overload with Cara & Buzz Lightyear

I’m not sure when exactly Cara became obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. I think I may have casually mentioned last year that she should have a Buzz Lightyear Party when she turned 3 years old. From there, her love of Buzz just exploded and we encouraged it. For some reason, I love that she’s not in to princesses. They’ve never particularly excited me, but to have her love something so unexpected is just fun.

She was also given a Buzz Lightyear costume from a friend at the same time, and although she didn’t love to wear the whole costume, the Buzz wings were perfect. Easy to put on and fun to wear. Once we got to Virginia, she started wearing them everywhere and it was so fun to watch the Asian tourists at the National Mall point to her and smile.

The first ride we went on in Disneyland was Buzz’s Astro Blasters. As you exit the Astro Blasters, the gift shop is full of awesome Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story paraphernalia. We found a zip up hoodie jacket that she looked adorable in, but couldn’t stomach the $50 price tag so decided to wait. I’m so glad we did. On day #2 over in California Adventure we found a t-shirt for the low price of $22 that worked perfectly. As we are headed into summer and warmer weather, she’ll wear it a lot more too.

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We knew going in to Disneyland that meeting Buzz would be a highlight for her. Day #3 started in California Adventure and having spoken with some of the character handlers I knew Buzz’s location was behind the Screamin’ roller coaster along the Midway Games section. We wandered over that way around lunch and were disappointed to see Jesse out for her photo op (we had already seen her in Disneyland and Cara was not impressed).  As I went up to ask when Buzz would be coming, like magic he walked out of the staging area. I’ve never seen Cara more excited. We hurriedly got in line and patiently waited for our turn.

You. Guys. It was PERFECT. So perfect it made me ridiculously happy for her. Buzz was SO great. He reacted to her shirt and wings, was totally “shocked” that Cara looked just like him and Cara just ate it up. The girl didn’t stop grinning.

Oh -and the way she looked at him? Pure Joy.

To Infinity and Beyond!

Its moments like this that make me so happy to be a parent. At that moment, watching her excitement and happiness, it was worth every penny we spent to be there.

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This Week on Instagram Feb 8-14 Whew! 5 days at Disneyland. It was amazingly fun, but by the end we were all exhausted. Lots of Buzz Lightyear, Mickey Mouse, Cars Land, and yummy food!!

 

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A Buzz Lightyear Birthday Party

Surprisingly, we have a little daughter that is obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. Not princesses, not My Little Ponies, not the entire Toy Story Clan. Just Buzz. And occasionally Zurg because, well, they are arch enemies after all. We have a bucket of little Disney figures (purchased long ago for another child) that has a 2″ Buzz Lightyear character. I can only assume that is where her obsession comes from, as her and Buzz have been best friends for months. So, when her 3rd birthday was fast approaching I mentioned the idea of having a Buzz Lightyear party and she immediately agreed! All she talked about for weeks was her “Buzz Lightyear cake” and how amazing her party was going to be. And, amazing it was. 🙂

For the record, I love decorating cakes. Even when I was little, I’d decorate all my siblings cakes with cute little figurines and colored buttercream frosting. Pretty quickly after we starting having kids, we purchased a little cake decorating set and I think I’ve done one almost every year for each of my kids. However, I have this amazing neighbor that pulled off a wickedly cool fondant cake for her daughter a few months ago and I begged her to teach me. So, she did. Voila!

Fondant is really not as hard to work with as you might think – my friend helped me cover the cakes with the two different shades of blue, and my awesome cousins who were staying with us at the time helped me cut shapes, and roll balls. I think it turned out pretty good, yes? Rachel (who had the coolest My Little Pony cake a few years ago) asked me why her and Andrew didn’t get really awesome cakes for their birthdays? Ugh. The bar has been set.

One of our little birthday traditions is that we have a HUGE breakfast. Sam and I (well, sometimes just me) decorate the kitchen the night before while they are sleeping so its “go time” as soon as they roll out of bed. Each kid has their favorite breakfast – and Cara’s this year was waffles with strawberry syrup and whipped cream. Yum!!

Sam & I had a huge hike to go on with the Young Women in our ward, so we postponed festivities until later that evening. We had my family over for dinner, presents, and cake & ice cream. Rachel & Andrew were super cute with their presents! They spent a lot of the morning writing stories, drawing pictures and wrapping them in LOTS of wrapping paper. BUT, it was so cute to see how excited they all were!

We got her a “Big Buzz” and she was immediately in heaven.  Epic battles between Buzz & Zurg commenced.

The cutest thing was that we had to tell her that Buzz couldn’t blow out her candles, she had to actually do it herself.

Party on the inside too!! This is actually super easy to do – you just color the cake batter in a few different bowls and then layer it in before baking.