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Koi Party

For Ava's 7th birthday, she wanted a Koi themed party. Luckily, she has a summer birthday and Mom Mom Terri & Pop Pop Bob have a pool. Once we decided on the theme, we planned a trip to NYC to one of our favorite stores, Pearl River in Soho. We purchased Koi windsocks for each guest as a goody bag, tied the end and filled it with different Japanese candies, and a set of chopsticks for fun. On the way home from New York, I sketched out the plan for the Koi cake. We used about 3 sheet cakes, sculpted the shape of the cake with a knife, lots of buttercream icing, and fondant. Ava was okay with cutting the cake, although it was filled with strawberry cake, which is not her favorite. I made chocolate cupcakes with pink icing, red swedish fish and a tiki drink umbrella. I tried to make all of the food either red (tomato pie, M&M's), pink or asian. All paper goods were plain pink and the table linens were a red marimekko print. The children swam, hula hooped, and had a great time, especially Ava.