Butterfly Cake for Baby's 1st and Baby Shower

Sweet baby Emery turned one this week,

so I made a Butterfly Smash Cake for her.

We set the cake up in her bedroom under

her darling canopy that she loves to go

play in.

At first she was only interested in playing 

with her pearls.

We had to introduce her to the cake.

It is amazing how quickly they grow and

how much they change in the first year.

We decided to move the cake to the

floor.  Just like the darling little lady

she is, she delicately ate her cake.

But it didn't take long for her to let us

know she had had enough sweets.

I had made the same cake a few days before for

a baby shower for Amy from our craft group.

Everyone in the craft group helped.

Laura hosted it and set this stunning table,

 Joanne created the beautiful balloon

garland, Karen did the flowers, Brenda

organized us on the food.

It was like a giant charcuterie table.

I love this shot with the table reflected in

Laura's mirror.

Crafty and meticulous Brenda and Karen

made this gorgeous quilt for Amy's baby.

It was fun using the same cake inspiration

for two baby events in the same week.

There is nothing like celebrating darling

little girls!

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday

and

Dishing It and Digging It

MacKenzie Childs Pie Plate Winner

Happy Valentine's Week to the lucky winner

of this giveaway of a 9.5 inch 

MacKenzie-Childs pie plate (or dish,

or bowl, or whatever you want to use it for.)

I used the random number generator to

choose the winner, and the lucky lady is....

Bonnie

at

Living With Thanksgiving.

I think she is going to love this.  I know

I love mine!

I love how the pattern changes on the underside,

and the gold rim.

And I am even including a couple of

bags of these fun mega-sized

Valentine M&M's with messages on some.

Speaking of Valentine's -

hubby gave me this gorgeous box

of chocolates - lips, heels, lipstick

and gold - how girly and gorgeous and

delicious too!

Visit Bonnie to tell her congratulations

on winning!

Happy Valentine's Table and Surprise Giveaway

Happy Valentine's to the cutest couple I know!

They turned 90 this last year, and they are

still romantic, and kissing, and holding hands,

and even dancing together.

I created this surprise tablescape for

my husband.  He loves to come home to

a romantic table for two in front of the fireplace.

It makes him feel special, and I always

get just a little giddy setting it.

It is easy now that there are only two

of us at home, but we used to pull the

coffee table in front of the fire and

do a fun dinner for the kids too, as they

sat on the rug.  There are so many ways

to create special memories around food.

Since we just got home from a Valentine's

celebration Disney trip for the two of us, 

I decided to create a Mickey and Minnie

Valentine's Day table for us in front

of the fireplace.

Everything is set in signature red and white

with heart placemats, one of my favorite white

wood chargers, red and white alternating plates

and Minnie's signature red with white polka dots.

I have several red goblets to choose from,

but I chose these that I bought years ago.

The table is featuring my new Mickey Mouse flatware

that I purchased at Disneyland.  As much as we 

love Mickey and Minnie, these are a perfect 

addition to our home.

Despite pouring rain that I mentioned in my

last post, we ventured out to get these on our

last day.  I could have bought all kinds of 

dishware.  They had some new plates - maybe

next time!

The Mickey flatware looks cute on top

of a heart-shaped napkin fold.

Also brought home from Disneyland this time

were these wonderful Disney "Kitchen Sinks"

that we had sundaes in.  I just had to feature

them on our table.

Of course I ordered Minnie's,

and hubby ordered Mickey's.  

They are large and make quite the sundae.  

We got them at Clarabelle's in California Disney.

I had actually been wanting them for some time,

but we were always too full to order them,

so we had them for our lunch.

Hubby hasn't seen the table yet.

I can't wait to see his face when he

walks into the living room.

He is so cute - he sends me pictures

via text to remind me of a fun vacation,

or to say, "Let's get away" again.  He

really does appreciate things like this.

Now on to the giveaway mentioned in

my post last week

The surprise giveaway is this great

MacKenzie-Childs 9.5" pie plate (or serving bowl).

To qualify to win just click here,

leave a comment on that post, guessing

where my MacKenzie-Childs pieces

traveled to for my birthday in January.

Be sure to enter before midnight February 8, 2019.

The winner will be chosen from the correct

guesses - pretty easy - you can even look at

the other comments (haha).  If you don't have a

blog where I can contact you, leave your email.

Remember you can't win if I can't get ahold of

you to get your address!!!!  Then another random

winner will have to be chosen.

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday

Dishing It and Digging It

Happy Valentines Day Disney Style

Are you all decorated for Valentine's Day with

hearts and flowers and fun?  We are ready here

at Purple Chocolat Home!!

We decided to run away for a couple of days

to get out of the cold and celebrate

Valentine's Day since we will be entertaining

a houseful of our

 Young Single Adults on Valentine's Day.

We loved seeing Disneyland at Valentine's Day.

There were hearts everywhere.  We had never

been for Valentine's Day before so it was

fun.

The truth is, we had looked at the weather the week

before and we would be exchanging the 20's and 30's

for high 70's.  As luck would have it, we ended up with

rain, rain, and more rain!

Now Disneyland can be fun when it is raining

a little, because a lot of people stay away, but

when it is a deluge - wow!!

We got there the first day, and fortunately they

had our room ready, so we hung out in the room

until the downpour was over.  It was quite a sight

seeing little families dragging back to the hotel

dripping wet.  We were lucky and the rain stopped

for the rest of that day and the next.

So off we went to enjoy all of the Valentine's Day fun.

I just loved all of their great displays and windows.

Minnie was in this darling dress I have

never seen before.  This dress is for Mickey's

Get Your Ears On celebration.  She was

just adorable.

There were Valentine's banners and hearts all up

and down Main Street.

We celebrated by signing

 up for another year's pass.  We are just

two kids at heart, and it is just a short

plane flight for us. 

But in the end, I think it may be all about food!  

As long as Disney keeps coming up with

fun foods, we will probably keep coming back!

Their seasonal flavoring on their Mickey Beignets

for Valentine's Day is Chocolate Strawberry.

Wow, this was such a hit!  (We try to share everything

so we can try more things!)

The new Tropical Hideaway, just around the corner

from the Tiki Room has a Raspberry and Pineapple 

Twist float that we ordered and Loaded Pineapple 

Whip with fresh fruit and those little chocolate

sticks!  There is a really nice place to sit and enjoy

that now and at night it is beautiful with the Tiki torches.

Of course, on the first day - rain, rain, rain, there was

no line for the Dole Pineapple Whip.

Last time we discovered Harbour Galley,

right across from the Haunted Mansion.

It is so tiny that I never even noticed it -

but wow - their lobster roll.  I couldn't get

enough of that.

We discovered these Garlic Cheese Breadsticks

after we watched a kids' show at the Royal Theater.

They are warm, so great on a colder day and they

come with a marinara dipping sauce.

We were craving warm things so this 

yummy treat from the Cozy Cone just hit the spot.

We don't wait in line at Car's Land - we go

for the single rider line.

Have you had a chance to try the

Nom Noms in Disney California?

They sell them right after the

Incredicoaster - Jack Jack has been

chasing them all through the coaster.

They are heated right before you buy

them and that makes them so soft and

melty!  Wow, they were great on a

cooler day.

At the last minute hubby wanted to try and get

in to The Blue Bayou.  As you may know, those

reservations are made months in advance, but

they do have space for walk-ins.  We got lucky.

We enjoyed our gumbo 

and Monte Cristo sandwiches,

but we had to try the Passion Fruit Pillows for

dessert.  

Oh wow!  Happy Valentine's Day to us!!!

This dessert is just for Valentine's, so you

would have to try it pretty soon.

Imagine layers of passion fruit mouse with

a thin layer of cake, covered in what I assume

is a white chocolate spray, and then topped

with a raspberry mousse heart.

It really does look like a pillow with a heart

placed on it for your Valentine!

Notice the garnish of gold on the heart and the

mini candy hearts all over the plate.

It was truly amazing.  We loved it so much

that we ordered one to go and took it back

to our room to have the next day.

The chocolate layer cake paled in comparison,

and only had a few bites taken out of it.

What a great Valentine's Day celebration,

despite the rain.  It was fun to do it

early and see what Disneyland had to offer,

and to kick of February in such a fun way.

We had to agree that if you were going there

to celebrate Valentine's Day, and wanted to get

engaged, or wanted a romantic photo in front

of the castle, you would be truly disappointed.

The Castle is all covered up for painting right now.

Fireworks with that were a bit of a let down,

but everything else was a lot of Disney magic!