Prince and Princess party

I decided I could get away with celebrating the kids birthday parties together this year. Maybe again next year and then they will probably be too old for it. They are only 10 days apart so we have a lot of cake in this 2 week span and all their friends are the same at this point. So we decided to have a prince and princess party. We have all the stuff for it. Afterall our house is packed full of Princess type things. I went out a month ago and bought a cake mold for a castle cake and Dave was upset about it thinking he could do something better. So I returned the cake mold if he promised to be in charge of the cake. I was scared it wasn't going to happen but I was pleasantly surprised. So the cake was his creation. He did everything on it. It turned out really good. We did have to eat it fast once we cut in to it because it started to tumble. He stacked 3 cakes on top of eachother so it was put together with toothpicks and lots of frosting. The towers were cupcakes stacked on top of each other with a skewer holding them together. He did a really good job and I was impressed and grateful that it was his responsibility. The week before the party Siena and him decided on the layout and what she wanted and they went to the store and bought all the treats for it. Siena was very specific of what she wanted. She wanted lots of windows and fireworks coming out of the top. This is just like the play princess castle she has. I found little knights at Michaels that we put all around it. It was a great cake. We had all the girls dress up as princesses and the boys dressed up as knights and super heroes. Everyone looked so cute and I think they had fun. We had pin the crown on the princess. Siena kept looking around the blindfold and got the crown right on the correct spot. I think the best part was when we opened the presents. The kids were wonderful when the gifts were opened and played so nicely together when Dave finally got all the present out of the boxes. We should have opened them first so they would be entertained by them for the whole party. Siena and Ben had a great time and Dave hopes that he doesn't have to do another cake like that any time soon.