Party with rainbow cupcakes

We were invited to our neighbor's birthday party, and I used that as an excuse to try to make those lovely rainbow cupcakes! There seemed to be some seismic shifting in the oven, which I blame on inequality of gel proportions. Next time, more gel, more equally! However, everyone at the party was impressed with the tie-dye brilliance, except the 2-year-old birthday boy who was engrossed in his full-size Elmo cake. Psshh! Who needs tiny cupcakes when you have a big one to yourself?!

This was Soren's first birthday party invite, but he wasn't the youngest kid there. He mainly played with the balloons on the picnic table and the sand at the sand table. It was a pretty fun time!