Parties You Will Never Get Into

On April 18, 2008, Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ adorable toddler, turned 2 years old. Instead of throwing a celebrity-studded birthday bash the paparazzi can easily feast on, the couple opted to give their daughter a more exclusive celebration with only about 24 of their immediate family and closest friends as guests.

Absolutely no celebrities were invited for the daytime party.

Held at a private property in Hollywood Hills, the party’s theme was butterflies, a favorite of the birthday girl.

The place was decorated with all the things that Suri loved. Fresh flowers worth $17,000 practically covered the party area. Suri also had fun with all the colorful balloons scattered all over the place.

One of the highlights of the exclusive party was a big coloring area where guests wrote their birthday wishes for Suri. They also had fun coloring on a big card for the birthday princess.

A 4-tiered polka dot and butterfly-decorated chocolate and vanilla cake, especially made by Los Angeles bakery Sweet Lady Jane, was the center of attraction. Each of the guests, including 15-year old Isabella and 13-year old Connor, Tom’s adopted children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman, were given a personalized Italian-flavored (minus the rum, of course!) cake.

Tom also ordered cupcakes worth $230 from Sprinkles, a bakery that Katie favors.

Guests enjoyed listening to music, playing games, and dancing. The family had fun bowling after the party ended.

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck served his sumptuous masterpieces for Suri’s birthday bash. Later in the day, he also whipped up his fabulous culinary creations for a party Tom threw for good friends David and Victoria Beckham, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Eva Longoria-Parker.

Also present at Suri’s birthday celebration were Tom’s mother and sisters, and Katie’s parents, Kathy and Martin Holmes, who flew in from Ohio.

Although the party was definitely exclusively for family and close friends, Tom and Katie reportedly spent a whopping $100,000 for their little princess’ 2nd birthday bash! But then since Suri and her guests had a grand time, everything was well worth it!