Parker's 2nd Birthday Party

Okay, so it's been a while...I know.  I'm going to attempt to make an effort to update more often.

Here are some pictures from Parker's birthday party back in December:

Parker's cupcake on the plate Grandma made for him.
The boys each have a plate, made be Grandma,
that they eat their cake on every year.

The cupcakes

I took apart an old party hat and traced it on card stock.  I then cut it out so
the kids could make their own party hats.  I punched dots and stars out
of card stock and provided stickers to decorate the hats.

The kids had fun decorating their hats.

Parker's hat (with a little help from Mama).  He wouldn't keep it on his head.

We added some of our own cars to the centerpiece on the kitchen table.

I made the banner myself.  The gray paper is some Cars scrapbook paper that I picked up at Archiver's.  It has little Piston Cups all over it.  I used my Cricut to cut the letters.  I was gonna leave the triangle between Happy and Birthday blank until I found these stickers at Michael's one day.  I knew they would fit perfectly!

This was the only food I took a picture of (besides the cupcakes, of course) because it was the only thing that was cute.  We stacked little chocolate donuts to be the tower of tires outside Luigi's tire shop, Casa Della Tires.

Hey, Parker...you've got a little something on your face!
The cupcake must've been good.  He devoured it!

I didn't make as much stuff as I did for Peyton's party.  It was much easier to find decorations for Cars.  This year's parties are going to be Toy Story and Sesame Street.  I found an Elmo Birthday Party Cricut cartridge, and I can't wait to use it!  I'm gonna try to do a lot more of the decorations myself this year =)

Peyton's 4th Birthday Party

Here is the blog I promised.  The boys are now napping, so I have a little time on my hands.  Peyton wanted a Veggie Tales party.  One little problem...they don't make much for party decorations, and you can't order a Veggie Tales cake at the grocery store bakery. I was able to get plates, napkins, balloons and a few party favors from www.veggietales.com.  The rest was up to me.  I had to get a little creative.

First, I had to make a birthday banner.  I used my Cricut to cut out the letters.  I found some Veggie Tales pictures online, printed them on a full size label sheet, then cut them out and stuck them to the card stock for the pictures between the words.  I also hung different colored strands of curling ribbon from the curtain rod.

Then I had to make a couple more favors.  I was able to get crayons, temporary tattoos, stickers, bouncy balls and silly bands from the website, but I wanted more.  On the website they have some printable bookmarks and a match game.  I printed them on regular paper and stuck them to colored card stock.  I also laminated the bookmark.

Next, I made a Pin the Tooth on Larry game.  I have zero artistic talent, so I was very proud of how well my Larry turned out.  I made him out of poster board.

I don't know why it flipped the picture!

The day of the party I made my own Larry and Bob cakes and French Peas cake pops.  The cake pops didn't turn out great, but it was my first time ever making them.  I cut Larry out of a 9x12 sheet cake, and I made Bob out of a 9" round pan.  I cut a cake pop in half to make their noses.  I used a piece of the cake that I cut off to make Larry for Bob's stem.

We had a lot of fun at the party.  Because I made most of the stuff myself, it didn't cost much.

He really wanted a tuba, but since we couldn't find one he said a trumpet would be okay =)

My First Post

I am completely new to this, so bare with me.  Here is how this whole thing got started:


Back in October, a friend told me I needed to start a blog after my son's 4th birthday party.  She liked what I had done with his party and thought I needed to blog about it.  When I have more time, I will post pictures from the party.  I spent too much time this morning trying to figure this blog thing out!  I can't promise I will post often, but I will try.


This one is for you, Lydia =)