Joey and I began cleaning on Friday morning to get ready for the party on Saturday. At some point during my preparation process, I looked over on the couch and this is what I saw:
It's so nice to see them being sweet to each other when most of the time I hear screaming coming from one or the other! Anyway, Joey and I worked like slaves to get the house ready. I worked really hard at trying to be creative. Blue's Clues has been discontinued as a party theme so I had to make everything. All the kids got a "pail and shovel" as their goody bag and I put the characters faces on them. I also colored and cut out the decorations and made puzzles out of Blue's Clues coloring pages. This isn't a great picture, but it kind of shows what the dining room looked like:
At the beginning of the party, Tripp wasn't really "feeling it" and you would have thought the day was about Makinley. She just pranced around and acted like everyone came for her!
I was able to snag a few pictures of the birthday boy before people started arriving.
At about 1:50 (and the party started at 2), Tripp hit a wall. I was really concerned that this might be where he spent his entire party. He hadn't had a nap and his sinuses were really bothering him. He sat on my mom's lap for awhile, but as people started getting to our house, he pepped up.
I set up my kids little table as a "art center". I brought dry erase boards and markers from my classroom and the kids loved it. On Blue's Clues, he draws pictures sometimes on dry erase boards, so it went well with the theme and it kept the kids occupied.
The lady that made Tripp's birthday cake used to make all of Joey's birthday cakes when he was growing up. She also made our wedding cake! My original plan wasn't to have a sheet cake, but I couldn't find a good picture of what I wanted and I was getting stressed out about it, so I just went back to the standard. It tasted great, so that's all that really matters!
Tripp was more than ready to blow out his candle. By 2:30, we were singing and eating cake. His friends Karli and Peyton were right in on the action!
The rest of the pictures are out of order! Drives me crazy, but my computer won't let me move them around once they are uploaded. Anyway, after cake, we had a Blue's Clue's Scavenger Hunt and the kids figured out the clues to find the pinata!
After the Scavenger Hunt, we opened presents!
(Out of order: Tripp feeding his sister cake! I had to put it in here though because it was so sweet!)
Me reading Blue's Clues and the big kids trying to figure them out.
Overall, it was a really good party. The worst part was the weather. I wasn't able to set up anything outside and let the kids kind of wander in and out. We had a packed house. There were about 11 kids and both parents for each kid, so it was full. Tripp got some great outside toys...including a soccer goal, baseball net, bubbles, several things for the beach. He also got a GREAT start on his spring/summer wardrobe thans to his grandma's. It's hard for me to believe he is 3. Time is flying by!
It's so nice to see them being sweet to each other when most of the time I hear screaming coming from one or the other! Anyway, Joey and I worked like slaves to get the house ready. I worked really hard at trying to be creative. Blue's Clues has been discontinued as a party theme so I had to make everything. All the kids got a "pail and shovel" as their goody bag and I put the characters faces on them. I also colored and cut out the decorations and made puzzles out of Blue's Clues coloring pages. This isn't a great picture, but it kind of shows what the dining room looked like:
At the beginning of the party, Tripp wasn't really "feeling it" and you would have thought the day was about Makinley. She just pranced around and acted like everyone came for her!
I was able to snag a few pictures of the birthday boy before people started arriving.
At about 1:50 (and the party started at 2), Tripp hit a wall. I was really concerned that this might be where he spent his entire party. He hadn't had a nap and his sinuses were really bothering him. He sat on my mom's lap for awhile, but as people started getting to our house, he pepped up.
I set up my kids little table as a "art center". I brought dry erase boards and markers from my classroom and the kids loved it. On Blue's Clues, he draws pictures sometimes on dry erase boards, so it went well with the theme and it kept the kids occupied.
The lady that made Tripp's birthday cake used to make all of Joey's birthday cakes when he was growing up. She also made our wedding cake! My original plan wasn't to have a sheet cake, but I couldn't find a good picture of what I wanted and I was getting stressed out about it, so I just went back to the standard. It tasted great, so that's all that really matters!
Tripp was more than ready to blow out his candle. By 2:30, we were singing and eating cake. His friends Karli and Peyton were right in on the action!
The rest of the pictures are out of order! Drives me crazy, but my computer won't let me move them around once they are uploaded. Anyway, after cake, we had a Blue's Clue's Scavenger Hunt and the kids figured out the clues to find the pinata!
After the Scavenger Hunt, we opened presents!
(Out of order: Tripp feeding his sister cake! I had to put it in here though because it was so sweet!)
Me reading Blue's Clues and the big kids trying to figure them out.
Overall, it was a really good party. The worst part was the weather. I wasn't able to set up anything outside and let the kids kind of wander in and out. We had a packed house. There were about 11 kids and both parents for each kid, so it was full. Tripp got some great outside toys...including a soccer goal, baseball net, bubbles, several things for the beach. He also got a GREAT start on his spring/summer wardrobe thans to his grandma's. It's hard for me to believe he is 3. Time is flying by!
2 comments:
Pictures are great. I just told your mom that Mak looks just like you...especially as she gets older. I love the picture of you holding her and the two of them on the couch. I am so proud of my family! (had momma been sleeping??)
What a fun party! You did a great job.
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