choo choo! ethan is two! We celebrated his second birthday party with a modern train theme featuring clouds, mountains + trees as the main decor elements. with striped cups, plates, striped table runner too! each guests got a train hat and whistle in their treat bag, along with custom crayons and co

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Are you ready for a serious picture overload? Don't judge. I have accepted the fact that I am that crazy Mom that I always made fun of at kids birthdays. I went over the top and I loved every bit of it! For the last 2 months I have been crafting like crazy getting all of the details worked out for E's party. It was TOTALLY worth it! I was so pleased with the final out come. Now onto the pictures! I thought it was super awesome that the lights outside of our apartment looked SO similar to the light on Sesame Street. So I made a little sign. I made a few boxes with arrows to direct people to our place and a special sign that said Ethnie St. Welcome to Ethnie's World. At first I hadn't planned any activities for the kids but I am SO glad that I did. They were able to play all of the games by themselves which was so nice. The kids played while the adults socialized. The first station was coloring with Elmo. I got most of my inspiration for these games here. Next was Super Grovers First Flight. Jakob made the sling shot last year for our Angry Birds game for Blue & Gold so all I had to do was paint a few balls. I loved how they turned out. This was a game for the older kids. They needed a challenge. Next up, Blowing Bubbles with Big Bird. This was hands down the most popular activity! The kids loved blowing bubbles. So simple! Next was Oscars Trash Toss. The kids really weren't into this one as much but it was super simple to throw together. Then there was the I Spy game. The sign on the door. The Favors. Goldfish crackers with some crayons. The Living Room. A few years ago I went to a birthday party and the Mom had made tons of cardboard cut outs. I fell in love with the idea and rocked some out. I loved how they turned out. They took me approximately 2 hours each to complete from start to finish. Ethnie loved Elmo so much that she would kiss him good night. That right there makes it all worth it. :) I tried my hand at tissue paper garlands. I really love how they turned out. They added a lot of color to the room. And of course we couldn't have an Elmo party without Dorothy the Fish. She was a door prize and Stu & Cortney took Dorothy home. Tissue paper pom poms. These were a piece of cake to make and really filled up those empty spaces. I have learned that 13 pieces for tissue is the magic number. you can get away with 6-8 for the small ones. A few highlights from Ethnie's year. The food Table sans food. We had a taco bar. The streamer wall wasn't as epic as last year but I still loved how it turned out. I took regular balloons and taped them to the ceiling instead of paying for helium. It really finished off the wall and it only took me 3 1/2 hours instead of the 6 hour that canopy took. :) Oh the Elmo pinata. I was happy with the final result but I wish his eyes and nose were smoother. He did his job though and Ethnie liked him and that is all that matters. The cake. *Insert choir of angels here* Seriously.... the best cake ever! Everything about this makes my heart happy. We got our inspiration for him from several places but here is a link to my Pinterest board with them all if you are interested. Duke needed a shot of energy before the crowds came. :) Playing with the bubbles. Let's take a moment to give a shout out to Pa!! He was so wonderful and played with the kids outside for the ENTIRE party! He was everyone's Pa and I am so thankful for him! There's our Birthday Girl!!!! Trying to get Grover into the bucket. It was tricky! The cutest little man! We had a special guest! Elmo came from Sesame Street to meet Ethnie!!! At first E was terrified. She didn't even want to be outside where he was. Don't worry, Pa protected her. Duke one the other hand really wanted to get in there! He really liked playing with his fur! Bella the clown was INCREDIBLE as per usual! I work with the most amazing people. Bella and Elmo made everyone feel so loved and special. Words cannot do my love and gratitude for them justice! They started off with some birthday magic! Then they did some dancing. All the while E was safe with Grampa! Once the started to play the Elmo slide she really warmed up and started to dance with Pa. She was good as long as Elmo kept a safe distance. Duke was fearless. Family Photo. Pa, Elmo, Ethnie & Duke. :) The children then did a treasure hunt. I love how Uncle Duke and Cortney stole some suckers. They make me happy. It was then time for little man's nap which is why he is not in any of the pictures after this. E was finally brave enough to get close to Elmo all on her own. She was so cute in her little chair. I made her her own Abby Cadabby wand. She thought it was pretty neat. Sprinkles!!! Putting in her Birthday Magic! Ta Da! It turned into a yummy cupcake! She had lots of helpers help her take a bite :). Ethnie loved Bella. She jumped up into her arms and didn't want Bella or Elmo to go when it was all over. It was so cute! Tickles from Elmo. Time for Cake. Ethnie was so cute petting Elmo and grabbing his nose. Bye Elmo & Bella Thank you so much for coming to E's party! It was perfect and Ethnie was so happy! The group! We have amazing friends! Time to break the pinata!!! E was so spoiled with all of her presents! I think my favorite was a bum cover from Gramma. It was the perfect way to finish off her little dress. Thank you Gramma!!! Another thank you to Gramma for taking all of the pictures and helping with the cake and food!!! I don't know what I would have done without you! Thank you to all who came!!! You made E's day perfect. I think my favorite part had to be while putting E to bed. Our conversation went like this: Mama: Did you have a good day? E:Ya! Mama: Did you see all of your friends? E: Ya. Ma! I taw E-mo!! Ma! E-mo tame!!! (I saw Elmo, Elmo came.) Mama: That's right baby, Elmo came. E: Ma! N Pa tame oo!!!! (And Pa came too.) The happiest girl Ever with Elmo and her Pa!

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Well, our little Dempsey Bean is officially TWO! We had the best time celebrating our sweet little caboose with a train party last weekend! We had cookies and cake and snacks out of a train I kinda DIY’d! I made the engine with foam core, then cut some foam core wheels to add to some wooden “train cars” that held the food! The track was cut out of black felt! The kids played with cars and trains on Dempsey’s new play mat (that was his present from us!) and on Wilson’s train tracks! Fun times! Below are some pics. The good ones (including the family ones) were captured by my sweet talented friend Haley! Since we were all dressed cute, we decided to have Haley take Christmas card pics before the party to kill two birds with one stone! Hope you enjoy the pics! 🙂 I’ll link as much as I can at the bottom of this post! 🙂 Here are a few peeks at Christmas pics! We had so much fun with Haley doing these!!! I ended up doing a funfetti cake and homemade buttercream icing, then used a wet spatula to smooth it out! (Learned that tip from my girl Mary Straton!) then DIY’d the train topper. Just paper and toothpicks! 🙂 Striped plates from Zazzle First and third “train cars” from Hobby Lobby. Can’t find them on HL’s site, but this looks similar?! Middle “train car” from The Outlet (use LAUREL20 for 20% off!) Cardboard train cutout from Oriental Trading Balloon arch kit from Lushra Custom cookies by Virgina Rose Baking Co. in Madison! Gathre mat on food table is sold out in my pattern, but there are SO MANY CUTE options now! Clip art to create invitation in Photoshop came from ETSY! You can browse similar train/car sets + Demps’s new play mat here! Turn on your JavaScript to view content I plan to do a separate post on our party/Christmas card outfits, so keep an eye out for that! Thank you SO MUCH for stopping in today! It truly means the world! And to Dempsey– HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY!! We love our little man SOOO MUCH! Could not imagine life without that little nut 🙂 I hope your day is absolutely the best! XO! You May Also Enjoy Sunshine & Disco Disco Trunk Or Treat Cake Butterflies Charcuterie Lately

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OK...the last of the 3 birthdays in a row is done! Robbie's 5th birthday party was an astronaut space party...so here is your photo journey! INVITATIONS: the boys each received a box instead of just a card (boxes courtesy of USPS priority) Here was the invitation folder... and invitation. (I used the font "neuropol." Looked so spacey!) Under their invitations, they received their official uniform (I told you I was going to love printable iron-ons) they also got a little "preflight energy food" (starburst) DECORATIONS: Of course I couldnt have had a party without a birthday banner...thanks again cricut! Chinese Lanterns! I had to order more after Jane's party. I kept trying to figure out what would look like planets, and beside paper maiche, silver lanterns were the easy way to go! So, I kept the red ones up, added a ton of silver ones in different sizes and 5 small blue ones with NASA on them. This may have messed up the look of the party, but I really wanted cute cookies on a stick. I will be the first to admit that I am NOT a cookie decorator. So, these were everywhere...maybe not super professional looking...but YUMMY!!! Ill post the recipes I used soon. ACTIVITIES: LEVEL 0: Shuttle Orientation As the kids arrived, I had them color space shuttles that had all the parts labeled. LEVEL 1: Rocket Launch If you have kids, and dont have one of these, I would order one RIGHT NOW! They are So fun, and work really well. The boys at the party loved it, and my daughter played with it the whole next day! (its called the ultra stomp rocket) LEVEL 2: Shuttle Repair The boys wore kitchen gloves and had to screw big nuts and bolts together underwater to give them the feel of big gloves in space! LEVEL 3: Collect Moon Rocks I scattered moon rocks all around the yard (kind of like an egg hunt) and let them search for them and add them to their official moon rock pouch. again, loving iron ons and canvas bags from the craft store. The rocks were quite a process. We started by spraying them green, but they were too transparent, so then we primed them and then put 2 more coats of green. In the end, they were EXACTLY what I was going for and the boys LOVED them! LEVEL 4: Tranquilize Aliens OK, we had to throw this in for the boys. We put these laminated cutouts of aliens on the wall and let the boys use a variety of nerf shooters to get them. (aliens thanks to the cricut...again) LEVEL 5: Antigravity Balance it wouldnt be a space party without a little balancing (jumping) on an air mattress. We let them balance a bouncy ball on a plate as they walked across. And then they basically just played on it! UNIFORMS: Rob wore painters coveralls that worked out great...dont try to iron directly on to it, because it melts! So I ironed the nasa symbol and the "trainer rex" label on to paper and pinned them on. I think the boys loved their shirts. I used the nasa symbol and then added the "astronaut training part" to it. the part they loved the best was their names on the back! Space Ranger ROBBIE! FOOD: Well, what can I say...Nasa waters, Mars Mud, Jupiter Jello, and PLANET PIZZA! I went kind of easy on food! CAKE: I couldnt get the idea out of my head...a hanging moon cake! So, I went to home depot, got some hardware, and then Rob and I worked on it the night before...so here it is! The boys thought it was pretty cool that the CAKE was hanging over the table! We let Robbie blow out the candles while it was still hanging... and Rob even cut all the pieces for the boys while it was still hanging! FAVORS: More iron ons! I personalized the bags just like their shirts. They started with Astronaut Ice Cream, Moon Sand, and water... but by the time the boys left they were stuffed full with moon rock bags, kitchen gloves, nuts and bolts, extra food (for the boys who didnt finish) and of course a space ship cookie. We also presented them with their Certificates of Completion, that told them thank you for coming and being part of our launch crew!

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