We asked Blair how he wanted to celebrate his birthday, and he replied, "cars." And that's how we ended up with a Pixar Cars theme.

A circus party awaiting the arrival of a little boy - Camden's Circus! A big top circus baby shower!

We're so excited for the new Minions Movie that hits theaters July 10th (this Friday!). To celebrate the new movie coming out, we hosted a little Minions Party of our own. We teamed up with Universal Pictures to share a few fun and new party ideas to help you with your next birthday party or backyard bash. Universal Pictures sent over a fun box of Minion party favors for our party guests. Just the sticker on the outside of the box made us all excited to see what was inside! Inside was everything Minion and yellow...like Minion Beach Towels, Minion

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An Elmo Inspired 2nd Birthday Party for my daughter, Camryn.

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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What little boy wouldn't dig a construction birthday party?! 'Build' the perfect construction theme party with these 21 Construction Birthday Party Ideas! Construction birthday parties never go out of style. That's why it’s a fantastic choice when looking at birthday themes for your kids. Also, it’s the best birthday theme for budding builders who are

A few weeks ago, we threw a construction themed birthday party for my little man. I can't believe that he is already two {commence waterworks now}. Like most boys his age, he loves trucks and dirt so he was beyond excited about his construction party. His interest in construction leans more towards the demolition phase right now {his favorite exclamation: "Knock it down!"} and he loves getting dirty so we had a "Construction Zone" tent set up for the kids outside. We took several long storage boxes and filled them with dirt and toys and let the kids go to town. Of course, they had to use all of the appropriate safety gear. I ordered the construction hats off Amazon, got the vests from the dollar store and my husband generously supplied the safety glasses (he has boxes and boxes of them for work). The kids looked so cute all dressed up in their gear. For food, we had chicken salad sandwiches for the adults and bagel bites (mini-pizzas) for the kiddos. Along with spare tires (chocolate covered doughnuts)... ...and some rebar (pretzel sticks). My mom's friend decorates cookies on the side and she made these adorable construction themed treats. Besides being so cute, they were delicious! We didn't have a single cookie leftover. {The only sad part of the whole day.} We had a refueling station set up if anyone was running on fumes. My favorite part of the whole party was the cake. Aside from the obvious reason {it was covered in scrumptious chocolate icing}, I loved it because it was so simple to make but had a huge WOW factor. The inside was striped like construction tape! I followed this phenomenal tutorial from Lauren over at Fredellicious and it was really easy. You might even say that it was a piece of cake {if you were corny, like me}. The sweetest kiss in the whole world! This is the only picture I have of the shirt that I made my little man for his birthday party. I couldn't find a plain orange shirt so I ended up using RIT dye and coloring a white shirt. Then I used my silhouette and their iron-on flocking material to do the design on the front. It turned out really cute. Only downside: I didn't wash the dye out enough and it ended up coloring the white design the first time I washed it. Lesson learned. When it was time for our guests to leave, we had the goodie bags in a truck by the front door. I simply filled up clear bags with Reese's pieces since they were the colors of the party. I think the adults were more excited about this treat bag than the kids. Towards the end of the party, we got a major downpour of rain {even though the Weather Channel had predicted only a 10% chance...thanks Texas weather for keeping us guessing}. So all the containers of dirt turned into containers of mud, much to my son's delight. We ended the party with most of the kids wet from the rain or covered in mud. That only means that the party was a success. *Special thanks to my dear friend Lerin from Lerin Photography for providing me with some the images above. She wasn't at the party in any official capacity but still shared all the pictures that she took of my sweet boy's special day. It is hard to remember to capture those moments, especially when you are busy hosting a party so a million thanks goes to her and her trigger-happy finger! :)

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