Choo-choo Josiah's Two Train Party

Josiah, my little buddy-bear, turned 2 and since he is in love with trains we thought it was only appropriate to have his party at our local park that has a train everyone can ride.  We bought tickets for all the kids and parents coming to the party; however, we were not counting on the sudden summer thunderstorm to pop in and "rain on our parade."  The kids played on the playground while we grilled hot dogs, and when the rain started we all ran under a pavilion to open a few presents.  This was not the party I had planned, but I feel we all still had a good time.

Cupcakes.

Cake table.

Condiments and sides train.

Birthday Crossing.

The birthday boy in his "Choo Choo - I'm 2" t-shirt.

Since we got all rained out, we decided to go back another day and take a ride together as a family.

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The Lorax

Well, our little Addilyn Grace is now 3!!!  We had a joint birthday party with her little buddy down the street who also turned 3.  Here are a few pictures of our fun party!

Welcome sign.

The Birthday Girl with mommy and daddy!

This is the backdrop for our "photo booth."  Her shirt has 3 Truffula Trees on it and she was so excited about them.

The food table.

Truffula trees, barbaloots, and a swomee swan.

We planted wheat grass seeds!

Truffula sprouts. My friend had grown wheat grass and I made truffle puffs from a lei.

Two layer Lorax cake.

Truffula Tree cupcakes.

Lorax juice.

A few themed snacks.

Story time!

Fun items for the photo booth!

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Just Monkeying Around

My little man is turning ONE?  What?  You are kidding me!  Where in the world did that time go?  I'm sure anyone with a child who is older than one has said those words.  No matter how many sleepless nights you go through, you look back after the first year and it seems like you barely blinked your eyes.  Here are a few pictures from his party.

Smash cake!!!

Banana split bar.

There's my little monkey!!!

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Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Addilyn, like most kids, went through a phase where she LOVED anything Sesame Street, especially if Elmo was involved.  This period hit a few months before her 2nd birthday so I went with it.  Here are some pictures of her super fun party!

This was going to hang outside along the street but it sprinkled off and on.

My first time using royal icing.

Cupcakes were fun but I had more fun making the gum ball machine.

Please ignore that I hooked the train up as a last minute
decoration and later realized I had the ABC's in the wrong order.  Ha ha.

The kids LOVED this game.

I tried and tried to get a picture of her homemade outfit
but she was way to busy having fun to stop and smile for the camera.

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