Saturday we hosted a small low key party for the boys' birthdays. I probably wouldn't have done a party except that we did a first birthday party for Scott and I didn't want to not do one for Owen, and if we did party for Owen, Scott's is so close that he would have wanted one too, so why not just party on the same day (since we would be inviting all the same friends anyways!). Grandma, Gpa, Mimi and Papa came early to hang out and open presents with the boys. They all pitched in and got Scott (well and Owen too, when he's a bit bigger) some dress up clothes. Scott is so into dress up and pretend play. He got an astronaut, pirate and police man costume and gear. He's obsessed. He wakes up and puts on at least helmet of some kind first thing.
Astronaut Scott
Owen got a big truck and his own swash buckling sword (to defend himself against Pirate Captain Scott of course) amongst other things.
Yo-Ho!
Highlight of the day for Owen was probably the balloons!
Scott wanted a Monster theme party, so thanks to pinterest I was able to come up with some fun, cheap, DIY monster decor.
Favors were monster puppets and bubbles
I love and hate pinterest sometimes. These lollipops took me longer than is a reasonable amount of time to spend on any birthday party decoration, but I thought them came out cute, too bad the boys probably didn't even see them. Thank you fellow mommies for noticing them and making your kids take one! HAHA
Beau and Brian with their littlest boys.
We lucked out with PERFECT weather for a backyard/front yard/indoor party. We put the bounce house out front and opened the side gate so people could hang out anywhere and it actually seemed to work out great!
Sebastian and Jacob "I'll show you my belly if you show me yours." Haha, these boys did yoga together before they were even born.
Scott ran around in full pirate garb for most of the party. Good thing there were plenty of swords to go around. The only casualty of the party was that the new pirate swords were left in the bounce house when it was deflated and picked up. I realized this in the middle of the night when it was too late and of course Scott asked for them first thing the next morning as well as where he bounce house was (he was having a hard time with the rental concept). Bummer. We will be on the hunt for more pirate swords!
After pizza (requested by the oldest birthday boy) salad and snacks we sang happy birthday and everyone had cupcakes.
Owen didn't have one single smidgen of cake or frosting (secret mommy victory) which was probably for the best because I think he is fighting a cold (and sugar is the kryptonite of our immune system, if you want some statistics I will give them to you, nerd alert!) Maybe Owen can try some cake at the next birthday party we attend, birthday season ain't over yet folks.
We did not get one great family picture the whole day but I like the one below, mostly because my hubs looks like a GQ stud!
Party night went until about 8 pm (started at 3). We had planned on putting on a movie for the kiddos around 7 and letting them stay up to watch but none of them wanted to. They were having too much fun in the bounce house, running around, slaying dragons etc. so we just let them play until 8, then they started dropping like flies.
The next morning we opened some presents (aka Christmas in March).
Scott trying out his new skates. He was actually amazingly good and coordinated with them and insisted on having them on level two (actually rolling, not locked in place). He landed (hard) on his booty a few times (I know a good pediatric chiropractor, wink) but no major injuries. Before we try them again we will be investing in wrist guards!
Thank you friends and fam for coming to celebrate our birthday boys! We are so blessed to see the love you all give to our kiddos! Thank you for being in our lives!
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