I apologize for being M.I.A... We have been trying to get settled in the new house, had Elliana's 2nd birthday and birthday party, and now preparing for the holidays that are coming up. Whew.. so many things but I love it!
A couple of weekends ago we had our sweet girl's 2nd birthday party. It's still crazy to me that we have a 2 year old, but oh my, this age has been so fun! I love hearing her say and do new things every day, she is such a joy to our family. Here is a little party recap!
I wanted to do a simple party this year. Since we just moved in, and built her "big" present, it was just easier that way haha. All I wanted for her party was for her and her friends to have fun and I believe we succeeded.
I made most of the decorations myself. I found an easy DIY tissue garland on Pinterest, and the birthday banner..well, I just "winged it" (haha..that was scary). The chalkboard labels were actually something to put in plant pots. I just replaced the stick with cotton twine string for the drink dispensers. I do not see myself as an artistic person so when I attempt a DIY I procrastinate as long as I can, and in this case I procrastinated until the night before the party (yeaaa..I'm that girl). So of course I freaked out more because all I could think about was "what if this doesn't work?" "it's too late to get something else!!" but luckily it worked out well enough for me to use the decorations! (:
One of my best friends who did mine and Lucas' wedding cake, did Elliana's birthday cake for me this year, and I did the cupcakes. A craft stick and a tied colored cotton twine string was the perfect simple cupcake topper. Thanks to my sweet husband for tying them and for painting the 2 ;)
My favorite part of the party was the actual tea party set-up for the kids. I covered the table with white kraft paper and put crayons out for the kids to color on, inside the paper bags were the kids' lunch which was pb&j sandwich, gogo pouch, chips, grapes, and caprisun. I made them ahead of time so the parents didn't have to make the kids plate and their plate. The kids loved sitting at their own table with friends, and did great eating together! Plus it was super adorable!!
For party favors the kids got a goody bag, and had dress-up accessories at the tea party table. The girls got a boa and jewelry, and the boys got a bow tie and glasses. It was definitely a hit with the kids, and again super adorable!
Overall the party went great. The kids loved playing outside on Elliana's play set and upstairs in the playroom and it was so special for her birthday to be our first event in the new house! Elliana really enjoyed having her friends over and loved all her presents. Thank you to all who came to celebrate our girl we are slowly looking forward to next year!
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