Hudson's party was intended to be a outdoor swim party with a Rubber Ducky theme. But the morning of the party we had the most rain we have had in a month so plans changed. It turned out pretty cute and he had a nice crowd of friends and family to help us celebrate. I think the 1st birthday party entertainment is seeing what the little one does when given the cake. Hudson had these ADORABLE Rubber ducky cupcakes that his Godmother Doron made. She and I had talked at length about how they should look.We brainstormed and searched online and took the best ideas and made our own creation. I was so happy with how they turned out. Hudson took alittle coaxing but he did finally dive into the cake with both hands.
Parker has been talking for 6 months about wanting a bass guitar. Our good friend Corey is an awesome musician and just so happens to be a bass player in a local band. He gave us advice on what we needed to get for Parker and insisted he would like to be Parker's guitar teacher. We told Parker that the expensive gift meant a scaled down party. He decided he wanted a boy party with his closest pals. I thought it was sweet that he included his big brother Logan on his closest pals list along with our Godson Nathan and his friend Sam from down the street. They all headed to the bowling alley with Brian and Nathan's dad Steve for an afternoon of male bonding. He asked for a cookie cake to share with everyone. He made out like a bandit with the gifts , gift cards, ds game, digital camera from Mimi and Popi and a new Dsi from Maw and Das. He is very excited about starting his guitar lessons this week. What more could an 8 year old want?
Macy celebrated her birthday with a spend the night party with 5 girlfriends. This is was her first sleepover party. With Mom being home alone we were lucky enough that it worked out to host the party there. The girls loved having the whole upstairs room as their hangout space. We went shopping, swimming, tie dyed shirts, had pizza and cake and loads of fun! Thank you Mimi for letting us invade your house. The cake turned out fabulous, it was similar to one Macy and I found online. I showed it to Doron knowing she could make something similar and it would taste awesome too. It took alittle convincing to get her to want to attempt to make it. But of course it turned out to be so cute, everyone loved it! Macy had a great birthday defiantly one to remember.
After doing this much party planning for 1 week a year I should be an old pro when it comes time to help plan the weddings, haha! Thanks to everyone for making their birthdays special, We love you all.
And lastly three year olds are always willing to give you a surprise to keep them in the spotlight. In the mist of the Birthdaypalooza week Collin decided to try out his hair cutting skills. Here is the before and after pictures. I tell you never a dull moment around here.
