Monday night we had our first "real" birthday party for the boys. It was a lot of fun to celebrate with our friends and family and a lot of work! I hope Wally and Fritz know how much they are loved and cherished.
Here is the run down of the night...
Decorations & Food:
I stayed up LATE the night before making birthday shirts, crowns, flag buntings, balloon sculpture, and cupcake flags. With the exception of the felt, all of the fabric is from our family company,
Connecting Threads. For dinner we had grilled veggie salad, summer fruit salad, pasta salad with garden peas, artichoke hearts, and parmesan, pickled sugar snap peas, baguette sandwiches and sangria. I was not motivated (nor did I have the time) to make my own cake. This was the perfect excuse to have my very favorite confections from
Saint Cupcake a wonderful cupcake bakery in Portland. Yum, Yum, Yum!
Guest List:
All of our best little (and big!) friends were here to celebrate with us! Olivia, Lily, Henry, Ryan, Turner, Jaylyn, Luke, Lillian, and Elizabeth. They all brought one or both of their parents, of course! We had Cassie, Uncle Adam, Uncle Steve, Grandmere, and Great Grandma Irene (still partying at 95!). And we were so blessed by our
Auntie Ali, who was on photog duty capturing beautiful pictures of the day with her new Nikon. We were missing some other very important Aunties, Uncles, and Grandparents and thinking of them with lots of love.
Moments:
Our very favorite babysitter and friend, Cassie, entertaining the masses!
Parents with drinks, kiddos with bubbles; fun on the patio.
Sweet Grandmere teaching Cousin Ryan about bubbles.
Future babysitter in training, neighbor Olivia.
Grand and Great Grandmothers.
The inevitable melt down.
Turning two, but still needs those fingers when tired.
Walter's response when asked "What does your shirt say?":
"It says I'm two, almost three."
Lovely Ali and Ryan.
A family photo, where cake trumps smiling and saying cheese.
Dinner #2 after everyone had left, starving because they hadn't really eaten the first time, totally whipped up, and very late to bed.
Happy Birthday Dear Wally and Fritz, Happy Birthday to you!