Birthday Party!

On Saturday, July 25th, we had a combined birthday party for Sydney and Myles. There wasn't much of a theme - as many people have nowadays - but we ended up calling it a Backyard Birthday Bash! Between school friends, neighbors, and family friends, we had 17 kids over with several of their parents as well. It started mid-morning to beat the heat of the day and went into lunchtime. Overall, it was not a lot of work for us, and the kids had a lot of fun - the best kind of party! We did put some effort into a few special touches and decorations (which I neglected to get photos of). We had two bounce houses, bubbles, face painting, and a beanbag toss for entertainment, and sandwiches, fruit, chips, pasta salad, and cake for food.

We bought a half sheet cake at Costco with some simple decorations on it and then the kids got to choose the cake toppers for their side of the cake. Sydney was set on Frozen and Myles was set on Big Hero 6. Of course, out of all the little characters and action figures we have around the house, these were two movies I had nothing for. So, I ordered figurine sets from Amazon for both...and then found out they were going to arrive about 3 hours after the party ended. I found myself at the Disney Store at 8:30 the night before the party so that we'd be able to deliver on their cake wishes. We don't often make special accommodations like this, but being that it was pretty much their only wishes for the birthday party I didn't want to disappoint!

My mom deserved a Grandma of the Day award after the party as she spent the whole time painting faces! It was of course a huge hit and the design options were much more intricate than I would have ever been able to do!

Our July babies had fun and felt special, which made the party a success!