Ethan's 5th Birthday

Way back in October…….Ethan had his 5th birthday party at this precious little farm.  

Nash hung out with the donkey's while big brother participated in all the party activities!

Pearson got to ride on a carriage pulled by a miniature pony.  

Nash even got to go on a ride with Grandaddy!!

I didn't know if Pearson would want to ride a horse or not.  He was a little hesitant climbing on, but he was smiles once he got going. 

Pearson got to enjoy a delicious kid-friendly lunch!

And of course the best part of the party according to Pearson was the cupcakes.  I have to agree.  I might of had two cupcakes myself!!

Grammy & Granddady were also there, so we got to enjoy some time with them!!

We are entering the world of having birthday parties all the time and this little one couldn't be happier about it!!

whose birthday is next?

We celebrated Mom's birthday last night and then we had two birthday parties to go to today.  After the second birthday party Pearson asked "Whose birthday is next?"

We've partied hard this weekend!!

Next up is Uncle Bryan's birthday and then it's our sweet Baby Nash's birthday!!!!!!

We started our morning off at Naomi's house for an Octonaut Party.

Christine had the cutest spread of ocean themed food.  These little marshmallow pops were my favorite!!

Miss Naomi was a fan of them too!

Pearson's favorite part of any birthday party is the cake.  He knows it comes after we sing Happy Birthday so he was constantly telling us "Sing Happy Birthday!" He was a happy camper when we finally did and he got to dig into his cupcake. 

Daddy and Pearson made a cute little ocean scene after he ate his cake. 

 When it was time for presents Pearson was all up in Naomi's business!  Birthday parties right after Christmas are a little hard to understand.  He wanted to help open presents so bad.  

And after she opened up the present we gave her he sort of re-claimed it.  I had to explain to him that it wasn't a present for him but a present from him. 

After Naomi's party we came home for some lunch, a little playtime and a very short-lived nap and then we were off to Miss Alice's birthday party.  

His little friend Aisley was also at Naomi's party so they were happy to see each other again!!

Alice's Mom is an amazing cake maker, so the activity for the party was to decorate little cakes.

Pearson had trouble squeezing out the icing at first so I helped him decorate his cake. 

He never really got anything out on his own, but he sure did enjoy decorating his cake.  

Here is our masterpiece!!

 But here was the real masterpiece……..I told you Alice's Mom was an amazing cake decorator!! And not only did the cake look amazing but it tasted amazing too.

We had such a fun day partying!!

Looking forward to the next birthday!!!

bouncin' boys

Saturday afternoon Pearson was invited to a birthday party for a little boy in his preschool class.  It was at a bounce place in town.  Pearson has been talking about Logan's birthday all week long but as soon as he got there he was really shy and didn't really know what to think of all of the inflatables.

Before he warmed up to the inflatables he played a little air hockey with Daddy. 

One of his little buddies, Poe, joined him for some air hockey too.  

After Pearson saw some of Logan's cousins running around and playing in the inflatables, he decided to check it out.  

It didn't take him long to realize it was pretty fun bouncing around!!

I loved seeing him play with his best little buddy, Logan.  He talks about him non-stop at home and all evening if he couldn't see him, he would say "Where Logan go?"  Such sweet little buds. 

He was so cute playing with two of his other friends (twins) from school, Poe and Sai.  They were singing Ring Around the Rosie and then all falling down on the inflatable.  So cute!!

His favorite thing was definitely the slide.  He went up and down it more times than I could count. 

They bounced for about an hour and a half.  He was worn out!!

After all the bouncing the boys enjoyed some snacks and fruit…..

…….and of course birthday cake.

Happy Birthday Logan!!

Sadly, Pearson woke up with a fever the next morning and then on Monday we found out he had strep.   While we were there I was actually thinking how germy the place probably was and I was right.  We took some of those nasty germs home.  I'm just thankful it was just strep and not the flu.  Pearson is on the mend though and will hopefully be all back to normal tomorrow.  

no my birthday party

Pearson's new thing these days is say "no my______" to whatever we tell him......whether it makes sense or not. 

Pearson, let me help you. "No, my help you".  

Pearson, let me get your booger.  "No, my boogers." 

Pearson, do you want some milk. "No, my milk."  

Today when we told Pearson we were going to Parker's birthday party, can you guess what he said?

No, my birthday party!!

Pearson is loving going to birthday parties these days though, even if they aren't his!  If we mention a birthday party he immediately starts talking about cake!! That is the most important part of a party though, right? All of his little friends from our ABF are all just turning one so we have been having fun celebrating them all the last few months. Today we had Parker's birthday party.  

They had his party at the Rec Center in one of their open rooms.  When we first walked in Pearson saw Parker's two big gifts, a Cozy Truck and a Radio Flyer Trike.  I knew there was no way I was going to be able to keep him off of them so thankfully Michelle didn't mind Pearson test driving Parker's new presents.  

Once all the kids showed up to the party, the truck was the hot commodity.   We showed David and Michelle that this toy was definitely one and two year old approved.  These boys loved it!!

Matt and Pearson had some fun with the balloons, or "gwoons", as Pearson calls them!!

Parker looked so cute styling his birthday bib and birthday hat made by my Mom!! I thought the little monster design turned out so stinkin' cute!!

When it was time to sing Happy Birthday Pearson went to get a front row seat.  He was so cute holding on to David's Daddy and watching everyone sing Happy Birthday.  I stole him away when Parker starting eating the cake so they could get some family pictures without my little guy in all of them! Ha!!

After presents and the smash cake, it was time for Pearson's favorite part of the party!!  But would you believe he didn't want a thing to do with the cake.  He wouldn't even take one bite!! Crazy toddler!!

What a fun afternoon celebrating our little friend Parker!

Thanks David and Michelle for inviting us to Parker's 1st party!! 

The food was delicious and we had a great time!!  

birthday freebies

If you follow me on Instagram you saw a TON of food pictures of birthday freebies back on my IG feed back in September.  I took all those pictures so I could write all about birthday freebies tips and trick on Dallas Moms Blog.  

You can check my post out here!

Hope this help you make the most out of your next birthday!! 

Enjoy!!