Hello!
Happy Monday! What amazing weather we are having today! Finally sunny, and kind of warm. I'll take it!
Saturday was such a great day. We celebrated Tate's 2nd birthday. He actually turns two today on the 16th. Unfortunately the weather was gross Saturday, kinda rainy but at least it wasn't cold. We were able to hang out in the garage, but the kids didn't get to play outside like they did last year. Oh well, it was still fun! I decided to go with the Hungry Caterpillar theme because Tate LOOOVES the book, and the decors seemed fairly easy. Just make a bunch of caterpillars, right?! So that's what I did. Caterpillar paper lanterns and caterpillar paper plates. The hardest things to make were the little favors, but it still didn't take way too long. I love doing stuff like that anyways, but with an almost 2 year old there isn't a lot of extra time. (And when there is I just want to rest or relax!) Anyway, here are few photos of the decors:
Got a lot of the ideas off Pinterest, and like I said earlier, everything was fairly easy! I saved the very few baby jars I actually fed to Tate because I originally wanted to use them on the porch with tea lights for a summer shindig, but since that never happened I found a good use for them here! My parents were kind enough to do the cupcakes again this year, and they were delicious! (Cream cheese icing, yuuuumm) I had almost all the fruit that the caterpillar eats through in the book cut up as well. Of course we also served hamburger and hotdogs since Brandon loves to grill, and I think everyone enjoyed the food :)
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| Didn't these come out great?! My parents outdo themselves every time! (Overachievers ;) ) |
Everyone ate, then we sang 'Happy Birthday' and Tate opened his presents. Everything went fairly smoothly and we ended up having a great time! Brandon took last week off work and was on spring break from school so we all spent a lot of extra time together. It was really nice! Tate has become quite the Daddy's boy! He used to prefer me but he definitely seems to want Brandon more now. I've had a lot of people tell me kids go back and forth all the time, so I guess that is what is happening right now! Anyway, I know B has enjoyed all the extra time he's gotten to spend with Tate. But tonight he goes back to work so the old routine is going to start back up, so hopefully Tate will love mommy again because he's gonna be spending a lot more time with me very soon ;)
Next Saturday I'm helping to host a baby shower for my friend Jessica who lives in Greeneville. The shower is going to be in Nashville and I am really looking forward to it! I'll post a few pictures of the decors and games too. I love doing all this stuff! Although it's not quite as easy as it used to be with an active two year old running loose ;) But I still really enjoy any kind of party planning.
Anyhoo, if you would like to see more photos from Tate's party, click on this link:
Hope everyone has been able to get outside and enjoy the weather! Speaking of, Tate is napping so I think I'll allow myself a lemon-ginger tea on the back porch :)
Hope everyone has a great week!
