Being at home with two little boys is lots of fun. Everyday is crazy to some extent....there is giggling, crying and screaming and that is just within a 5 minute period! They make me laugh and bring lots of joy....hope they do the same for you!



Monday, August 9, 2010

Construction Birthday Party

We celebrated both the boys' birthdays this past weekend....Cole turned 1 on July 20 and Tyler turns 4 tomorrow - August 10! Since their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart and our family lives out of town, we decided to have one party for them both. As shown by my previous post of the invitation, we had a "construction theme" this year, which turned out very cute. Tony put up caution tape all over the yard (hope the neighbors didn't think it was a crime scene), the kids all got hard hats and we served plates, silverware and napkins out of a dump truck.

And of course a construction theme party wouldn't be complete without construction themed cakes! I can't take full credit for Tyler's cake....my friend Tracy (Sweet Pea Cakes) does this on the side and came down on Thursday to help me put it all together. My brother also gets credit for the idea of dangling the #4 candle from the crane. It involved him using fire to get a hole through the candle...so of course he was all about that!!! Tyler really wasn't into the cake at all, he just wanted the toys that were on the cake. He was with me when I bought the construction toy set and since he really wanted to play with the crane, he told me all week..."Mommy, I REALLY don't want a crane on my birthday cake!" I love that he was trying reverse psychology on me already! Then, after he blew out the candle, he just wanted to drive the dump truck around the bottom of the cake and dump out the dirt (crushed up oreos). That's okay...he will appreciate it someday when he has children of his own....or maybe his wife will!!! lol

Thank you to all our friends and family for making this another successful birthday party! The boys both received a lot of very nice presents. Our house still resembles the day after Christmas!





















Still not sure about a pinata hanging from a rake with a bunch of duct tape...redneck?!?












The kids attending the party this year were:
Tayte and Eli Lewis
Cecily and Vivian Stiening
Olivia Gardner
Grace Yearian
Riley and Sophie Tuggle
Rylee Jones (Riley Tuggle's friend)
Ariel, Aurora and Joseph Frierdich
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  1. CharlotteAugust 21, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    Looks like a lot of fun. J & S b-days are 5 days apart, so their parties were always joint!!! Alex had 40 kids at his party, a new neighbor actually called the cops for the noise, can you believe that, neither could the cop!!! Love the red-neck rake, could have had Gary use his cane (LOL).

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