Can you believe that she's TWO? Crazy how time goes by. She's a walking--running--talking--yelling--two year old. But she's SO much FUN! We LOVE this age. We talk all the time about how nice it is that she can do so much on her own, and how she enjoys it. If I could always have a two year old, I would.
Her actual birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so we had her party on her brithday. We decided a few months ago on a Cat in the Hat theme. Or "AT" as she says.
{Have you seen the Mike Meyers version? It's adorable, and that's the one she loves. We watch it every day.}
I tried to keep it simple this year. I told myself I wasn't going to spend as much money as I did last year...and I don't think I succeeded. We had the party at home this year. There aren't any places in central Ohio that are affordable for inside parties--big group parties anyway. I planned on doing it inside, until about a week before the party when I realized we were just going to have way to many people. So we shifted some plans and planned it do it outside. It was hotter than I expected it to be, but luckily we had the garage, and my dads 12x20 tent for shade.
I used the letters from last year, and just repainted them, then wrapped some yarn around them that I already had.
Yummy cookies! A cousin of a friend made these (and the Hat cake) They were delish!
I made these notebooks. I Bought them each for $0.95 at Flower factory, printed the "paper" at my printer, and then cut the paper and used my circut to cut their names.
I saw this idea online and fell in love with it. It didn't go as well as I hoped it would...I wanted EVERYONE to sign it...like ALL over the inside of the book...but I think a lot of people missed it.
I made the banner! (Please excuse our garage clutter)
I made those too. I did them for Alyvia's birthday party back in February and people killed them...so mom suggested I do them again. They didn't go over quite as well, but they were still yummy!
My Friend Missy made those cake pops. Another YUMMY treat!
I was worried we weren't going to have enough cake so I picked these up at Sam's Club. We only went through 10 of them.
The birthday girl! :)
LOVE her dress, right? Isn't it adorable? :)
AND those hairbows :)
The HAT cake! :)
She was NOT happy about sitting here with me. She thought I was going to make her eat the cake. For those of you who do not know, she repels SUGAR! (that's an entire other post)
She didn't even want to blow out the candles.
She's crying :(
yay for presents!
She was into opening & carrying them. It was adorable.
Mom says this is our arranged marriage :)
I didn't get any good photos of her. I barley got this one!
I hung these in the tree! :)
Cute right?
Ready for the totals? I'll save that for tomorrow. If I can bring myself to post them! eek!
