Sean just turned FIVE yesterday. I can hardly believe it! I asked him what kind of party he wanted to have and he chose a Thomas party. He wanted one cake, balloons, more balloons and more balloons. He also literally had 35 people on his list of people he wanted to invite including his teachers. My favorite person on his list was “the guy with the blue shirt.” I had to reign him in though and made him choose only a few close friends and his favorite friends from preschool. Then I set out to make his party as Thomasy as I was willing to go.
I used my snazzy Cricut and made Thomas invitations. I thought they were pretty clever:
Also, I made a Thomas cake. I found “Thomas at Sea” from “Misty Island Rescue” on amazon.com for about $6. So I based his cake on that:
I even made my own buttercream frosting instead of buying store bought frosting. It was delicious.
My only other Thomas decoration was the tablecloth. Imagine my surprise when I drove up to the park and realized they haven’t put out the tables for the spring yet.
I had brought packing tape to tape the tablecloth to the table so it wouldn’t blow away. Instead I used it to tape it to the concrete. lol I had brought the presents over in a box, so I used that box, covered with a blanket, to put the cake on. It worked out.
Here is Seany blowing out his candles:
I used my checkerboard cake pan for the cake. I thought it turned out pretty well.
Enjoying some cake:
Sean opened his present from aunt Lorie first. As you can see, he was SO excited:
Bubbles from cousin Michael.
Grandma MacGregor gave Seany a G.I. Joe jet. That thing has pretty much been in flight since I took it out of the box. I dare say he liked it.
Seany has also been begging for a pillow pet. However, I’m not willing to pay $19.95 for a pillow, no matter how cute or fun. I found some knockoff brands on amazon for 8. That I can do. So of course I went with green, Sean’s very favorite color. I was actually giddy when I clicked “complete my order.” He loves it. And my other kids are jealous. Watch Emily’s face in this video. lol (btw, aunt Lorie, I know what she wants for her birthday… lol)
One tradition my family always did was we got to pick whatever we wanted for dinner on our birthday. Sean chose chicken nuggets, so that’s what we did.
Happy Birthday my 5 year old Seanbear. I love you!!!
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6 comments:
It's a bridge!! I love it! Those kids never disappoint. Happy birthday Sean! Thanks for posting, Amy, cuz you know I'd keep stalking you til you do ;)
Too funny about the picnic tables! Looks like it ended up being fun anyway though- good job with the cake & invites!
so hilarious to watch other kids' faces in the videos :) hee hee. Awesome idea with the tablecloth. Looks like fun! It's funny to what kids are into. I'm glad your kids are older so I know what's going on in kid world. I've never even heard of pillow pals. Funny.
It was great! I'm glade that you invited Noah he thought it was awesome just so you know:) ALso that pic of my WAYYY HOT! lol
I didn't know they took the tables away for winter.
How come everyone's birthday cakes turn out great but mine??
I am totally impressed- from the invitations to the cake - wow. I'm sure he'll always remember that party!
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