Eva turned 2 yesterday! It's like she somehow knows she's supposed to be in the terrible two's now. She and Colby have been getting into EVERYTHING lately. I mean everything. Nail polish stain on the carpet, torn up envelopes, bathroom mess with toilet paper everywhere, butter on furniture, yogurt on furniture....need I go on? :) Anyway, she didn't really get a birthday party when she turned 1, so we made this a fun one! We rented a big jump house (Tina's brilliant party idea!) and cotton candy machine. We invited all of the neighbor kids, (not one of them is even close to Colby or Eva's age) and a couple more friends. We had a great time! Eva loved her birthday cake frosting. We're really going to miss Lexie and Tori, they are neighbor girls who always babysit for us. Colby and Eva love them so much, and they're always willing to come over on short notice. Hopefully we can find a babysitter we like as much in Texas.
The cotton candy was a HUGE hit! I don't think I've had so much sugar in years! My mom was great with the cotton candy machine. None of us had any idea how to do it, but she figured it out quick enough.
Party tip: I saw this in a magainze and used it for Eva's party. For invitations get some balloons, blow them up and write the invite on them and let the air out. Then people get the invitation and blow them up to read the invitation. I had a couple of the parents tell me their kids played with them all week before the party.
^^Lexie & Tori!
6 comments:
Fun!! Of course you have the cutest blog on the block!!
Yay, I won the blog-naming contest! Do I win a prize?
That being said, Dana, you throw the coolest parties ever!! The jump house AND cotton candy machine?! So cool.
Abby, you do win a prize. Some cotton Candy and bragging rights. Unfortunately Colby got a hold of your cotton candy. So maybe next year. I don't know how you top a monster truck jump gym and a cotton candy machine. Maybe Sea World, or the Alamo?
Jason
Aww.... we had this great plan to drive over and surprise you guys by making it to Eva's party :( I'm so bummed it didn't work out. But looks like it was a blast, and yes Dana, the ballon invite was adorbale! Emma LOVED it!
Wow, I was just looking at this again and I feel like such a loser for the birthday parties I have had for my kids. We've never even had a party for Elliot where we have invited other people!!
kind of makes me wish i was one of dana's kids. they will always have incredible parties. remember the color coding we all did. dana is definitely yellow, yellow, yellow. life is fun around her.
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