Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Monster Bash Birthday Fete

My favorite nephew Bird celebrated his third birthday with a monster-train bash like none other.  Sister and her Mister and Mother pulled out all the stops to celebrate the momentous occasion in style.  Sit back, relax and prepare to be wowed by the thought, care and brilliance that went into the fete…

The invitations had my littles at hello…
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…and from the moment we arrived at Bird’s house and laid eye on the balloons and burlap monsters, we knew we were in for a real treat!  Sister’s house is stunningly gorgeous and a post worthy of a whole other day.
June 2012 003 copy June 2012 006 copy June 2012 008 copy The back drive was chocked full of things to capture the littles’ attention!  A pin the eye on the monster station, monster toss corn hole, a wagon filled with sand and toys and a coloring table easily busied thirty littles.
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June 2012 012 copy June 2012 013 copy  June 2012 015 copy June 2012 019 copy But the crowning glory of the entire soiree was without a doubt the treat table.  Donuts and cupcakes and lollipops and kettle corn abounded!
June 2012 041 copy June 2012 031 copy June 2012 032 copy June 2012 033 copy June 2012 035 copy June 2012 037 copy June 2012 038 copy June 2012 039 copy And her lovely courtyard (where we held our ten year anniversary photo shoot) housed a scrumptious lemonade stand and more treats!
June 2012 026 copy June 2012 020 copy June 2012 021 copy The little monsters had a rollicking good time with all the courtyard games…
June 2012 114 June 2012 113 …we paused for a few minutes to sing Happy Birthday and blow out candles…
June 2012 089 copy June 2012 105 copy …and then we boarded a TRAIN to head off for more fun at the playground!!!  The littles were absolutely enthralled with this adventure, waving to all the cars and folks we passed along the way!
June 2012 051 copy June 2012 056 June 2012 057 June 2012 071 When we arrived at the playground, the littles picked snack bags and favor bags (hand sewn ugly doll monsters made by none other than Mother) from a red wagon.
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June 2012 136 copy June 2012 139 copy It was a magical celebration honoring one very special little boy.  He might have been born too early and a little too small but his personality and love of life is bigger than any child I’ve ever known!
June 2012 177 copy June 2012 184 copy June 2012 216 copy Happy Birthday, Bird!  You are one crazy loved, ridiculously lucky little guy!!!!
June 2012 147 copy2 And, hats off to Sister and Mother for hand crafting every.single.solitary.element you see in these pictures!!! 
xoxo

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