Aaron's Birthday (Part Two)

 

The Party!

We had only met a few people in town since we moved, so we weren't sure about having a party. But the week before Aaron's birthday at church I decided this would be a great way to get to know some of our new friends! And luckily they were sweet enough to come on short notice to a child's birthday that they had never met :)

 

The Lair family and the Latta family have been such a blessing to us! And it all started with a little cake and ice cream.

 

Here's Aaron, Caleb, Brody, and sweet Ellie (the only girl) eating lunch! I missed Daniel and Ty in this pic :(

Have I mentioned that Aaron loves to eat! He ate 3 times as much as some of the other kids! It's kind of amazing to see. And also a little scary--how tall will he be??

Time for cake and ice cream! I don't know what I was thinking--a white birthday shirt with red and black icing???? Not the best plan...but it sure was fun!

 



Brody Latta is a boy after my own heart! He loves his sweets! All of the other kids had moved on and we were cleaning up..and he was still enjoying his cake and ice cream! We love Brody!

Time for presents! Aaron got lots of great things! New tractors, books, clothes, toys that have wheels! What more could a boy ask for!

 

Aaron was the youngest boy at the party...so of course the older boys had to help out and show him how to do it!

 



We were still eating cake and cookies for days to come! It was so messy! But as you can see, he was one happy 2 year old boy!

 

Aaron turns 2! (Part One)

On July 14, our sweet Aaron turned 2! It's crazy to think about how fast he is changing and growing up. Since we just made our big move to Kansas, my plan for Aaron's birthday was to keep it simple. As you can see from the next million pictures...I somehow lost track of simple and went a little more overboard than originally planned :)

 

Aaron LOVES Mickey Mouse! He loves to watch the shows and read the books. He loves anything and everything Mickey. So naturally I had to have a little bit of a theme. The problem was it sort of took off and turned into a real party!

 

 I found a great cake bakery in Wichita who put this cake together for me on very short notice! Aaron and the other kids loved it! (But I don't think I'll ever do black icing again--you'll see why in the next blog post).

 

I found adorable Mickey party decor on Etsy (of course). Each child that came to the party got to take home a Disney straw and cup!

 I know, I know...overboard...but it was just too fun!
 

Again, Etsy is the best for all things related to children's birthday parties! I probably could have made these my self--but my train of thought is that if someone else will take the time to do it...I'll let them!

As you can see, it's dark outside! My wonderful Mom and husband helped get everything ready the night before. So I took pictures before the Path of Destruction (Aaron) woke up!

 On the morning of Aaron's birthday (and party) we decided to steal a cute idea from my sweet friend Laura! We snuck into his room and filled it with balloons! When he woke up we went in and sang to him and played with the balloons. I think he was a little confused at first but got excited as he saw we were so excited!

 

When Aaron came out of his room, we immediately directed him towards the giant Mickey balloon. He could not believe that Mickey was in the living room! He was pretty pumped about it! And this big Mickey balloon lived in our house for a long long time.

 

 

A quick family pic before the big party! Of course Aaron was not smiling...that's just how it is!