What an amazing time! Jaxon's birthday party was wonderful. He was
surrounded by friends and family and he had a blast.
The food turned out great, we have leftovers to
eat now and some still frozen to help the grandparents with their 4th
of July party.
I made my own decorations. I bought cardstock in primary
colors and printed “Happy Birthday Jaxon” (one letter each 5x7 sheet). I hung
each letter on twine with checkerboard duct tape to tie in the “Cars” theme. I
was very happy with how it turned out, even more that it was hand-made.
Under the banner, we placed the dessert station.
Homemade
cupcakes: Funfetti flavor with cream cheese frosting. 4 dozen cupcakes to be exact! I tucked them
all away to keep the air from getting to them before the party: 3 small trays
in the microwave and one large tray in the cabinet. And I forgot the large tray
in the cabinet. So – we had about 18 leftover once all was said and done. Some
of them had no decoration, some had Cars themed stickers on them and some had a
checkered flag theme (used black frosting) and a hot wheels car for a favor for
the kids on top.
I also made “Stoplight Brownies” with M&M’s
and we used Frosted Donuts as “Spare Tires”.
I got a Costco cake for the adults. Everything
turned out great and I was thrilled.
I made little signs for all the food based off the
characters of Cars, like Flo’s Fruit, Mater’s Meat and Meat with Cheese, Mack’s
salad Chick’s nuggets. Everything seemed to mesh together perfectly.
We got a bounce house because we were set to have
so many kids and, let me tell you, it was a hit! If no one else but Jaxon had a
ball, it was worth it – but it was occupied almost the entire night. By myself
included, and my son, nieces and some friends decided to dog pile me…I think am
too old for that, but it was awesome!
Jaxon was beyond spoiled and I am so thankful for
everyone who came and enjoyed the day with him.
We also got to debut our newly re-done backyard
and got so many compliments and were really thrilled with how wonderful it
looks! I will have to follow up later with updated pictures of our progress.
I am sure I will have plenty of updates over the
summer with our family’s adventures. We get 5 weeks of Tuesday/Wednesday off
with Jaxon. I am so excited to spend time with him as a family. It is something
we haven’t been able to do since last summer and he is such a little person
now! He can talk, has opinions (although he always has, they are more vocal
now). I am really looking forward to my summer with him. I think it is going to
be one to remember!
Xoxo- Lady Lewy
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