Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Ty's Donut Party

As usual after each of my children's birthdays, I am overwhelmed with feelings of thankfulness and joy just thinking of the people that bless our lives. I mean, Ben and my children are God's biggest blessings in my life and being a mom I feel like truly is God's plan and mission for my life. But, I am just so thankful that I get to do this alongside so many incredible family and friends. And, it was such a joy to celebrate this boy. I mean, if this face does not mean a successful party than I don't know what does!? IMG_4131 
The boy loves donuts. 
 And man, did we have donuts. 
 This is what Ben picked up Saturday morning. 
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But, I think it turned out to be a delicious display.
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These Apple Donuts were such a hit! I just cored an apple and sliced it horizontally, and Mendy....in her cake decorating talent...put some peanut butter in an icing bag and decorated these "donuts." 
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I just loved the donut display so much! 
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And the cake...thank goodness I have an incredibly talented cake designer in my family in Mendy because I could not throw a party without one of her cakes! I sent her a pic of this over a month ago and she showed up the night before and busted this out so easily. So, so cute!! 
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The kids wanted to show it off too... 
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Oh how this boy copies his big sister...even in her picture poses. 
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I think the donuts were a hit for kids of all ages! IMG_4108 IMG_4110 IMG_4099 IMG_4122 IMG_4123 IMG_4205 IMG_4106 
And when life gets crazy...never forget... IMG_4065 And...
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I had a few activities for the kids to do at our house. I set up the donut crayons Kinley and I made with a coloring page. IMG_3997 
This gigantic inflatable donut pool float was one of the first things I purchased for the party and I set it up as a game where the kids could throw a sock donut of their choice through the middle and then keep their sock donut. IMG_4018 IMG_3999 IMG_4001 IMG_4086 IMG_4087 IMG_4088
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And as if we hadn't eaten enough donuts yet...we headed outside for another donut eating game. We strung powdered sugar donuts on a line between some trees in the front yard and had the kids line up, choose a donut, and eat it without any hands. I handed out the party favors before this game so the kids wouldn't get all their cute clothes messy and I love all the cute matching pics too. IMG_4124 Untitled IMG_4140 IMG_4134 Untitled IMG_4156 IMG_4163 IMG_4155 IMG_4162a> IMG_4150 
Ty LOVED this game. He was outside ready to play before anyone else and went down the line donut after donut and just took one bite out of all of them. IMG_4148 IMG_4142 IMG_4139 IMG_4129
And to add to the sugar rush, the kids took turns hitting the pinata next. IMG_4166 IMG_4174 IMG_4174 Untitled Untitled IMG_4178 
When our plastic tee ball bat didn't bust through, they used the pull strings to get the candy all together. IMG_4186 Untitled IMG_4193 IMG_4194 

After games, we headed back inside to sing Happy Birthday. This boy loves to blow out a candle, so he was a pro at that this year.
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Here he is showing us he is 2 years old with one finger on each hand. IMG_4056 IMG_4055 

It was so fun to share this day with such close family and friends. Lots more pics coming your way.IMG_4190 Untitled IMG_4094 Untitled IMG_4214 IMG_4211 Untitled IMG_4117 IMG_4059 IMG_4114 IMG_4192 IMG_4107 IMG_4217 IMG_4093 IMG_4068 IMG_4092 IMG_4098 IMG_4115 IMG_4035 IMG_4240 IMG_4111 IMG_4223 IMG_4232 IMG_4104 IMG_4103 IMG_4101

I can say again...we are blessed beyond measure with this boy. I love you Ty Ty. Happy 2nd birthday. IMG_4078 IMG_4077

5 comments:

Allison said...

I can't get over this party! It is absolutely perfect! I love everything! I am so sad we missed this one! SO so fun! You did an amazing job and I can't stop looking at all the pics!

kristen said...

I am obsessed with everything about this party!! I can not get over it at all!! Every single thing about this is just perfect! Happy birthday sweet TYTY!!! We love you so much!

Camila said...

So cute Linds! The signs cracked me up!! Great job!

And Ty, omg, he is just a full on little kid now. So so precious. Can't wait until all our kiddos can play together again!

Misty said...

This is THE cutest little party ever!!!!!! I can't get over it! Now I want a donut party! :) Did you do the chalkboards yourself? If so, will you share how you did them SO PERFECTLY!? I just can't get over how precious this little party is! :) :)

Misty said...

This is THE cutest little party ever!!!!!! I can't get over it! Now I want a donut party! :) Did you do the chalkboards yourself? If so, will you share how you did them SO PERFECTLY!? I just can't get over how precious this little party is! :) :)