Party Prep

So, on Friday my baby boy turns one!  

I really can't believe it.  It is so cliche but so true that time flies by so fast and so much faster with baby #2 than baby #1.  

I feel like I blinked and a year has gone by.

But, we are gearing up for a party around here for Ty!

It took me forever to decide on a theme.  I really wanted to think of something that would represent Ty but, I could not get inspired.

What does he love??...food, baths,....more food....not sleeping...he smiles alot.

I just couldn't think of it.  

But, thank goodness for Kinley.

We were talking about it one day and I asked "What does Ty like?"

And she said..."We should have a ball party!" 

(in her really excited scream voice)

Duh!  It is perfect!

His first word ever was "ball" and he can throw a ball, chase a ball and it truly is his favorite toy!

So, we are having a ball themed birthday party.  Not sports balls...more like bouncy balls.

Here my inspiration board...mostly via pinterest. And here is his invitation that I made on my computer. 

 It is going to be a much more toned down party than we have had lately. 

 Mostly just family and a few close friends. Ty does not have a ton of friends from school or anything yet so while we can, we are keeping it pretty chill. 

 I love creating my own invites. I always get them printed at Staples on cardstock or textured cardstock and it is a custom look without a custom price! 

 (i mean, everyone eventually just throws them away anyway...why spend a ton!?)  

One of the first things that I envisioned for the party was this multi-colored styrofoam ball garland.  Kinley and I had a great time playing with paint one night. 

I thought the best way to get good paint coverage on the styrofoam (without re-paintbrushing them 100 times) was to squirt some acrylic paint into a gallon sized ziplock bag and roll the styrofoam around.  This was so fun for Kinley.

We had just bought the three main primary colors and so we had a quick art lesson to remember how to mix them up to make orange, green, and purple.  Kinley loved that too!

I think they turned out awesome!  

I can't wait to see them all strung up.  

Stay tuned for some birthday and party pics soon!