Tuesday, May 25, 2010

one, two, three, FOUR!!!

my promise to myself this year was to have a low key celebration for jackson's bday. we have had big fun in years past and thought since we were going to disney right before, that would be a good way to enjoy the time. WRONG!!! of course this would be THE year that jackson "gets" his birthday. i should have known better. one look at his sad face when i told him we were not having a party with his friends and i cowered down. i convinced myself that i could do a "simple" party at the park. WRONG again!
i just don't have it in me to do things small....so i did it smaller than i usually would. so it went from just cupcakes at the park, nothing else to ...well i need to do a party favor if everyone is coming and i forgot to say "no gift", but there will be no theme, no theme to the at all.
Lastly, WRONG again.....i found these adorable dino masks online while i was searching for party favor ideas and i just had to get them! hahaha. i REALLY should know better!!
so that finally lead to a dino themed park party with masks, favors, custom dino picks for the cupcakes, drinks....oh, and balloons! so i did not do table clothes, printed invitations or a sheilas cake..... i did modify this year, but my motto is now "GO big or Go home!!!
all in all, it was a great afternoon for littleman with all his peeps. i love them all. thank u to everyone that made the party so special. we love you littleman....u r our best boy ever! four years has flown by and you have filled it with more joy than we have had in thirty! xoxo


the cutest dino masks ever
party favors with notes
jackson blowing out his 4 big candles!...cupcakes by Target!!! great stuff

custom cupcake picks from etsy store and target cupcakes that rocked!
noah mcdonald and jackson
jude mc.
some of the kiddos
waiting for the sweets
wesley and alyce
andrew sharkey aka mr. triceratops

the most fun game at the party...eat the ice, haha

julia kate howard
daddy surprised jman and showed up at the party after all
the elsner girls

jackson most favorite gift...thanks julie!! spiderman-jack

2 comments:

Aunt Kathy said...

loved those pics, especially while listening to the plain white t's singing 1,2,3,4 :-)

Aunt Joan said...

Wish I could have been at this party too! Great masks! Looks like a lot of fun! Miss you guys! xo