Monday, June 7, 2010

Wild Thing, you make my heart sing!

The big day finally came...and went. We had Bennett's third birthday party on Saturday and he officially turned 3 yesterday. I love planning and celebrating birthdays and this year I commissioned my mother-in-law because she's the party theme queen. She's creative and crafty...two areas I can always use help in. We had so much fun planning a Where the Wild Things Are party for my very wild boy. I searched the blogosphere and found some adorable ideas. It started with this (which I copied from here):



My friend, Elizabeth, is my go-to-gal for a lot of things. I knew I could ask her help on making these invites. They turned out perfect. She's pretty much a super-mom. She has 3 kids under 4, and one on the way, which in its own right, qualifies you as super-mom. And yet she does a million other things on the side, including awesome photography. So anyway, maybe she never cleans and sleeps 4 hours a night. I know that's not true, but it'll make the rest of us feel better.
We kicked off the royal rumpus with storytime:

The "wild things" were instructed to roar and gnash teeth and show claws at the appropriate times:
Next was the Pin the Tail on Max game:


Judie outdid herself on the Max costume. I'm sure there won't be any mischief from this sweet thing!:

I love how their personalities came out in this pic:
And the piece de resistance (copied from here):


So proud of himself : )
And some wild presents:
The goody bags with color coordinated candy, of course!:

And then things got even wilder...


I couldn't think of a better way for a 3 (or 30) year old boy to end a birthday party!

10 comments:

  1. haha, cute! everything turned out great!!! i think the mud-run puts all the other wild thing parties to shame!

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  2. Thanks Hav, awesome wild thing party - so much FUN,

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  3. Perfection!!! What a blast!! Great job, mama!!!

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  4. That looks like so much fun! The boys would have loved playing in all that mud! Happy Birthday Bdog!

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  5. Happy Birthday Bennett!!! What a party! You did a great job Haverlee. I love party planning too.

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  6. WOW! Great job on the party Haverlee! It looks like so much fun! I still feel bad I didn't get the other words to you - but I LOVE the chalk idea - I think that worked out better. :)
    Happy Birthday Bennett!

    And PS you're right - I never clean. :)

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  7. I am throughly impressed! Everything was perfect from the decor, the cake to the mud pit! You (and your crew) did an amazing job! I couldn't imagine a better theme for a three-year-old boy! kudos Have!

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  8. You captured it by blog in all it's glory! Thanks for letting me fulfill my nana dreams by helping out.

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  9. what, the picture of me and briggs naked in the mud wasn't good enough for the blog??

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  10. Too cute and looks like so much fun! Fits bdog and Jon too a tee!!

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