true boy tales: It's my party but my brother will cry when he wants to...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

It's my party but my brother will cry when he wants to...

We had so much fun at Dawson's first birthday party. It was much simpler than Bennett's first, but that will probably be the story of his life. I've always done a full meal for Bennett's parties and it was really nice not to worry about that this time around. We just had cupcakes and snacks with all our family. It was very relaxing...save for Bennett's outrageous behavior followed by a meltdown that occurred every 20 minutes or so. Either he was sleep-deprived or he was throwing out all the stops to steal the spotlight from the birthday boy! He spent about half the party in time-outs.

But besides that, it was so much fun. These first birthdays are really more for me than for the baby anyway, so I love it! Happy-I-survived-the-first-year-of-your-life-day to me!!

And as usual, I recruited my ever creative MIL to create some adorable party decorations. She even made the hats!

The "circus tent":

Ready to dig in!:

He scarfed that thing down in about two minutes.

They turn one and think they can sit at the big kids table. Sorry kids...not til your feet touch the ground:

Where there's Aunt Kayla, there will be mustaches!!:

All the cousins:

7 comments:

C MaeSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:37 PM
This is the first time I have really gotten a good look at Dawson in a photo...It's remarkable how much he looks similar to Bennett yet very different! :)
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Tiffany DeBoefSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:41 PM
I can't believe Dawson is 1 - I feel like you just had him! Super cute party! Looks like a great time. :)
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CrystalSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Happy Birthday little man!! He is the cutest! You are like me. I love a good party :)
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Katie ChiaramonteSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:29 AM
SUPER CUTE!!! You always do such a great job with your kids parties. I wanna be a mom like you when I grow up :)
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KaylaSeptember 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM
Haha! I love it! :) Thanks for putting me in your blog!
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phyllisgSeptember 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM
So cute and you can always count on Nana Judie to come thru with something to make it special!!
Love, Auntie
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mandaSeptember 20, 2010 at 6:25 AM
Looks like so much fun!! I can't believe he is one. Are you talking about when to have number 3 yet? :-)
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