Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for Carter this afternoon.


We had 4 of Carter's friends over and their families. Sarah, Brent, and Mary Grace were in town for UT's homecoming game so they were even able to make it. We also had Amy, Chad, Caitlyn, and Alek; Meredith, Wes, Blaine, and Hudson; and our new friends, Jennifer and Sammy. Erin, Matt, Cooper, and Lily had another birthday party to go today so they weren't able to come but they gave Carter an awesome truck puzzle and book on Friday!

We had a construction vehicles theme. I made some decorations that resembled caution signs ...



The kids really loved these mini-sandboxes I set up on the front porch with some of Carter's trucks and Little People. It was a little chilly and rainy (just like it was for Carter's party last year), but that didn't stop the kids from playing.



We also had a "Construction Zone" where the kids could build with our Mega Bloks ...


I set up some crafts in the dining room for the kids to do.


We had a "Coloring Station" ...


And "Hard Hat Area" where the kids could decorate hard hats with stickers ...


I put out all of Carter's trucks, puzzles, and books that matched our theme ...


We had yellow and black cupcakes ...


Here's a picture of Caitlyn and Carter playing in the sand ...


The hard hats were really cute on the kids ...



We started the party at 4 pm and let the kids play for an hour. We had pizza delivered at 5 pm from Snappy Tomatoes and then had cupcakes.

Carter really enjoyed having everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to him. I wish we had taken a video, but these pictures at least show how happy he was.



Carter waited until we were done singing and then blew out the candle all by himself!


I didn't do a good job of getting pictures, but here's a shot of the kids eating their cupcakes ...


Neat Carter ate his cupcake with a fork ...


Black icing probably wasn't such a good idea!



After cupcakes, Carter opened presents. Everyone was so generous and gave him the most awesome gifts!




Everyone started heading out around 6 pm. It's amazing how quickly 2 hours goes by when you're throwing a party!

I think everyone had fun at the party. Carter took a short nap today and was not in the best mood before the party, but except for a couple of very short meltdowns, we was good and really seemed to have fun.