what are little boys made of?

i decided last Sunday that i wanted to have Elijah’s birthday party that coming Saturday.
pretty ambitious since i hadn’t planned much before that moment.
even though Elijah’s birthday isn’t until the 21st, i knew it was going to be a super crazy week with friends & family in town, Adam’s graduation, Adam’s finals & papers, and then going to San Diego. all this week!
SO! if i wanted to have a party at all it seemed like Saturday was the day to do it!

 Elijah is all boy!
{except when he tells me my necklace is cute i guess, ha}
so i wanted to throw him an all boy party. but i didn’t want it to be just about cars or dinosaurs or sports, i wanted it to be everything boy!
then i thought of the nursery rhyme “What are little boys made of?” and that’s where i got my inspiration.

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here is the invite i sent out so you can all feel invited too.
{the blue box wasn’t part of it, just protecting our info :)}
i made it from free digital scrapbook paper and found the little snail image online. i then put it all together using a basic photo editing program like Paint.net

we then had lots of sweets & treats to munch on all based off of the nursery rhyme like
“snail shells” cake bites
“puppy dog tails” licorice
“puppy chow” Chex Muddy Buddies
little “mud pies” with worms
cupcakes with little frogs and lizards on them [made by my very talented friend Jessica]
and “frog food” which was popcorn, pretzels, and goldfish in little paper cones i made from extra scrapbook paper i had.

for decorations, i used toys and decorations from Elijah’s room to give it a whimsical & boyish theme. [and keep it really cheap!]
plus the toys doubled for keeping the kids entertained so all the adults could talk.
win win win. 

                        

Elijah had a BLAST!!
i’m pretty sure {actually i’m certain} he just ran around the whole time playing with the toys and kids and stealing other people’s candy and cupcake frosting.
but that’s what birthday parties are for, right??

i’m really glad it all came together and i LOVE how it turned out!!
[of course the perfectionist in me wishes i bought tablecloths in the same color for the food tables but whatev]
and i know i couldn’t have done it at all without the help of my friends for all their support, ideas, letting me borrow stuff from them, helping set up, helping clean up, listening to me freak out when i was stressed…. everything!!
especially my friend Jessica who basically did everything! that lady is wonderwoman and i owe her a bajillion favors!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU
to all who helped & came to celebrate Elijah’s birthday with us!
the birthday boy sure felt loved and enjoyed all the attention {and sugar!}
and his mama felt lots of love too :)