Sunday we celebrated Carlee's 2nd birthday. Yes, 2nd! I can't believe its been a year since the last party and 2 years since she was born. I know it sounds cliche but time really does fly by!
This year we had an Abby Cadabby party. Carlee is an avid Sesame Street fan. Elmo and Abby are her faves, but I love the girly girl feel of Abby and all her party supplies. So Abby it is.
Plus, look at the cute shirt we had made for the occasion:
For the last several months I was on the look out for everything Abby. I even bought 20 little tins from the Dollar spot at Target. Gotta love Tarjay!!
In addition to the Abby theme, I incorporated pumpkins. I know you're probably thinking "pumpkins???" But I'll have you know that Abby Cadabby is a fairy in training and can only turn things into pumpkins. (Something I didn't know before planning this party). But right before Halloween, there was a ton of pumpkin supplies too! I decided to have a little craft table so the kids could decorate their own pumpkin to take home.
Here's the table before all the kids got to it:
This year we had an Abby Cadabby party. Carlee is an avid Sesame Street fan. Elmo and Abby are her faves, but I love the girly girl feel of Abby and all her party supplies. So Abby it is.
Plus, look at the cute shirt we had made for the occasion:
For the last several months I was on the look out for everything Abby. I even bought 20 little tins from the Dollar spot at Target. Gotta love Tarjay!!
In addition to the Abby theme, I incorporated pumpkins. I know you're probably thinking "pumpkins???" But I'll have you know that Abby Cadabby is a fairy in training and can only turn things into pumpkins. (Something I didn't know before planning this party). But right before Halloween, there was a ton of pumpkin supplies too! I decided to have a little craft table so the kids could decorate their own pumpkin to take home.
Here's the table before all the kids got to it:
And of course we had a jumper! Actually I shouldn't say of course. I wasn't going to get one. I was trying to cut back as much as possible this year. But our local party rental place was having a special. $99 for a jumper, 4 tables, 32 chairs, 4 table clothes, a pinata, and a dozen balloons. Who would pass that up? I'm glad I didn't because the jumper is always a good entertainer for the kids!
The party signs my father in law made!
The Abby cut out that daddy worked hard on that Carlee wanted nothing to do with. Carlee would look through from the front but refused to get behind it. Her cousin didn't hesitate.
Carlee and Austin found a new use for the pumpkin straws...whistles! I thought they were cute sitting together whistling.
Present time! It was a group effort and a little overwhelming for me. Carlee was the only kid at the party not interested in her presents!
Again, I wasn't going to get a pinata. I was going to do goody bags instead. But I found it hard to do goody bags for a wide range of kids as well as not spending much money. So instead of stressing over it, I just got the pinata included and filled it with candy (a week before Halloween. I'm sure parents love me!)
(I did put pencils and erasers in the pinata. So it wasn't all sugar!)
Happy cake!! Carlee says "happy" instead of birthday. So she was having an "Abby happy" and when she saw the cake she'd say "happy cake"!! (We got our "happy cake" from Albertson's and I was quite pleased).
Taking a bite! Yummy!!
The day was a huge success. Everyone had a blast. After the last guest left, we crashed. Months of planning for a couple hours. It makes me wonder why we do this. Next year I'm thinking we're going to forgo the party and go to Sea World and the San Diego zoo!!
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