Halloween Fun!

I love the Holidays! I always have but what I love most about them is seeing the magic they hold with the kids. Growing up I loved them myself but as I got older it was all about my nieces and nephews. It's so fun to now have Noah to share them with! I love when I see family costumes. It would have been so nice to have Robbie dress up with us but he had to work. So I had to find a two way costume. Super heroes were out this year because I see that being costumes for many years to come haha.

After much deliberation we landed on the cutest monkey costume and what pairs best with a monkey? Yep, a banana of course! 

We had so much fun dressing up for Noah's first trunk or treat. He kept the hat part on the whole time which was a huge win in my world! haha. He was a little overwhelmed by the crowd but he loved when he could pick his own treat! I wanted to stay for the costume contest but I am a lame mom who didn't want to compromise bed time. Maybe next year! We went home to have dinner and I let him have his 1st ever sucker and last piece of Halloween candy hehe. 

Hope you enjoy! 

Family Photos & Noah's Cake Smash

So excited to finally share our most recent family photos and Noah's cake smash. We took these the end of Summer and right before Noah's birthday. I love the location and have been wanting pics there for a while. I'm in love with how they turned out. Hope you enjoy!

Noah had way too much fun digging into his cake! I will forever cherish these photos. 

It's Fun to Be One! | Noah's 1st Birthday Party

I am so excited to finally post about Noah's birthday party. We have been busy traveling with my inlaws so time definitely got away from me.

So a few months back (I'm talking 4 or 5 months ago) I began brainstorming ideas for his party. Living overseas you have to be proactive and think in advance because it can sometimes take weeks for things to arrive here. So I began pinning away on Pinterest and after throwing around a few ideas we ultimately decided on Dr. Seuss! Robbie loved Dr. Seuss as a kid and I was down for it because there were SO many ideas for a cute party.

Now this was my 1st party to plan...EVER. I wanted it to be awesome. First things first I booked the little venue. It is a big room on our base that you can rent for a few hours. Our little Italian living room was not going to work so once that was booked I was ready to plan!

First, I found the outfit I wanted Noah to wear. I knew I could make this myself for much cheaper than ordering it. Thankfully my mom came thru by going to JoAnn Fabrics and picking up supplies for me. Was it perfect? No but it looked adorable and didn't cost me $50 bucks to get covered in cake.

I saw these shirts on Pinterest and I knew I had to have them for Robbie and I to wear so I found some reasonably priced ones on Etsy. Man I love that website.

The decor I kept easy. I found a great priced party pack on Amazon that included all the cups, plates, utensils, balloons and streamers. I ordered a banner and some fun straws on Amazon as well. Then I bought books to use as center pieces on the tables as well for Noah to have later. I got extra table cloths, streamers and a banner for his highchair to match. I mostly stuck with the red, aqua and white for the color scheme. I ordered a chalk board downloadable print off Etsy and my sister printed it for me. I was able to use this in his professional 1 year photos, as decor at the party and now as a keep sake. Totally worth it! I got chalk pain and painted a cheap frame for it. It has all of Noah's "stats" on it. I loved it.

I wanted the food to be Dr. Seuss themed. Everything from pretzels down to dessert was something related to Dr. Seuss. So fun!

Cup cakes shaped to look like The Cat In the Hat's hat

Party Favors were swedish fish with a fun label and then I did some other goodies inside of red polka dot bags.

Noah went ham on his cake! By this point he was a cake eating professional since he had had another smash cake a few days before at his photoshoot. He was ready to dig in!

Noah had so much fun with all his friends.

Noah got to run around in his converse and diaper after his cake eating and he found that to be way too much fun!

I am so happy with how his party turned out and I am pretty sure I've set the bar high for myself in future years to come. Hope you enjoyed the mini scrap book of our Seuss party.