Radley Little Monster Party Recap! (Long, long, long...)

It was a total hit!

To be honest I was a bit apprehensive about throwing a party at a "playspace"....but it turned out great and was fun for all!

Here are all the party details:

Awesome Little Monster Cake and coodinating cupcakes...just because...so YUM! from SusieCakes


Our Watermelon Monster! (slammed together 15 min before the party!)


Amazing Monster cookies by Casey's Confections:



Lunch: (Monsteroni & Cheese, Monsterella & Tomato Caprese and more!)


Monster Centerpieces:


Monster Googly Eye Chocolate Dipped Oreos:


Monster Party Favor Tote Bags (made by my lovely neice who did an awesome perfect job! Loved them!!) They were the best addition for decoration that we had!! And a huge hit with the munchkins!:


Monster Balloons!!!:


And Monster T-Shirts for all!


And of course the party boy and all the fun we had that day!







AND even more fun!!!






I hope you loved it my little love. I think you did. You were wiped out when it was over. It was a joy to throw you an amazing party. Watching you grow, watching you scurry and speak and swing and smile, every day - for the rest of my life - is the best future I can imagine. I'll admit, sometimes it's difficult not to mourn your babyhood, not to acknowledge a twinge of sorrow as each development pushes that time further into the past. But then I watch you, and I am amazed at the way my love for you grows faster than you do...Happy Birthday, my lovely. Love, Mommy

So much fun...

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." ~Elizabeth Lawrence

My enchanted one!

All in the Family

Two

At the moment this posts, 2 years ago, my baby joined our family. And what a ride it has been. There will be a grand celebration and great rejoicing at the joy you have brought into my life. But for today, Chuck E Cheese and the "At Home" version will have to do. More to come... I love you so much my baby...you are my heart.

Then and Now

Crazy Hair Day

Self-explanatory...

Cousins Rock!

Especially when they let you drive the boat!

Look closely

See those eyes...yes, they were tired from DisneyWorld, but this was the last photo taken before 4 days of fever and sickness...he was fussy and on his way down as we zipped around on our water mice...little did I know what was to come....

WHEEEE!!!!!

So in honor of the fact we are off to warm, sunny Florida for a couple of weeks to visit the mouse, Harry Potter land and spend too much time by the pool with maybe a few too many "mommy drinks", here are some photos from last month's Mother's Day trip to Disneyland. Maverick still is beside himself with the desire to ride the roller coasters, but my little love is still about 1.5" shy...even with his tall shoes on.

I think it will be one of our fall trips before he is finally tall enough. He loves the other stuff too...

But off we go... with cousins on the other side...life is good.

Masterpiece

For lovely Ashton's 13th birthday...a Jen the Cookie Chick creation...

Princess Diva Girl Zebra Cake with sugar beads..amazing really...amazing...my sister rocks!


Party on!...and because no post is complete without a pic of my babies... this one rockin their princess Ariel crowns at another party...the looks on their faces crack me up...

Brotherly Love...

Before I forget...

Ok...so disregarding the fact that it has been a month since my last entry...It has been an amazing month of ups and downs, thrills and disappointments and even stuck in a trip to Disneyland and to Texas and a couple of birthday parties just to keep things interesting. Work has been crazy. My help has been less. And the blog was one of those things that just got lost in the shuffle.

But I have learned this blog is my boys baby book. And with Radley changing so fast, he is just so darn precious that I have to make note of these wonderful Radley-isms before they are gone and lost to the fallacy of the "of course I will remember" illusion that we parents sometimes hold....

My current Radley-isms...

"airplane-copter" - helicopter

"big, GIANT!!" - everything is "big, giant!!!". Not just big. Not just giant. But "big-GIANT!!"

"peek-ee-boo" - self explanatory...lol.

And when caught red-handed doing something he should not be doing he looked at me with big puppy dog eyes and said::::: "Mack did it."...and so it begins. All I could do was laugh...

Radley's new big boy bed has been ordered...he is ready. I am not.

We are off again next month for more adventures in this great big world. Party planning has begun for my sweet little monster's 2nd birthday party. The pacifier is working on borrowed time...soon to be retired. Much more to catch up on, and if the stars align, I will have the time to keep the unparalleled privilege of raising these two amazing creatures more up-to-date.