We also agreed we did NOT want it at our house, so I searched for a month at least for the perfect location. I found a lot of cool places, but a hefty price tag came with all of them. I kept going back to the park down the street, it is everything he loves, it's free, and the only risk is the weather! So we finally decided on the park and prayed for no rain! Thank goodness we had no rain and it was a beautiful day and a perfect choice!!
We invited all the kids from Jonathan's class at school, a few other kids that we are friends with and family. We had such an awesome turnout! We were so happy!
The party started at 10:00 am, the kids ran around and played on the play ground. Around 10:45 we walked over to the pond and fed the ducks, although the ducks weren't that interested! Then we went back to the picnic table and the kids had a light lunch, we sang Happy Birthday and everyone had cupcakes! The kids went back to playing, then before I knew it, it was all over around noon. It was fun!
Of course the most important part is, did the Birthday boy have fun? I would say YES! He was smiling and running around the whole time! Then after we were home later he kept telling us about it and who was there and how much fun he had. Then when he woke up this morning he told us about it again! I love it and I do believe that is a true sign of success!
Thank you to everyone who came helped and shared this day with us! Michael and I both took a lot of photos and I know at least 4 other people did too, so I will shared my favorites that we took and update you later with the others!
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| The night before, he was such a big helper! But we had a powdered sugar incident! |
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| My attempt at making brownies into a checkered racing flag and the source of the powdered sugar! |
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| Rebecca, Lila and Shelley helping me get the table set up! |
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| Great Uncle Jim (or "Jeeem" as Jonathan calls him) pushing Jonathan on the swing. |
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| Waylen, Lily and Jonathan |
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| Lindsay, Will (in the stroller), Jonathan, Waylen and Shelley |
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| The kiddos playing! |
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| Scarlet's ready for action! |
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| Jim and Holly |
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| Scarlet, Waylen and Holly |
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| The group walking over to feed the ducks |
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| Feeding the ducks time! |
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| J and his buddies! |
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| SO MUCH FUN! |
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| Michael adding more bread to the bucket...even though the ducks were not interested at all in the bread, they still kept throwing them bread! |
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| Jonathan, Taryn, Brady, Reagan, Katie and Joseph! |
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| Cyndi, Me, Kirsi, and Shelley...we all have kids the same age, in the same class and we are all expecting! |
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| Jonathan and his "Jeem" |
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| Lunch time! |
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| Cool shot Michael got of our bubble machine making lots of bubbles! |
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| The birthday boy and me! |
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| Scarlet is trying to feed Jonathan. |
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| CUPCAKES! |
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| Thank you to Becky for coming over and decorating my 50 cupcakes! They looked store bought!!! |
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| He could care less about the 3 candle or the Lightening McQueen pick, just give me the "chocrate" cupcake. |
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| Yummy "Chocrate" |
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| Owen and Holly |
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| Jonathan and cousin Joe |
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| Jonathan and Brady! Brady had just told me that he has the biggest smile in the whole world! Don't you agree? |
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| The boys playing |
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| Jonathan opening his big gift from Scarlet, Amy, Waylen and Will. It was a big Lightening McQueen Bean Bag Chair! Thank you!! He loves it! |
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| More big smiles! |
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| Leanna made Jonathan a super cool 3 shirt! Thank you!! He will wear it on his actual Birthday!!! |
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun birthday! Wish we could have gone. :) Jonathan looks like he had a great time- good job Mom!
ReplyDeleteYea! It looked like the perfect birthday as far as we could tell. Thanks for including us! And please feel free to make me those awesome cupcakes any time you want!
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