Caden's Birthday Party

Party Day! His 1st birthday theme was cars, not the movie just regular ole' cars. He loves making the Vroom, Vroom sound every time he picks up and pushes a car around so it was a no-brainer. I wish I had taken more pictures of the decorations and party table, but with the craziness of the day that didn't happen until it was over. Although the food was set up inside, we planned for everything to take place outside.

 

We started the party with car shaped PB&J's and a few kid-friendly sides for lunch. Again, I wish I had taken a picture, but all thanks goes to Mimi because Mommy was running way behind getting everything set up!

 

Then we had a pre-cupcake dessert and made stoplights with graham crackers, frosting, and red, yellow, and green M&Ms.

After that, we went on a car hunt in the backyard. Ready, Set, Go!

A hunting we will go...

Then, we took our cars from the Car Hunt and made "Go" cars out of them to see who could push theirs to the finish line with a party blower.

Here's the birthday boy enjoying some "down" time. He's wearing his Vroom, Vroom, I'm 1 shirt that has a car and his name on it! Love it!!!

Finally, we moved back to the front yard to draw a city of buildings, cars, signs, clouds, and trees inside of the roads that had already been drawn for them.

The best Mimi in the whole wide world with our next door neighbor, Mrs. Brenda

Then it was finally time for smash cake and cupcakes. Love these! The smash cake is the same image that was on Caden's shirt and I ordered the cupcake toppers from a shop on Etsy. Can you tell we had a red and blue car theme?

 

After singing, the birthday boy went straight for the wheel on the car and had black hubcap ALL over his face! He loved every minute of it and he was having such a good time that you could hear him talking while he was digging in. This is him saying "Hee-Hee."

 

Then, everyone ate their cupcakes and big brother couldn't wait to get his hands on his! Lucy was more than happy to help with any crumbs. You can't tell but Ethan is wearing a car shirt, too :-)

 

After the party and naps, we changed into our 1 shirt (Thanks Haley! We still have the one you made for Reid and Ethan) and opened presents. Big brother happily assisted when Caden got side-tracked.

Happy Birthday, big boy! We hope you enjoyed your special day. We love you!