Happy 1st Birthday Curious James

The weekend before James's 1st Birthday we had his big party with all of our family and friends! 

Curious George was an easy theme choice, because James loves him!

 I tried to stay pretty simple with the decor. 

I made a banner with his monthly update pictures to see how much he grew, 

and a picture with all of his 1 year milestones! 

We had a BBQ with lots of Curious George Themed food. 

BBQing with dad is James's favorite thing to do even at his party! 

Seeing most of the kids coming were small I didn't do any difficult games. 

Just kept things relaxed and fun!

We had a coloring table

A Balloon Jump 

And what is a party without a pinata ;)

 The older kids played games, and ate in our tent. 

And we had toys out for the tiny ones to play with during the BBQ. 

 One of the perks to having a friend that is a photographer is that you can

 just have a backdrop at your kid's party :)
Thanks Becky!

 And I would just like to stop and say 

"don't I have such cute kids"

Thank you Chris for the wonderful cake!

 While James was enjoying his cake 

everyone else had Banana Splits 

Kade made sure James didn't miss out on the ice cream ;)

He is the best big brother ever!

James was spoiled with gifts! 

There isn't words to say how thankful we are for how good our friends are to him!

Before everyone left we asked that they sign James's Book 

And take a favor bag

Here is the Link to James's Actual Birthday! :)

Happy Birthday Thing 1!

Today is Thing 1's 8th Birthday, and though I don't get to spend it with him it is still a special day to me! Being a stepmom is one of the most difficult amazing gifts in the world. It teaches you to love like no other relationship can, and it is a love I wouldn't give up for anything!  It is with teary eyes that I post this knowing that I won't be able to celebrate his big day for another few weeks, but I just couldn't let the day pass without celebrating him someway! 

 Can you believe that my monster man is so big! It makes me sad some days seeing how much of a big boy he has become! He is so strong and so smart it is incredible! I know that he is going to be a great big man someday, but I like to just take time to look back on how much fun it has been watching him grow so far! 

*Each year I take a picture of the kids and ask them some questions, so some day when they are all grown up I can show them how they got there! I share the picture with all the moms/grandmas in their life each spring, so everyone can keep track and be as proud as I am to be apart of their lives! 

This is the pictures of Kade from Kinder to 2nd!