Birthday Decor

We celebrated Mason's First Birthday at The Little Gym and it was a joy! We love everything Dr. Seuss. Mason was Thing 1 and Phan Thing 2.  We had a mini dessert table for the kids and it was a big hit.   The shirt Mason wore and my husband, I ordered from Etsy. 

 My Truffula Trees were made out of tissue papers. They were basically flower pom poms but I stuck a stick from Ikea on the back.  My husband used the pipe cleaner wire to hold the pom poms. I purchased rocks from Dollar Tree and stuck them in some vases my friend bought at a dollar store for the Truffula Trees to stand. I ordered Dr. Seuss ribbon from etsy because there was a sale and I just put the ribbion around various jars. I used hot glue on some of the vases to hold the ribbion and then towards the end I used tape :) We ran out of the glue gun sticks!

Some fun chocolate sixlets and gumballs to bring out the color theme of the party

Multi-colored goldfish crackers in reference to the book:

I made Marshmallow pops out of white chocolate and dipped them in Red & Turquoise sprinkles! Such a easy recipe.  I just stuck the sticks in styrofoam and wrapped it up with wrapping paper.

Animal Crackers in reference to the book If I Ran a Zoo

Mason's Birthday cake, with his smash cake on the very top, made by Calling All Cakes in Arlington, TX

My husband printed out the labels for the candy from Kinkos. We also printed little book images but we forgot to buy little stands so we only displayed 1 little book.  The Cat in The Hat.  The lollipop stand I made from a styrofoam cone and used ribbion to wrap around and needles to hold in the back. I stuck lollipops I ordered from amazon to the cone. I was so proud of the lollipop stand! 

Delicious homemade cupcakes compliments of Phantastic cupcakes

I loved his party! I'm not very crafty but our friend Gabby is. All of his banners were made by her excluding the monthly banner. She did such a great job! 

Mason with his Cat in the Hat doll and his Lorax hat.

Banner by Gabby

One- year Birthday photos

Mason had a good turn out at his Birthday party about 10 kids came and celebrated his first party.  They all seemed to enjoy the little gym.  The decorations and food were a big hit.  It was a short but fun time for everyone there.  Thank you to everyone who was able to make it out the Birthday party.  We all were really happy that both of Mason's grandmothers were able to attend.  A huge surprise was when Mason's Great Grandmother came from Arkansas to see him.  He is such a lucky child.  

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It's party time!

Mason's Birthday Party is today!  We will post more photos up once we get them!

A trip to the circus

The many expressions of a one year old

So today was Mason's one year old Birthday!  As a family we all spent the day together to celebrate his Birthday.  We also took Mason to Chuck E. Cheese which he seemed to really enjoy.  

However, the big event is that we are having a Birthday Party for Mason on Saturday at the Little Gym which should be exciting.  And to make things even better, Mason's Grandmother is flying into town to celebrate!  Anyways, to get ready for his First Birthday, we decided to take a yearly photo of him, however he was not liking the idea.  He hated his tie!  

First we tried to take a photo in front of his bookcase...failed!

So then we went outside on the grass...failed again!

We call this "it's the end of the world" photo...he's can be dramatic at times

Daddy figured out how to make Mase happy, he gave him  his eye glasses...

This was our final product, our one year old Birthday Boy!

Choosing the perfect sippy cup.

So since Mason is getting older, we have been trying to find the perfect sippy cup for him.

After lots of trials and errors, we have finally found the one that works the best for our lil man.

Nope, not any of these...

I never knew he would be so picky about which sippy cup he likes.  We spent lots of money on the ones which don't satisfy his liking.  Its a huge transition since he still prefers the bottle over any sippy cup.  Eventually we'll get to where we need to be. 

Here is the winner!