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Monster of a party

November 18, 2013      12 Comments

Seriously, can you believe this kid?

12 month baby photo

Going and turning one-year-old already.

I must confess, I did not have plans to throw him a birthday party. Since none of our family live near us and he’s too young to have “friends” (I mean, I guess he could have friends, but that means I’d have to make friends so we’ll just keep saying he’s too young for friends) we figured we’d just give him some presents, let him tear into a piece of cake and be done with it.

But my mom had other plans. I let her take over and she threw him a “monster” of a birthday party.  I literally did not do anything except buy some cheese and slap candy eyes on the cupcakes.

Seriously.  My mom is amazing.

Monster party

Birthday party table

I did sort of help her pick the monster theme though, which was a huge hit.

Monster suckers

And she ran wild with it. There were monsters everywhere.

Monster banner

No bowl was safe.

Monster stuffed animals

We monster-fied some red velvet cupcakes. Super easy. You just need a grass piping tip and some candy eyes. Boom! Monster cupcakes.

Monster cupcakes

I forgot I did help make some Oreo-eye-balls for the cake. An eye ball artist I am not. But what monster is perfect anyway, right?

Monster cake

We even got the child to keep a hat on his head for longer than 2.5 seconds. A true birthday miracle.

Birthday boy

Of course, my favorite part of the day was when Wyatt finally got his cake. And not just because that meant I finally got cake too, but that didn’t hurt.

Monster birthday cupcake

He’s got his “woman, where’s my cake” look pretty much perfected, I think.

Baby birthday bib

Finally, we stopped torturing him.

Baby eating a cupcake

My mom’s house was filled with friends and family on Saturday, which was overwhelming and wonderful all rolled into one.  I’m so glad she forced convinced me to have a real party.

Do you guys go all out for birthdays or just keep it simple? I think either is great, as long as there’s cake, of course.

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  1. Jen says

    November 18, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    I love this! Good for your mom making you do it! 🙂
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  2. Kala @ My Breezy Room says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:44 am

    That’s a super cute birthday idea! And I love the eyeballs, I think you did a great idea! I’m sure you’ll be glad she forced you into it later, such cute pics!
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  3. Susannah says

    November 18, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    What a fun party!!! Your mom is really creative! 🙂
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  4. becky says

    November 18, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    Such an adorable party for a cute little guy! Bailey celebrated her 1st birthday this last weekend, too and I only wish my mom would’ve taken over the party planning! Hope to have some details on the blog soon (time is definitely not on my side lately)

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  5. Samantha says

    November 18, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    He looked so happy about his party in the first picture! Too stinkin’ cute. I love the theme and looks like a lot of fun.

    Oh and we went all out… Mickey & Minnie party at the subdivision club house but it was Miss Harper’s first soooo we kinda had to, the little princess she is hahaha.
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  6. Kim of Mo'Betta says

    November 19, 2013 at 5:05 am

    Everything is so cute! Especially the birthday boy 🙂 Did I tell ya, or did I tell ya…time flies once you have kids! (Unless they are puking…then time really slows down. lol)
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  7. Mo at Mocadeaux says

    November 19, 2013 at 11:01 pm

    I bet your mom had a blast throwing the party. Those cupcakes with the monster eyes? So stinkin’ cute and something I might even be able to pull off.
    The birthday boy is just adorable – happy birthday to him!
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  8. Karen Peterson says

    November 20, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    That is such an adorable idea for a first birthday! It looks like such a cute party!
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  9. Miranda says

    November 20, 2013 at 8:12 pm

    one already?! wow. those cupcakes turned out really cute! happy belated birthday to Wyatt!
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  10. Jess says

    November 20, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    Soooo cute! I love that theme! We kinda went all out in a DIY kinda way. It was a football theme and I used the decorations for both of Clay’s parties plus I can reuse most of them for another football party in the future so I would say it was a good investment!
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  11. Rachel G says

    November 21, 2013 at 7:02 am

    Oh, he’s adorable! That’s a pretty sweet party too. I love the cupcakes!
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  12. Kerri @ Simplicity Interrupted says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    What an awesome party – love that cake!!
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