Seriously, can you believe this kid?
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.
I did sort of help her pick the monster theme though, which was a huge hit.
And she ran wild with it. There were monsters everywhere.
No bowl was safe.
We monster-fied some red velvet cupcakes. Super easy. You just need a grass piping tip and some candy eyes. Boom! 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?
We even got the child to keep a hat on his head for longer than 2.5 seconds. A true birthday miracle.
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.
He’s got his “woman, where’s my cake” look pretty much perfected, I think.
Finally, we stopped torturing him.
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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I love this! Good for your mom making you do it! 🙂
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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!
Kala @ My Breezy Room recently posted…It’s NOT Too Early For Christmas Crafts
What a fun party!!! Your mom is really creative! 🙂
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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)
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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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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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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That is such an adorable idea for a first birthday! It looks like such a cute party!
Karen Peterson recently posted…Release
one already?! wow. those cupcakes turned out really cute! happy belated birthday to Wyatt!
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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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Oh, he’s adorable! That’s a pretty sweet party too. I love the cupcakes!
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What an awesome party – love that cake!!
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