Party Time!

I am going to post the birthday extravaganza weekend a little out of order, starting with Weston's birthday party! This was the first kid birthday party that I had thrown. It was a lot of fun. I think Weston enjoyed it too. ;) The party was at noon, so I spent all morning cleaning, decorating, putting together food, etc. Weston ran around and kept asking when his friends were coming.

Here is the big 3 year old birthday boy.
The party had a "sports" theme, so I made baseball and basketball cupcakes. They turned out pretty cute. For future reference, has anyone ever found black writing icing at the grocery store and if so, what brand? Anyway, we also did some fun treat bags for the guests and included little soft baseballs, party blowers, candy and a balloon. You can kind of see them in the background of the cupcakes.
15 minutes before party time and we were all pretty excited.
Weston and his buddy, Makenzie play fighting. I love the face Kenz is making in this picture. Also, despite the sports theme Weston insisted on wearing his pirate hat for most of the party.
All four birthday guests (Mason, Makenzie, Weston, and Jarom). I did not attempt any organized party games. The kids just got out all the toys and played and played and played.
Dawnie playing with Dav. It was a miracle that he wasn't crying since he is not in my arms. We have officially entered the extreme cling stage.
After we all ate pizza and chips the adults hung out in the kitchen and the kids migrated to the bedroom and living room to play. After a bit, Weston asked if he could open presents. He was quite the champ present opener and got some really fun gifts . . . THANKS everyone!
His final present was a tricycle from Ian and I. He was pretty stoked. He is not very good at riding it yet and is still a little short for it, but I'm sure by summer he'll get the hang of it.
After we opened presents Weston just wanted to open them all and play with them. I had to tear him away to blow out candles and do cupcakes. He knew exactly what to do and blew out all his candles in one try. He got a little embarrassed while we were singing to him. I almost thought he might cry, but he was ok.
Davin thought those party blowers were hilarious. Weston kept blowing it right at Dav and making him laugh.
Everyone slowly left and we got things cleaned up. After everything settled down we opened Weston's new pirate chest toy from Grandma B and Grandpa Bob. Weston thinks it's pretty great, but I did have to hide all the tiny pieces.
All in all I would say the birthday party was a success. To be honest though I may regret having my boys so close together. When Davin is older and I have 2 parties to put on just two months apart I may be too tuckered out. :) I'm so glad that all our friends could come play with us and I'm thankful for my cute Weston boy for providing us with a good excuse to party!