Gingerbread House Party

Can you tell I have been totally catching up on my blog!? Lately I have been posting every 10 days or so, but now it is like everyday! 

A few days ago I hosted the first annual Aunt Meggy's Gingerbread Party!! I have always said that I wanted to do this with the kids in my family. When making gingerbread houses with kids, you HAVE to prep before. I glued (yes, hot glued) the house pieces together the night before. About an hour before the kiddos arrived I made the icing. Click HERE for a great icing recipe. Then, I put all of the candy in separate bowls and decorated the table real cute so they would want to stay! ;) Do you like my gingerbread man tin plates! Will definitely be using them each year.

We had so much fun decorating the houses! Gaga helped Toby with his. They were having a ball. Tobs made this a competition and kept saying that they were winning!! He was loving it! And I was just getting a kick out it especially when he kept shoving candies in Gaga's mouth! Jayden and Melissa worked on their house. Jay was sampling the candies of course. And Weston sat in his little chair the whole time and did not complain at all! I was so amazed! As long as he had something in his hand (or mouth) he was happy! He actually did help with the house. See the red gumdrop on the roof of Weston's house? He put that there!! ;)

What a super fun party and it went so smoothly! 

Weston's Winter ONEderland

 

Weston’s 1^st Birthday party was a hit! I woke up at the crack of dawn and began loading the car with all of the decorations and food. Then, we headed straight to the hall to set up all of the tables and chairs. Julia was a huge help with decorating and blowing up all of the balloons! That sure was a task. We got to the hall around 8am and it took all the way until the beginning of the party (1pm) to get everything ready.

All ready to celebrate!

I am so happy that I had a craft area for all of the kiddos. They colored penguin ornaments and made wintery frames with foam stickers. Santa came to Weston’s party too! Some of the kids were so excited to sit on his lap, but not Weston! He was not too happy about it at all! After Santa, we sang “Happy Birthday” and then Weston got to eat his cupcake! He loved the icing! Just like mommy.  ;)

Kid craft area

Treat bags

Mommy, Daddy, Santa, and the birthday boy.

Weston's cupcake

Yum!

We had so much fun celebrating Weston’s birthday with all of our family and friends!

When we went home Weston opened all of his gifts. Oh. My. Goodness! LOTS of gifts! Weston is having a ball playing with all of his new toys. Our tiny house now looks like a childcare center.

Soooo many coffee filter snowflakes!

 What a FUN day!

Getting SO excited for Weston's Birthday Party!

I am SO looking forward to Weston’s birthday party!!! I am amazed that a year has gone by so quickly! Best year of my life… for SURE! I say this all the time but it feels like Christmas day EVERYDAY with my little man. He has made my life truly amazing in every possible way. Thanks buddy for making me the happiest mama ever!

Anyway… I am so excited for his first birthday party! I have been working on it for the past few months. I have so many things I want to share!! On the day of the party after setting up I need to remember to take pictures of all the little details I have worked on… 12 month banner, cupcake toppers, treats for kiddos, craft table, snowflake garland, paper links, flags, ….. so.much.fun! 

Here is the picture I used for Weston’s invite! He had a little party with Clifford and Monkey! And the yummy cupcake you see is from the famous Flavor Cupcakery! They won 1^st place in Cupcake Wars this past week on the Food Network! Go Flavor! They will also be making Weston’s smash cake for the day of his birthday party too! Yum!

There is still lots to do in the next 2 days! I need to make the cupcakes, beer bread and dips, apple squares, chocolate covered marshmallows, and finish his 12 month banner! I really wanted to do a hot chocolate stand, but think it may be a little too much work trying to keep the water hot and also it may be a little dangerous with the little ones around.  Santa Claus will be joining us too! Cannot wait!