Birthday Bonanza

2011 marks the first and only year (inside of this decade) that our boys will have their own birthday party. 2012 will celebrate the first annual Thomas Boys Birthday Bonanza, and until we are met with resistance - we will carry on that tradition as long as we can! But for now, 16 calendar days apart, we had the good fortune of celebrating twice. My goal was to post these in the month in which we had them but I guess I will settle for the posting them in the same quarter!

Andrew's Party

First was little Andrew's! We kept it low key for birthday number one! A big thanks to Bobbi and my mom for helping with decorating and also with making the cakes!

I caught a lot of heat from Billy about this cake. And while I agree that decorating the smash cake with "1st Andrew" implies that there may or may not be a second Andrew, harping on it is counter-productive. That is what midnight cake decorating will do for you!!

Andrew does not like cake, and made no exceptions at his party. But, he does, as it turns out, like presents!

and balloons!

Luke's Party

As far as a theme goes, Luke loves balls - so we ran with that!

We served stadium fare! Hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and candy! (I'm sure all the parents were epecially delighted with Billy and I at nap time that day!!)

The nachos were a hit!

Luke, unlike his brother, loves cake! Being sung to, that is another story.

This is where little brother spent the majority of Luke's Party.

He did later make an appearance to show off his new shirt (thank you Bobbi) and assist Luke with orienting himself to the new blocks (that Luke was rather thrilled with)

Thanks to all who helped us celebrate - the boys enjoyed it so much!