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William’s Lego Birthday Party

January 18, 2022

boy standing in party room with balloon garland and number six

Happy 6th Birthday William! We spent the whole weekend celebrating our sweet six year old! His birthday was Friday and it was a beautiful 70 degree day. He had breakfast in bed, opened presents and then he was off to school. After school, he wanted to go golf and then we went to Mesero for his birthday dinner.

His party was on Saturday and in one day it went from 70 degrees to 30 degrees outside, with a little bit of snow. He said it was the best birthday ever! We had his friends from school and neighborhood friends over to celebrate. He’s been asking for a Lego birthday party, so that’s what we did! He truly had the most fun day celebrating with family and friends!

We are so proud of this boy. He’s kind and funny and smart. He loves Kindergarten and sports, and Legos are everything right now. He’s lost four teeth this year. He is the sweetest brother, very caring and his little brothers really look up to him. He loves soccer, T-ball, karate and playing football in the backyard. He started French lessons and it’s amazing how much he has picked up in a short amount of time. We love you and are so proud of you William!

INVITATIONS/PAPER GOODS

I ordered these Lego “6” invitations and coordinating party favor tags from Minted. They have different color ways available and can edit for any age birthday!

ACTIVITIES

With William loving Legos, he really wanted to have a Lego themed party and build different things with his friends. We had “Bricks 4 Kidz” come to the party to organize and manage the Lego build. In advance, they sent over different options of the things to build so William could choose. He picked a Lego “Zip Line” and “Future Car” for his friends to build. It was a huge hit and kept the attention of 12 six-year-olds for 1.5 hours, so I definitely call that a win! The two people that came from Bricks 4 Kidz were so helpful with the kids while they were building. They came with 12 kits that contained everything the kids needed to build and ipads for each one with the directions! Each kid got to pick out a mini figure to take home, too.

We also had a bounce house outside for after Lego building to help burn off some energy! It’s always a huge hit and the kids loved it despite it being 30 degrees outside!

FOOD

We had In ‘n Out burgers and fries for the kids and adults. For dessert, we had Lego petit fours for each kid and mini ice creams. I found William’s Lego cake topper on Etsy and the Lego candles here. I also found these Lego spoons and forks for cake and ice cream.

DECOR

Tammy from Sequins & Lipstick created the cutest cups, napkins and placemats. William loved the Lego “6” and the mini-fig!

Lushra always does the best balloons! We did the party in our playroom, so once we cleared it out it was a pretty empty space! Lushra put together the cutest set up for the birthday boy! The garlands added the right amount of Lego colors, but the big hit was the jumbo balloons by the food table!

PARTY FAVORS

Our friends love taking home the personalized cups from our birthday parties, so we put the Lego polybags in the custom cups, along with a mini trophy that William wanted all his friends to have! These party favor tags were so cute!

WHAT THE BOYS WORE

We have these sweaters in light blue and they are so cute and comfy! The boys love them so I decided to order them in white with a blue/yellow monogram (William’s favorite colors.) They turned out so cute!

boy standing in white bounce house with colorful ballon garland and number six decal

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Cheers,

Stia, Jean and Katherine

Family Christmas Pajamas

November 30, 2021

We talked about our our love of Christmas pajamas briefly yesterday, but it is still one of my most favorite things about the holidays and especially on Christmas morning! Our husbands don’t participate, but the boys love it! When we saw these pink party pajamas with red feathers, we knew they would be the perfect festive pajamas for us girls. They are seriously so fun to wear and on sale right now! The fit is supposed to be somewhat “oversized” in the top, but we still took our normal sizes – just FYI!

We talked about it here, but Beaufort Bonnet makes the cutest printed pajamas for kids. The boys wear these pajamas all the time! They’re so soft and the boys love all the fun prints.

Cheers,

Stia, Jean and Katherine

Ninja Turtle Birthday Party

September 23, 2021

two women with three young boys in front of henry marquee lights and white bounce house with balloon garland

Henry loves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he decided early on that was the kind of birthday party he wanted. He’s seen the original cartoons just a couple of times, but we think what actually got him hooked was the TMNT theme song! It’s really catchy and all three boys love singing and dancing to it. It was so much fun planning his birthday party and he loved every little thing. We had family, friends and a special appearance by his favorite Ninja Turtle – Michaelangelo. Everyone had so much fun and Henry had the very best time! Here are pictures and details from Henry’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Party:

henry marquee sign with balloon garland and white bounce house

blue and white hydrangeas and orange gerbera daisies

Invitations/Paper Goods

When I first started planning Henry’s theme party, every TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) item that I found was scary looking! I wanted it to be cute and more appropriate for a group of 4-year olds, so I reached out to Honey Bear Pages to create some artwork that we could use for invitations and party goods. We also did a party favor tags, stickers for the pizza boxes and a bar menu that all coordinated with the invitation and our theme. The birthday boy loved how they turned out and so did we!

Food

In theme with the Ninja Turtles (their favorite food is pizza!), we had mini pizzas for the kids and pizza and salad for the adults. The mini pizza boxes for the kids were a huge hit! I ordered them from Amazon and then used custom stickers from Honey Bear Pages to put on the top.

Activities

We rented the white slide bounce house from Dallas Party and the kids loved it! The slide was so much fun and there was plenty of space for jumping, too.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle character “Michaelangelo” stopped by and he was a huge hit! The character rental company we used also supplied a DJ to play music and organize games for the kids. The kids all enjoyed dancing and playing games to win prizes.

Decor

The party cups, napkins and placemats are from Sequins & Lipstick. I love the logo she came up with- very on theme for a Ninja Turtles birthday party!

Lushra did the balloon garland on the bounce house and the on the marquee lights. They also did the custom decal for Henry that was applied on the bounce house.

Since we knew the character rental came with a DJ for music and games, we thought the Alpha Lit “Henry” marquee lights would be the perfect touch!

What the Boys Wore

Henry loves these polos and shorts. The boys wore the polos in white with orange shorts (Henry’s favorite color) and Ford wore the matching jon jon.

What We Wore

It’s still hot in September, so we all opted for dresses. Stia wore this coral dress, Jean wore this maxi dress and Katherine wore this green maxi dress.