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Fordman aka Batman Party

June 28, 2022

two women sitting on edge of bounce house with three little boys

Ford is three! He is obsessed with Batman, so we decide on a “Fordman” aka Batman party. Ford had the best night celebrating with his friends, family and Batman!

toddler boy sitting in front of birthday cake with children around him

Invitation

Sequins and Lipstick is the best to work with all on things party related! Since Batman can be a little scary, I wanted to make the party as geared to little kids as possible. I found an old batman logo with “batman” written inside the bat signal and sent it to Tammy and told her my vision. The “Fordman” logo turned out so cute and we used it on the invitations and on a lot of the party decor!

Food/Drinks

We had Velvet Taco catered for his party. We served two types of tacos and quesadillas for the kids. Queso and chips, too! To go along with the tacos, Caleb made his famous margaritas that are always a hit!

Activities

Ford is obsessed with the color blue, so we did a blue bounce house this time. Even though it was 103 degrees outside, it didn’t stop the kids from bouncing and playing in it! Thankfully we had some shade.

To encourage the kids to come inside as well, we had a balloon guy come to make balloon art. The kids asked to make all kinds of different things and he did. He was so talented and a big hit with the kids!

Of course, we had to have Batman stop by to see Ford. Ford was so excited to have Batman at this house and didn’t leave his side. Batman had Superhero training for the kids and they all loved it! I was happily surprised, but most of the kids loved having Batman at the party – no tears from anyone!

Decor

With most of our parties, we have custom cups, napkins and placemats made from Sequins and Lipstick. I love the personalization they bring to the party. We used the “Fordman” logo on all of these. They really turned out so cute!

Lushra did the balloons and we can ‘t say enough great things about the company. So easy to work with and they always have great ideas. We sourced the decal for the bounce house from Lushra too. Sequins and Lipstick created it and you can purchase the image to use for the vinyls. It’s very streamlined!

What We Wore

We found the cutest little bloomer set for Ford in white with blue gingham accents. Since blue is his favorite color, and we were planning to use a lot of blue in his party decor, it was the perfect thing for him to wear. William and Henry wore coordinating blue gingham button down shirts with white shorts. Stia wore this cute and cool white mini dress, while Jean wore this smocked midi dress and Katherine wore this super cute one-shoulder maxi dress. We were all in coordinating blue and white with the boys.

Cheers,

Stia, Jean and Katherine

Ford is Three

June 27, 2022

toddler holding blue three and bar signal balloons

// super hero pajamas // dress //

Ford is three! We had the best time celebrating our big three year old all weekend long! He is a big fan of Batman, so we had a Fordman/Batman birthday party on Friday evening with family/friends at our house. I don’t think he could have had more fun than he did! I’ll share more on his party tomorrow.

Ford has been the sweetest addition to our family. He loves his brothers so much and he is always up for anything/everything! We love you Ford!

Height/Weight

He continues to be tall and weighs about 38 pounds.

Sleeping

Ford moved out of his crib and into a big boy bed earlier this year. He was crawling out of his crib, so we decided to make the transition. He did really well and loves his big boy bed. We had to work through some sleep issues – he went through a phase of being hard to get to bed, middle of the night waking and early morning wake ups (all at different times!). Also, he stopped going down for naps right after his second birthday. I tried everything I could (William napped until he was 5!), but the only time I can get him to nap is in the car. He is an early riser and ready to go before 7 am each morning!

Personality

There is no lack of personality with Ford! He has a ton of it! He’s very strong-willed and acts much older than he is, but then he will want to be the baby again. He keeps us laughing and on our toes all the time. He loves the color blue and will always pick blue anything!

He loves this brothers, always asking “Where’d the brothers go?”, doing puzzles, playing make believe and loves to cuddle up for a movie. His favorite type of play is imaginary play with Henry. They can make believe play for hours. He likes to pretend to read – pointing at the pages and “reading” what it says. Ford loves characters – Batman, Chase, Sonic etc. He gets obsessed with one and that’s all he wants to play/read/talk about!

Schedule

He is usually up before 7, he may catch a cat nap in the car and bedtime starts around 7:30. Since there are no more naps in his bed, he is very go with the flow and we aren’t on much of a schedule these days.

Meals

I’m pretty sure Ford could be a vegetarian. He could eat only veggies for every meal. My first child to do that! For breakfast, Ford loves greek yogurt with berries, flax and cacao nibs. For lunch, he likes avocado, peppers, carrots and he loves toast. For dinner, he likes rice and veggies bowls, grilled cheese and occasionally a burger!

Travel

Since he turned two last year, Ford has been to San Diego for our yearly beach trip with extended family, Vail right after Thanksgiving, London, Hampshire, Paris and Cabo! He’s a great traveler – always goes with the flow!

Activities

Ford started pre-school in the fall and loved it. He had the best year and made the sweetest friends. He’s also in swim lessons and loves them! That’s all his scheduled activities for now.

Milestones

Moved to big boy bed
Learned to swim
Gets himself dressed
Started pre-school last Fall

Must-Have Items for Three Year Old:

Scooter: His favorite toy ever – he has clocked so many miles on that scooter!
Balance bike: This is the balance bike that we used for the boys and Ford is starting to show interest in it
Toys: Magna Tiles, puzzles and legos
Favorite pajamas: They are so soft and Ford loves the pictures on them
Step stool: We use all over the house – in the bathroom, in the kitchen, when he wants to reach something, etc!

Cheers,

Stia, Jean and Katherine

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!