Being the mean mommy that I am I made a "no toys" rule for his big day. He has way too many as it is and our house is teeny-tiny... where would we put new toys!? Most people bought him books and clothes but there were a few that broke the rule (ahem, Ali and Gigi!!). Oh... and mommy and daddy may have broken the rule, too. Come on, we're his parents, we get to make and break any rules we please! We bought him a basketball goal just his size and he loves that thing.
Since I'm too cheap to actually spend money on party decorations I made most of them myself (while at work, shhhh). I cut out letters to put on our mirror and a big "2" to hang on our front door. Everything was purple, green, or yellow. I printed out and colored Barney and BJ coloring pages, cut them out, then glued them onto some sturdy paper to make stands out of them. I wanted to do some cupcake toppers as well. I printed out several Barney, BJ, and Baby Bop images in color, cut them out, and then glued them to some toothpicks. Viola! I made some chocolate cupcakes (using the Weight Watchers recipe that uses pumpkin so they wouldn't be so high-calorie!) and played around with the food coloring until I got the icing to be a respectable shade of purple. We hung up some green balloons, used a yellow table cloth, and that was it! It was the easiest decorating I've ever done. What was funny is that I recently painted our dining room purple so even the WALLS matched the them, ha!
I even made sandwiches, had fruit and veggie trays, and served drinks. AND we had ice cream. His party was pretty legit, right!? We gave him his cupcake, lit his candle, and sang him happy birthday while he frowned up a storm. I guess we scared him with all the attention! Ali helped him open all his presents and then the kids went outside to play. We were so lucky that it was so nice outside!
All in all it turned out to be a great day!
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