Easton Turns FIVE:: Ninja Turtle Birthday Party!

We had such a fun time this weekend celebrating Easton's upcoming FIFTH Birthday!

I really can't believe he's going to be 5!  TOMORROW!

We sat down together a few weekends to look at Pinterest to see what kind of party he would like.

We saw one Ninja Turtle Party and he was sold!  

I did my best to make that happen in the cutest, non Ninja Turtle graphic way!

Touches of green with red, orange, blue & purple and away we went!

The food is always the most fun for me!

Ninja Turtles eat Pizza, so we started with that!

We also had Pasta Salad, Fruit (do you see the ninja turtle on the fruit?!!!), chips & salsa and dipped pretzels. 

It's not a birthday at the Farrar house without dipped Pretzels.

And of course, cupcakes.

The cupcakes were just a white cake mix that I made green and then made the white icing a color for each of the Ninja's.  

I got the cute Cupcake wrappers and toppers at The Wal-Mart's.

For Party Favors, I purchased Ninja Turtle cups at Target and also had a Ninja Turtle coloring set (not pictured) that I found at Joann. 

I added washi tape to the straws for the kids so we could add their names.

The decor was simple.

I made a fabric scrap bunting, Ninja Turtle Paper Lanterns (from these---they sell them in green sets), and then I got 4 sheets of felt and some elastic for the masks.

My dad picked up the balloons for us on his way to top off our green theme!

I designed the invites myself, using Ipiccy.  So easy and they turned out so cute!

Shirts by my SIL, Jamey! Fabric from Joann.

Cowabunga Dude!

Emerson's First Birthday

I love a good party.

And this one was so much fun.  

So much fun to have some pink.  {{who am I?}}

We celebrated Emerson the day before her birthday.

I will always do parties on days around their birthday.

The party day gets so crazy and before you know it, it's over.  

I want to always have their BirthDAY, low key and with just them.  

Maybe this will change as they get older, but for now, that's how I like it.

So, we did a lunch time party.

Chicken Salad, Ham & Rolls, Fresh Salsa, Fruit, Pasta Salad, Dipped Pretzels & Cupcakes.

It was all so yummy, if I do say so myself.

I kept the decor simple.

Some babies breath, a tissue tassel garland, balloons & some Paper Lanterns over the food table.

 I'll let the pictures do the talking, but I think you'll see we had a wonderful time celebrating our Emerson!

Happy Birthday Emerson Sloan!

I know you'll never remember this par-tay, but I will.  Forever.

Love you sweet girl!

Dedication & a Birthday:: A perfect weekend

Happy Monday friends!

Why is it that it that the weekend always goes way too fast?

This one was no different.

The Barn Sale was Thursday-Friday-Saturday.

I only made it to Saturday's sale because Emerson & I were sick.

But that's another post, because I learned a really great lesson from that.

So, back to the weekend.  Sunday we had Easton & Emerson dedicated.

I've wanted to have Easton dedicated for a long time but it just never happened.

But I'm glad it didn't, because them being dedicated together was so special.

Our family joined us Sunday at our church for this sweet occasion.

Our pastor always prays "if our children were to follow in our footsteps, may our footsteps lead them to Jesus."  YES!  That is my prayer!  For my babies to grow to love Jesus is most important to me.

I talked with Easton about the dedication through the week.

He wasn't sure about it, but I told him it was a good thing.

It was mommy and daddy giving him back to Jesus.  

Trusting that Jesus was in charge of his heart until he could decide to ask him into his heart on his own.

He anointed both with oil and prayed over each.

A memory I will have forever.  

After church we had lunch & cake on the patio at Chuys!

Chips & Salsa and Red Velvet Cake.

And excellent company.

A perfect lunch!

I had no specific wishes for my birthday.

Just time with my family and time outside.

A nap would have been great, but who wants to sleep the day away?

So, to the lake we went.

We loaded up our snacks, sunscreen & fishing poles and headed out.

Everyone is happy on the boat.

Easton eats snacks from the time we get on the boat, till the time we pull back into the dock.

'Snackies' as he calls them.  He loves the snacks!

Emerson naps really well on the boat.

I built a little fort for her to have some shade to play in.

We didn't catch any fish this weekend, but we had fun trying!

After the lake we went home to freshen up a bit then had supper at O Charleys.

I even opted for the Caramel Pie.  It was my birthday after all!  

32 is off to a sweet start.

Hope you had a beautiful weekend.