Owen is 1!

I can’t believe that my baby, my last baby, turns 1 today! I know it’s so cliché and everyone says it, but it’s true: our babies really do grow up too quick. We had his 1st Birthday Party this past Saturday, so stay tuned for some jungle party fun, but I wanted to share some quick pics for his 1st birthday.

This is our first picture of Owen. I do regret not having someone take a pic of all 3 of us. I see tons of pics like that where mom is still on the table, but most moms having c-sections probably weren’t screaming in pain the majority of time.

'P' is for Party! Dr. Seuss ABC Birthday Party from Birthday Express

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Owen’s 1st Birthday is just over a month away! I can’t believe my baby is almost a year old already! It feels like just yesterday we were having Charlie’s 1st Birthday party! Just in case you can’t guess, he had a Dr. Seuss Party!

For growing up big, and growing up tall, the Dr. Seuss ABC party theme takes almost no planning at all!
Kids will love the bright decorations and inspired treats and you'll love the nostalgic twist in sharing your favorite Seuss characters with your little one. Here are some ideas on how to throw a stress-free Dr. Seuss party when you use the Dr. Seuss ABC party theme from Birthday Express.

Ninja Party: Goody Bags

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Charlie’s 3rd birthday was an awesomely themed Ninja Party (his selection). No birthday party is complete without goody bags!

Charlie is big enough now that he helped me fill his favor bags for his party. He thought this was extra special!

 

Ninja Party: Food & Decorations

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For Charlie’s 3rd birthday party, he picked a ninja theme while looking through Oriental Trading’s catalog that we receive in the mail regularly.

Decorations were quick and easy to check off my to-do list with a little help from Oriental Trading! Oriental Trading offers a pretty nice selection of ninja decorations.

We picked out the Ninja Warriors Vertical Pennant Banner.

Ninja Party Fun & Games

Like any birthday, there was plenty of fun and games. Charlie is really into playing any kind of game right now. When I asked him what kind of games he wanted to play at his party, he said “racing game”. So we had a piñata, a “racing game”, a decorate your own ninja headband, decorate a ninja cookie, and “Sensei Says”.

Piñata

I received this dragon piñata from Oriental Trading for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.

The Dragon Piñata from Oriental Trading was a hit, of course! The kids loved it and everyone loved watching them take a whack at it. I had read a few reviews that people said they couldn’t fit much candy in this dragon piñata, but I have no idea what they’re talking about. We fit PLENTY of candy in this; you just need to shake it around so it spreads out throughout the dragon’s body. I will say this is not an easy piñata to break. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. I think it’s somewhere in-between: I hate a piñata that can’t take a whack, but even when the 11 year old got ahold of it to knock it open, we still needed to tear it apart to really open it up.

20 Questions: Charlie is 3 Years Old

When each boy turns 3, we’ll be asking them these 20 questions on their birthday. We’ll be doing this every year until I decide to stop. Maybe 12? I guess we’ll see. Here’s the first set!

1. What is your favorite color? Red

2. What is your favorite toy? blocks

3. What is your favorite fruit? bananas

Happy 3rd Birthday to Charlie

To the little boy that made me a mommy, Happy Birthday! I can’t believe you’re already 3!

Ninja Party Shirts

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You’ll see pictures of the boys in their shirts at the party, but I did want to share a preview of their shirts.

I found Owen’s on clearance at Crazy 8.

Ninja Double Sleeve Bodysuit - $5.99
Retail Price: $12.95
You Save: $6.96

 

I looked everywhere for a cute ninja shirt for Charlie. I found one on Etsy that was perfect. It was a size 3T ninja shirt! For $9.99 plus $3.00 s/h it’s totally worth it. The shirt is a Garanimals shirt, soft fabric, and the fabric and stitching outline is adorable. Check out Lil Ladybug Creations, she has shirts for just about everything and will custom design them!

I love having themed outfits for themed parties! I’m in love with both the shirts and they were both a great buy! Sure, I could’ve made Charlie’s myself, but this was so much easier and for the price- totally worth it!

Charlie’s 3rd Birthday Wishlist

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If you ask Charlie what he wants for his 3rd Birthday, this is what you get.

3rd Birthday: Ninja Party

Charlie’s 3rd birthday is less than 2 weeks away! I still can’t believe my little boy is going to be 3! At his request, he’s having a Ninja Party. Ninjago is very popular right now, but he picked a regular Ninja party. While looking for Ninja invites, I found a Ninja image at Rook no. 17 and I decided to make my own.

This was super simple to make using PicMonkey. If you’re not familiar with PicMonkey, go play around with it now! You can do so much for free, but if you decide to upgrade, it’s only $33/year.

I then added the date, time, location, and RSVP information.

Using HP Photo Card Paper, I printed these out at home on 5x7 cards and off they went!

Stay tuned for all our Ninja Birthday Party fun: Games/Activities, Food, Goodie Bags, Decorations!

January Smiles

I can't believe January is over already! How did that happen?

Here's a quick 5 things that made me smile this January:

1. I finally started a blog!

2. My birthday's in January, so that always makes me smile.

3. It snowed! And we actually got to play in it for a few minutes before it was too cold!