Reece is 6!

Reece requested a fishing/water party for his 6th birthday. He invited 3 of his friends over and all his family. Here's a picture of his friends...Gray, James, Reece and Hendrix.

This pool is gonna get a lot of use this summer!

Birthday boy with his yummy ice cream cake from Dairy Queen! Yum-o!

Decorations were easy. Reece has a lot of fishing decorations in his room, so I just borrowed these decorations.

Bait and Night Crawlers were on the menu...(gummy worms and goldfish)

And we made a collage of us fishing over the years...

Clara joined the fun also!

Happy Birthday, sweet boy! We love you so much! You make us laugh every single day! You are the BEST little boy in the world!

1 Sweet Girl

Since Clara is 1 and she is such a sweet girl, the theme of her party was "1 sweet girl." It was fun putting this party together. I turned my red curtains around backwards and they looked pink! Perfect! The flowers hanging from the light are just made of tissue paper. I stuck pictures of Clara on the table in groups. There was a group of "sweet dreams" and I had pictures of her sleeping, "sweet sister" with pictures of her and Reece, "sweet daughter" with pictures of Clara and me and Aaron, "sweet face" with pictures of her close-up, and "sweet baby" with pictures of her when she was a baby. We even had a "sweet sound track." Uncle Kent burned a CD with all sweet songs. We had the songs Sweet Pea, Sweet Sweet Smile, Sweet Child of Mine, How Sweet It Is, My Love Sweet Love, and Sweet Thing.

A close-up of the cupcake tower... Some of the pictures on the table...

"Sweet Feet" for party favors...
Pictures of her each month of her first year...

Birthday girl eating lunch...

All undressed and ready for her cupcake...

She kept looking at everyone and "asking" them...like "should I really eat this?"

Cupcake kisses for Daddy...
What a mess! I think she liked it! She went straight into the bathtub!

She sure knows how to take care of a cupcake!:)

Momma with her two babies! Reece was my big party helper! He helped open gifts and blow out Clara's candle, and he passed out party favors.

Happy Birthday SWEET girl!

A Little Party Prep

I LOVE parties! I have always loved getting Reece's birthday parties together. All the cute little details are so fun for me. I have loved all of Reece's boy-theme parties-baseball, fourwheelers, motorcycles, construction, farm. Now, I am so excited to throw a totally frilly, girlie, pink party! I think Clara's first birthday is gonna be so cute! Here are a couple of things I made this weekend...just a little sneak peak...lots more to come!

We are having cupcakes for Clara's party. I got a cupcake decorating kit yesterday and had to try it out. I just played around making some fun designs. The D is for daddy, M for momma, C for Clara and R for Reece. I even gave Clara a little taste and her world changed forever!:)

Here's Clara's party dress...I used material from my maternity shirts that I wore when I was pregnant with her. I think it turned out pretty cute :)

We had to play dress-up and try it on.

Clara officially figured out how to walk on Friday night! She was so proud! She's getting better and better!
I think she likes it!

And party favors...footprint magnets...I made these for Reece's first birthday with a blue footprint. Here are Clara's sweet pink footprints...I just love them!