It's BUGS....Everywhere!

Okay, let's back up...Cavin's birthday party!

Ah man this was a fun one. I'm not sure what it is...maybe the fact that I was Vice President of my sorority in college (aka. formal and informal party planner) or maybe it is the general love of planning and serious need for control over everything but this girl LOVES to plan a party. Just give me a reason and a theme and let me loose! So Cavin's 1st birthday party was no exception.

First up: Theme...BUGS!...Check!

Second up: Colors...Blue, Orange, and Green (for the grass that bugs crawl on)...Check!

Third up: Location...a park of course...where all the bugs are!...CHECK CHECK!

Now on to the dirty details.

The fabulous Marisa made the invites and the cupcakes....she did SUCH a great job. Here's the invite:

And her cupcakes and smash cake she made to match the invites...

You will see how much the cupcakes were enjoyed by Cavin and Mike later in this post.

Each kid left the party with a favor bag complete with their own bug kit inside (plus a few more items)!

As for the food...we decided that Mike would grill hamburgers and hot dogs. For sides we made 'ants on a log' (aka celery, peanut butter, and raisins), salad, had chips, and the ever popular watermelon bug salad! See my theme is even in the food...how's that for overboard?

We even had a baby watermelon bug at the drink table (BTW, Houstonians...notice the pink cooler is alive, well, and still doing her job by keeping our beer cold.)

The kids played in the baby jail that we had set up and seemed to have a great time!

From Left to Right: Cavin, Lucas, Jenna, and Delaney

Cavin and Jenna

I think everyone had a good time!

Cavin even had people coming in from out of town for the big occasion!

Grandpa

Uncle Bryan

Aunt Amy and Grandma

Nana and Uncle Bill

And when it was time to sing Happy Birthday and let Cavin dig into the yummy cake Marisa made for him, Cavin had NO patience what-so-ever to listen to his mommy thanking all the guests for coming and supporting us over the last year. He dug right in and got a little lick!

Fine, fine...here's your cake Cavin!

ALL DONE complete with a food coma...

Daddy definitely enjoyed the cupcakes!

When we got home, Cavin dug into his birthday gifts...

"When's my next party mommy???"

***Special thanks to our family who helped us with much of the last minute details including but not limited to preparing food, transporting items to / from the park, watching Cavin, and cleaning up...oh yeah, and lying to our faces stating that they actually "enjoyed helping out". You know who you are. We love you and couldn't have pulled this off without you.***