baby james’ 2nd birthday party!
Our little guy is officially two years old! It’s amazing to see him grow and change and interact and talk with us. He learned to answer, “How old are you?” with a proud “Twoooooo!” He had an Elmo/Sesame Street party since those are some of his favorite pals right now. We hosted the party at home and had lots of family and friends and little kids over.
The morning of the party, Daddy took James for his first “big boy” haircut. Up to now, I’ve done every haircut, but I’m not that good at it. He came home looking so grown up with his new haircut all styled like Daddy’s. And we couldn’t have asked for better weather, warm and sunny. We rented a bounce house, which was a huge hit with the kiddos and people scattered about the house, inside and out.
I got the Sesame Street party signs from Etsy Shop 11Cupcakes and the invites from Dazzle Expressions.
I hung brightly colored streamers in our entryway to help the house feel more festive. (They are still hanging there!)
I found some primary colored polka dot fabric at Fabric.com for tablecloths.
Most of the party supplies such as napkins, plates and hats came from Arne’s. I made a new striped pom, and reused the red and blue one from a previous Superbowl party.
Brightly colored flowers from the grocery store!
We snacked on an antipasto platter, caprese skewers, hummus, goldfish and m&m’s, ate pizza and salad for lunch and had chocolate covered strawberries, cake and cupcakes for dessert.
I give credit to our local grocery store for the flowers, cupcakes, and cake. For the desserts, I brought them a photo I printed from the computer and they pretty much duplicated it. We took a batch of cupcakes to James school on the Friday before his birthday and got to have a little birthday celebration with his classmates.
Of course, the cake had to be Elmo. I love to hear James say it, “Ellll-moe!” And he’s really cute how he says, “Grow-ver!” and “Big-Berd!”
James sat quietly and intently while he listened to everyone singing “happy birthday.”
Then time to blow out the candle.
I’m surprised he kept the hat on for as long as he did.
I found the Elmo t-shirt at WalMart.
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Happy Birthday to James! The party looks fabulous.
Oh my gosh, the cupcakes are just too cute. Store bought gets adorable results with way less stress!
happy birthday, James!
love the Elmo shirt, Megan!
This was such a cute party! I love all the elmo details! You did a great job Megan!
Happy Birthday, James! The birthday cake and cupcakes are so adorable. Lovely decorations! Love the first picture of James, he is so cute!
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Oh so cute! Matthew is also very fond of Elmo 😉
Happy b-day to your little one!
You did a great job! What an adorable party, he looks like he was having a blast. You are so cute in the Elmo shirt! Good job, Momma!
Happy Birthday James!! I love the way you decorated everything! I miss those little birthday parties! So glad that you all had a great time!
Very sweet. Happy birthday to your little guy!
Happy Birthday James! That first photo makes you melt, so darn cute!! Our youngest loved Elmo as well at that age. The food and decorations look so awesome, and what a great cake!!
You did an awesome job decorating for his party. It is so neat to see how much he has grown and see pieces of you in him. I love that you had snacks for children plus some adult snacks too! I am sure everyone had a blast.
awww happy 2nd birthday to your adorable son!! The Elmo bday party looked fun and super cute!! LOVE the cake and cupcakes! 🙂
Such a cute birthday! My triplets also had an Elmo theme for their 2nd birthday. They turned 3 this past December and they are already over Elmo. Makes me sad!!!!! It's true what everyone says, "they grow up so fast!"
Happy Birthday James! What a great job you did on the party! Everything looks wonderful!!
Happy Birthday to James!
You did such a great job, it looks lovely!
You did a GREAT job!!! We are planning our 2-year-olds Elmo (she used to say Melmo) party for April. It will be at the bouncy tent place though, but I'm looking on pinterest (pinned some from your board) for party favors.
I loveeee your shirt too! Good job Mommy!
He is such a cutie! And, what a fun party…I love Elmo!
could your ceiling fan even be cuter!!! 🙂 I love everything 🙂 baby james looked like he had fun! Congrats Megan! 🙂
Happy Birthday James! He looks so grown up with his new haircut! You did a nice job decorating for his party. Everything turned out great.
Awww! It looks like James had a great birthday. His cake & cupcakes are awesome!
adorable cupcakes! happy birthday to your little man.
I love the streamers and cake…the half cookies as the mouths on the cupcakes are so cute! You are one hot (& tan!) mama!!! James is adorable and such a lucky boy to have you guys!! Happy birthday sweet one!
Happy Birthday to the little guy! I too live in Houston and am planning a cookie monster theme party for my son who is turning 2 next month. Can you share the name and location of the grocery store who pulled off those great cupcakes? BTW, you look great!Thanks!
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I agree with cas, love the streamers adn those darling little cups of treats, too. And yes, quite the tan hot mama. I love that you wore an Elmo shirt. So so cute. James is a lucky boy to be so loved. Sweet family.
What a super fun party! All the food and sweets look yummy! Happy birthday James!!
what a sweet party! i love all the elmo & sesame street stuff you had for this party!
James is adorable with Elmo. I love that first photo! He is really growing up and what a handsome little man he is. A fun party and so colorful! The streamers, cupckes, cake…all so darling. Megan, you look fabulous and how cute you wore an ELmo t shirt.
I've been pinning Sesame Street bday thoughts for months! I cannot believe that cake and cupcakes are store bought! What grocery store? He is too cute!
such a cute party! LOVE his photo with Elmo ~ cant believe he's already 2!
such a cute party! Ashlyn would have LOVED it 🙂 Elmo is king around here these days.
It seems that I too am in that organizing kick, I have done almost every drawer, cabinet and most of the closets!
Happy & Blessed Birthday James
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SO SWEET!!! I love Elmo too!!!
~Ashli