A B C... 1 2 3

A B C... 1 2 3 - Sounds like a birthday party to me!

Because Claire and Ryan are so close in age, and because we were going to be in town within a few weeks of Claire's birthday, Mel and I decided to have a joint birthday party for the newly-turned one year olds. Mel came up with the theme: A B C... 1 2 3


We had fun decorating, and we scored a great purchase of a "party in a box" for only $10!

For dinner, we served Apples, Bananas, Burgers, Crawfish, Chips, and Cupcakes.

We also got some party hats! Woohoo! Uncle Bando was super excited about the hats! {Kyle was more excited in the store when we got them than he was in the picture}.
The fam enjoyed the hats just fine.

We were all good sports about the hats.

And then we have Claire. From the moment that hat was on her head, she did NOT like it!

And I mean she REALLY didn't like it!!!

Then it was Ryan's turn. He was okay with it at first,

but he had just seen Claire's reaction to her hat... and he decided that he didn't like his hat very much, either.

So we took the hats off the babies!

After dinner, it was present time!

Kyle had fun helping us unwrap Claire's presents.

And Claire and Kyle had fun playing with Ryan's presents!

Ryan got in on the fun, though, too!

Ryan also had fun being entertained by (or maybe he was entertaining?) Uncle Hubba, Aunt Rebecca, and Uncle Bando.
After presents, it was time to get ready for cake!!! Ryan was so excited he danced on the table!! Go Ryan! Go Ryan!

We sang Happy Birthday, and then Stephen and I blew out the candles and left the cakes for the babies.

Ryan started off strong, while Claire kind of watched and kind of explored the cake slowly.

Here's Ryan about half-way through his cake.

Claire did get into it, too.

And by the end, both Ryan and Claire totally demolished their cakes!


Kyle had a good cupcake!

He also had a great time showing us his monkey shirt!!!

Look at that monkey mouth!

After demolishing those cakes, it was bath time for Ryan and Claire! Happy Birthday, Ryan!

Happy Birthday, Claire! I hope you had a fun birthday party! I love you!