Gavin wearing his conductor hat at his birthday party
Saturday, January 24 was Gavin's birthday party! A few months ago he said he wanted a Polar Express Birthday Party. I thought that was a great idea. Well, if you google that...not much comes up. You have to be real creative to come up with party items because it's not like you can go to Party City and find it as a theme. I actually stamped the invitations. I'll take a picture and post them! They turned out cute and they even included Polar Express tickets. It was at night, so kids could wear their pajamas. Ian and Gavin wore their pajamas and bathrobes (my grandmother made for them). Both had holes in pockets because she wanted them to be like the boy in the movie!!! We wanted my grandparents to be able to attend, so we held it at the American Legion in Cary (no stairs to get in!). Gavin and his friends had a great time!!! We had the PE cd playing during the party as background music. We had the bean bag toss in one corner of the room, Hullabaloo in another corner, had crayons/paper, playdough and blocks in another corner. Kids seemed to be occupied. For snacks we had chips, pretzels, mini hot dogs in the crescent rolls, mini marshmallows/M&Ms mixture on the tables, soda, juice and water. We had blue, gold, black and white balloons to go along with the colors in the movie/book. For plates and napkins we found snowflakes with a snowman holding presents.
The CAKE! Mom tends to be in charge of making the cake. She always outdoes herself each year! This year she made a round, white cake. On top of that cake, she made a Christmas tree cake. Then, around that, she made a Polar Express train cake that said, "Gavin's Polar Express 2009" and she even had teddy grahams as the conductor, hobo, little kids, etc. Oh, she even had like crushed chocolate cookies for the coal or maybe they were mini chocolate chips! AMAZING!!!!
The party started at 6pm. At around 6:30pm, I gathered up the kids and we all sat down in a corner on the floor. Gavin grabbed his snowflake punch and asked for all the tickets because it was time to go on the Polar Express! Way too cute! After all tickets were punched, I read the Polar Express. Well, Gavin was on my lap and wanted to read himself. So he would say, "Once upon a time a boy was on a train..." Ms. Braun...you would have been proud!!! He is watching his big brother read!!!!! We finally made it through the book and when I finished, we heard a knock at the door. Gavin and Ian looked at me and the kids yelled, "SANTA???????????????" They went running to the door and oh yea...SANTA CLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cailean's coworker and a good friend of ours, Mel, dressed up as Santa. Gavin told me today that he told Santa he lost his bell that he gave him in his pocket (he looked sad telling me!). Well, Santa asked for Gavin, the birthday boy and Gavin was given the first bell! Each kid at the party was able to sit on Santa's lap and Santa talked to each one and thanked them for coming to celebrate with Gavin and each kid received a bell with "This bell still rings for me as it does for all who still believe." Santa was outstanding!!!! He stayed for a little bit and then left to get the reindeer at the corner store (Gavin asked if his pickup truck was here...Santa "Cailean" told Gavin at his Christmas party that the sleigh was in the shop and so he needed to use a pickup truck) down the street.
I found out later that Santa was standing outside peeking in the window waiting for me to finish and the Cary police drove by and saw Santa and almost came to a screaching halt in front of the Legion!!!!!!! hahahahahahaha
Anyway, Gavin handed out his treat bags to his friends (bell Christmas ornament, candy cane, chocolate bells to eat, train sticker story stuff and a conductor hat) and all the kids in their pajamas went home. For the first time, Gavin actually told me who he wanted to invite. Every child there pays a lot of attention to the little guy!!! We even had my Uncle Jimi from New York here and Jessica (my cousin), Kent, Kaia and Lucas here from South Carolina!
What a great time!
Here's the slideshow! Enjoy!!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/turnbull1220/GavinS3rdBirthdayWeekend?authkey=N-pVvbN5Yfc&feat=directlink
The CAKE! Mom tends to be in charge of making the cake. She always outdoes herself each year! This year she made a round, white cake. On top of that cake, she made a Christmas tree cake. Then, around that, she made a Polar Express train cake that said, "Gavin's Polar Express 2009" and she even had teddy grahams as the conductor, hobo, little kids, etc. Oh, she even had like crushed chocolate cookies for the coal or maybe they were mini chocolate chips! AMAZING!!!!
The party started at 6pm. At around 6:30pm, I gathered up the kids and we all sat down in a corner on the floor. Gavin grabbed his snowflake punch and asked for all the tickets because it was time to go on the Polar Express! Way too cute! After all tickets were punched, I read the Polar Express. Well, Gavin was on my lap and wanted to read himself. So he would say, "Once upon a time a boy was on a train..." Ms. Braun...you would have been proud!!! He is watching his big brother read!!!!! We finally made it through the book and when I finished, we heard a knock at the door. Gavin and Ian looked at me and the kids yelled, "SANTA???????????????" They went running to the door and oh yea...SANTA CLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cailean's coworker and a good friend of ours, Mel, dressed up as Santa. Gavin told me today that he told Santa he lost his bell that he gave him in his pocket (he looked sad telling me!). Well, Santa asked for Gavin, the birthday boy and Gavin was given the first bell! Each kid at the party was able to sit on Santa's lap and Santa talked to each one and thanked them for coming to celebrate with Gavin and each kid received a bell with "This bell still rings for me as it does for all who still believe." Santa was outstanding!!!! He stayed for a little bit and then left to get the reindeer at the corner store (Gavin asked if his pickup truck was here...Santa "Cailean" told Gavin at his Christmas party that the sleigh was in the shop and so he needed to use a pickup truck) down the street.
I found out later that Santa was standing outside peeking in the window waiting for me to finish and the Cary police drove by and saw Santa and almost came to a screaching halt in front of the Legion!!!!!!! hahahahahahaha
Anyway, Gavin handed out his treat bags to his friends (bell Christmas ornament, candy cane, chocolate bells to eat, train sticker story stuff and a conductor hat) and all the kids in their pajamas went home. For the first time, Gavin actually told me who he wanted to invite. Every child there pays a lot of attention to the little guy!!! We even had my Uncle Jimi from New York here and Jessica (my cousin), Kent, Kaia and Lucas here from South Carolina!
What a great time!
Here's the slideshow! Enjoy!!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/turnbull1220/GavinS3rdBirthdayWeekend?authkey=N-pVvbN5Yfc&feat=directlink
1 comment:
I LOVE all the pics!! It looks liek a great birthday party.
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