Monday, June 15, 2009

Jude's 1st Birthday Party

We enjoyed celebrating Jude's first birthday party a couple of weeks ago. He'll turn 1 this Thursday- June 18. Enjoy the pictures!

the birthday cake
Susan Prejean made this delicious cake. She did a great job. It fit the dump truck theme perfectly!
Jude's cake

I copied an idea I saw on a website to cover the tables in black tablecloths and put yellow crepe paper for lines in the "road". I also put out some Tonka trucks and filled the back with Oreo cookies that were put in the food processor to resemble dirt. I also filled a bowl with some Oreo cookie crumbs and some leftover gummy worms. So fun!

Jake and KK graciously offered their backyard for the party. Jake also volunteered his grilling skills for the hot dogs. I'm so thankful for their help.
My mom bought these fun dump truck sand toys. I added them to the sand table for the kids to play with.

My dad bought a big roll of Visqueen. We put this down on the ground, added sand and toys and we had an instant sand pile for the kids!

I put out water, tea, lemonade, and juice for drinks. The kid cups were these fun Sesame Street cups with lids and straws!

the food spread
Notice the fun Tonka dump truck plates and napkins. I found these at the Dollar Tree.

I made dirt pudding and put it in these cups that matched the plates and napkins. I added a gummy worm to each one for added fun! This was such a great theme to work with!

Noah enjoying dinner with his 2 cousins

the crowd of party-goers

it's cake time!

Look at that boy eat!

Yeah, he definitely got a bath after this :)

our family minus Clay
Noah helped Jude eat his cake. As if he needed any help!

This may be the cutest picture of Noah ever!

Jude opening presents

Yea for Jude! He's 1!

Grammie and Jude reading one of his new books together

It seems like yesterday, literally, that my baby was born and now he's already one :(
So much fun is in store for us. He brings such joy to our family. We can't wait to see all that God has planned for you, Jude!

We were thrilled to have the newlyweds at the party! Terry and Sara along with Amanda and Jack came from Alexandria to Jude's party. Thank y'all for coming to celebrate with us!

2 comments:

Michael, Meg & Naomi said...

That is so fun!! Jude looks like he had a great time! I love the picture with all the icing and his big smile. You did a great job with the pary. Look at all that creativity!

Falon said...

Y'all look like you had a great time! I love the dump truck theme. You are so crafty!! Happy birthday!!