My first boy birthday party! We decided that since Edison's birthday falls on Pi Day (March 14th), we'd go with a "Pie and Tie" theme. We asked our invitees to wear a favorite necktie (or hair tie) and we had a great selection of delicious pies.
Oh how my heart sings for pie. I made a lemon cream with gingerbread crust (that turned rock solid but still tasted like heaven when you chipped it off with all your might). I also made two chocolate mousse pies and a key lime. Vicki brought a chocolate fudge berry pie that is one of my very favorites. It was amazing.
Edison's tie collection covered us girls.
Edison and his dad wore their matching bow ties I got them for Christmas.
We filled the trampoline with TONS of balloons (thank you Kevin and David for blowing them all up after dinner...)
I found this basketball hoop at DI for $1 and couldn't resist, but some of the stickers on top had been torn off. I asked Hazel to draw new faces where the old stickers would have been and she added Edison's name.
These were one of my favorite parts of the party decor--bow tie napkins. Easy and cute.
I've always wanted to use those cute straws...
Oh how I love having a little boy. (I know, my house is very yellow.)
And Edison's pie just might have become a new favorite of mine: orange cream pie. Wow. And he was our first child to truly DIG IN and get messy.
Happy Birthday Edison boy.
Here's what I wrote in my journal about this wee boy of mine:
"He stands up on his own quite a bit and can clap his hands at the same time. He will almost always wave to everyone at nap time and bedtime. He loves to play peekaboo and will even turn his head away and then look at you really fast--boo! He DANCES! Any time I push the nose on his lion walker and the music plays, he looks at me and starts dancing. Once I blasted some music on Pandora while we cleaned up the living room, and he couldn't stand it, he had to shake his head and move his body. His hair is RED as ever and he prefers me over anyone (most of the time:) although he said Dada first. He signs "all done" and barks like a dog, but has not said my name yet. He can throw a ball with his dad and even started catching the ball with his hands pressed together in front of him. He is a TEASE to Eloise. Once we caught him with his hand raised way over his head, poised to hit her on the back, but he missed and fell over instead. Loves oranges and cut up grapes. He snuggles his face into mine because I kiss him so much. He runs away from you when you come to get him out of his crib and tries to hide, giggling. He always has and still does make the number three with his fingers. He likes to say "hi" sometimes by raising his arm up in the air and holding it there. Charlotte loves loves loves to hold him and bounce him (gently) on the trampoline, which he likes too. We all love him so much, it's difficult to hold him without feeling full to the brim and needing to kiss him all over. He has dimples and a cleft chin and he looks just like his Dad, just as I'd hoped. What a blessing to have Edison in our family."
