And birthday month comes to a close! This month has been insane! My husband's birthday, along with the twins and my grandfather's... not to mention Easter. Nuts! But it's over now, and we're prepping for Mother's Day in two weeks!
I thought I'd share a few pictures of the twin's birthday party. As you know, it was My Little Pony themed. They had a really good time! I'm sad I didn't get more pictures, but I was so busy.
This was our table spread, nothing too amazing! I had tulle in rainbow colors coming down from the ceiling against the windows as a backdrop, with white paper lanterns to simulate clouds at the top. I loved it. When the light went though it, it was gorgeous! Decorating was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. I just got all the girl's Ponies and placed them everywhere - even on the cake! I believe in reusing things as much as possible. The other small detail that was one of my favorites, and I'm sad I didn't get a closer picture of, was the silverware and container. The kids had a BUNCH of jelly beans from Easter, and I needed something to fill a vase so I could put the silverware in it. So, I filled up the vase with jelly beans by sorting them by color, and then placing them in the vase in rainbow order. You can see it in the photo above, really tiny!
Needless to say, the twins got a lot of gifts. Our kids are very lucky, and very loved. We went all out this year, instead of making everything by hand, we saved ourselves some time and bought themed items such as tablecloths. In the picture above you can see the girl's presents from us. We took them to Build-a-Bear in Austin and they chose a Pony to make for themselves. They loved it, and hey! They turned into more decoration! You can also see their themed outfits. The girls got a My Little Pony shirt each, which by the way is very difficult to find in 18 month size! Our girls are small for their age, even though they were full term. Our solution? eBay.
For the cake, I kept it pretty simple. By the time I took this picture, the frosting was beginning to melt from the heat of so many people in our house. But - still cute! I made an ombre cake and put the small $4 Ponies on the top, with some small bunting made from felt scraps I had lying around, ribbon and wooden skewers. Then each girl got one candle to blow out!
Did I say I was getting an office? Yep! And my husband is getting one, too! We have an impossibly large living room in our house. I'm talking over 20x20 feet. So, we moved our dining table to the breakfast nook (which fits an eight seater table comfortably), and the dining room (which will be my husband's office once we get walls up) is temporarily a play room while we do construction on the living room to make a part of that my office. Confusing, yes. I live in a state of flux here, when it comes to construction. Any way, this is the kid's playroom. We got a fold out table for extra seating, and you can see our Pinkie Pie pinata being used as temporary decoration before the kids were set loose upon it. Up on the ceiling is a balloon dragon I made up for my husband's birthday, and he didn't want me to pop him just yet. He was on-theme, so I kept him out for the party. There ARE dragons around Ponyville, you know! More on him later in my next post!
And finally, the pinata. What kid doesn't like to beat something and get candy for it? My kids sure do. However, their daddy had to deal the ending blow!
That was it! Our My Little Pony twin's second birthday party. It was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and the kids had a great time so of course it was all worth it. My son is saying he wants a Sonic or Angry Bird's birthday in September. We shall see.
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