Bubble Birthday

This post is a little late...I was exhausted after the party on Sunday! Cooper's actual birthday was last Friday. I woke her up that morning by singing "Happy Birthday" and she had NO idea what was going on! She just kept looking at me like "what are you doing Mommy"! Our friend Deanna made her this super cute "2" shirt for her to wear (notice it matched the color theme of her party)! I tried taking her picture before we left for school, but she really wasn't in the mood and this is the best that I could get! That is a pretty evil face!

 Mom came up Friday afternoon and brought yellow flower cookies from Celebrations for Cooper's class. Everyone enjoyed the yummy cookies! The class sang "Happy Birthday" to Cooper but she still wasn't quite sure about it.  

Cooper didn't want to leave BeBe's arms

After the party at her school, Mom and I took Cooper to Build a Bear at the Galleria. She picked out a shaggy dog to build. She stepped on the pedal to shoot stuffing into the dog and then picked out a heart to put inside. We also picked out a red sweater for the dog to wear and we named him Shaggy! Cooper had fun making him, but I think she had more fun watching the group of older girls who were there for a birthday party! She would just stare at them and at one point she tried to sit down in their circle and join their party! We came home afterward and Cooper got to open a present from BeBe. It was a fish puzzle and you have to match each fish to their color. Cooper has mastered the puzzle...she is great at matching.

Sunday was the big party day! We woke up early Sunday morning thanks to the time change, but it was good because we needed to get ready for our pictures. Grethel Van Epps took round 2 of Cooper's 2 year old pictures. We met her in downtown Helena and walked around to several different spots. Cooper was in a horrible mood and that doesn't happen very much. After the pictures, we needed to kill time before church, so we went to McDonald's for breakfast. Turns out she was just hungry because she ate and ate!!

Cooper's bubble birthday party was at our neighborhood clubhouse. Everything turned out great! Here are a few pictures of the decor.



Food table

We had pizza, fruit, pretzels, candy and cake at the party! It was super easy to just order pizza...I think I will do that every year! I made the fabric pendant banners hanging above the table and I love them. I wish I could find somewhere to hang them in the house!

Party favors


I found the little sand pails at Party City and they were a perfect size for party favors. I painted each child's name on the bucket and then filled them with bubbles, gum and marshmallow lollipops.




Bubble gum topiary

  Mom made this fantastic bubble gum topiary. It was the hit of the party. We played a game where we had everyone guess how many pieces of gum were on the ball...584!



Cake

  The birthday cake was from Crazy Lady Cakes in Helena and it was delicious! I had a brief panic attach Saturday afternoon when I went to pick up the cake and there was no one at the store. But thankfully the crazy cake lady called me a couple hours later!

We had tons of fun at the party and I really felt like I took the time to enjoy it more this year than last year. We also rented a bubble machine and the kids though it was great. It made bubbles galore!

We also had a baby pool filled with bubble solution that turned out to be a bigger mess than I thought! It was fun for a while and the kids liked playing in the bubbles, but then people started getting wet and the wands turned into mini swords, so we took the pool away!

Cooper got some great birthday gifts. We haven't gotten them all out yet because I need to get storage bins and put away some of her "baby" toys. Nanny & Papa gave Cooper a baby grand piano and she loves playing it! She also loves the American Girl high chair that Bebe & Papa John gave her. Tonight we got out the vacuum that Hudson gave her and she knew exactly what to do! It was too cute! I can't wait to get out all the other gifts!