This year's theme...Elmo Extravaganza. I decided a few weeks back that I was going to make all the goodies for Cole's birthday this year. I took off Friday and began my baking. First mom and I baked some cupcakes- three boxes to be exact. Then we went up to Cole's school for his class party. We took some of the homemade cupcakes...they were delicious, but next year we are going with cookies...less messy. Stephen and Grandfather met us at the party and we went to Chik-Fil-A for lunch. After lunch, Cole and I headed home for his nap and I began with the cookie baking. Cole woke up just as I was finishing the decoration. After dinner, I started the Elmo pops. Here a few pictures of the creations.
I had lots of fun, but I think next year we are going to Chuck E. Cheese. :)
On Saturday morning, we went to El Ranchero for birthday breakfast, then Stephen headed to the airport to pick up The Myers'.
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| Knuckles with dad |
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| Cole's Breakfast Buddies |
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| Cole and Daddy |
The kids had a great time playing in the backyard and after a while we took them to McDonald's for lunch. We had a quick bath and then the kids went down for a nap, so the party set up could begin. Kristin and I started setting up the baked goods and doing all the last minute prep.
When Cole and Madison woke up, the party was starting. Cole had a great time playing with his new playhouse...I mean log cabin. We had bought him a bouncy, which he hardly jumped on...oh well. About 3:30, the special guest arrived...Elmo (AKA Daddy). We waited too long to book Space City Clowns and they were already booked for another party, so we rented a costume and Stephen danced around to a CD that we had bought that had Cole's name inserted into it. Cole was very excited to see Elmo and loved dancing and singing with him.
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| Sundae Bar |
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| The Jones Cousins |
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| Cole's Cake |
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| Homemade Sign...courtesy of mommy |
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| Family pic |
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| First seeing Elmo |
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| Elmo and his buddies |
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| His only bite of cake...he ate some more later in the week |
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| Dancing with Elmo |
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| Pomeroy Pic |
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| Bailey pic |
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| Elmo leaving |
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| The attack of Elmo |
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| Silly brothers |
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| He opened about two gifts before he was bored. |
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| With Uncle Keith in his new house |
After the party, we headed to our new favorite Mexican restaurant, Casa Anitas.
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| We love chips... |
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| And salsa |
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| And icecream |
Before bed, the kids decided to do a little dancing in their new Elmo jammies..courtesy of Kristin...so adorable.
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| Madison is catching a quick kiss. |
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| These kids have their mom's skills. |
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| Following Stephen's lead |
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| The funky chicken |
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| The Dirty Dancing lift |
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| Nobody puts baby in the corner... |
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| Morning after milk |
